This may sound strange, but the state of mobile technology seems dated to me. Smart phones and other devices are still cool. My main issue with them is that they seem to be stuck in hand held technologies. Also, tablets seem like they have been around for a long time. Current tablets remind me of very efficient Palm Pilots. My compliments to Apple for bringing tablets full circle. They are a great company and I have loved many of their products, but it is possibly Google who owns the future. Project Glass seems to be the future of mobile technology. The following are my suggestions for the mobile device of the future. By combining a few technologies that exist today a more mobile platform can be created. My goal is to provide ideas based on what currently exist. It is up to you to imagine what the use cases may be. Today I write science fiction!
The mobile device of the future should combine 4 parts glasses (Google Project Glass), blue tooth, rings (Think Kinect or Wii technology), and the cloud.
Glasses: The glasses should consist of projection film, left/right forward/backward rolling pin cameras, and a manual on off switch. It should allow you to view/interact with both your virtual and physical world. I don't think a company should sell just their pair of mobile glasses. Glasses choices are driven by fashion, so a better thing to do would be to retrofit preexisting glasses with a companies mobile technology.
Blue Tooth: The glasses and Bluetooth are one unit connected by a series of flexible wires. Bluetooth technology is pretty straight forward. You want to be able to make phone calls, as well as issue commands to your glasses. This Bluetooth may be a bit larger than your typical device. Your ear would be the place that shoulders the load for much of the systems that power your mobile device.
Rings: A wireless ring on each hand should help with hand recognition. You should be able to swipe and move things on your virtual desktop. Made of silicon and powered by a rechargeable watch battery; these rings will make your virtual interactions more precise.
Cloud: The mobile platform of the future will have an extremely stripped down OS. Much of your information will be stored on cloud services.
What do you think? It's pretty simple. Now lets go out there and build it! Maybe I will. Now where did I place my duct tape.
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