I just read an article that describes a study that suggests that smartphones will die out in five years or so. The idea is that things will have enhanced capabilities to interact with people so screens will not be necessary any longer to enable the interaction. Sensing systems to recognize gestures, voice commands and software system to infer things about what I user might want to happen will continue to advance. One example they gave was the idea that a user watching a football game could just tell the television they want to change the view of the game from the 50 yard line to the 10 yard line on the other side of the field and the view would change. I am not sure how this will manifest itself, but I believe things like that will become more available. I predict it will take a lot more than five years to displace cell phones if cell phones ever get displaced, but I also believe this idea is coming–I am already seeing it in my work.
Betty Blonde #440 – 03/24/2010
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