Anyone who knows me know that I firmly believe that in the end, there will only be one - one device that is and that it will be the mobile phone - the one true convergent device - one device to rule them all! Anyone who thinks otherwise, is just plain daft and out of their tree. The proof? If any proof is needed, you need only look at the iPhone - bah, rubbish, I hear you cry, it doesn’t do MMS, Copy and paste and lots more, but that’s not my point - the point is that the iPhone today is more powerful that the first bondi coloured iMacs that came out 10 years ago. Don’t believe me - see this comparison here - iphone wins on all counts. Taking that a step further and future-casting, the phone you will have in you pocket in 10 years time will be more powerful than the desktop or laptop you are reading this blog on today, it will connect with your bluetooth keyboard so you don’t have to type on a small device (that is, if typing is still the preferred input method!) or else it will project it’s own keyboard like itech’s Virtual keyboard (see here). But what about the display, well, as of today, you won’t have to be squinting at your tiny screen either - the first mobile phone with integrated projector is now available…The Lanye N70 - complete with it’s iPhone rip-off menus.
You can actually buy this phone here for just $345 and although it needs two batteries to perform it’s projection trick at the moment, that’s sure to change. So you heard it hear first - in 2018 all we will carry is our iPhone like device and that’s it - at work, at home, at play. It will store and manage your entire digital life, project it’s screen to make it sufficently large not to loose your eyesight, and provide you with an appropriate input mechanism. Someone’s over at the now defunct www.inewidea.com already had a mock-up attempt at this, but I think they missed the screen bit, but worth a look all the same…
Can I call myself a futurist now?









