THE MOBILE DEVICE OF THE FUTURE a few thoughts

CONTENTS

intro and general idea

design

user interface ideas

a few ideas for the future

The mobile phones came a long way since the “big bang” in the 80’s. They evolved in every possible way they could – the size, the shape, the technology etc, and all the way up to the purpose and

the way we are using them.

With every new generation, new much higher standards were set, constantly introducing some new ways to improve the quality of life – messaging, internet access, multimedia library, a powerful

game console, navigation system and many more.

intro and general idea

The hot trends of the moment include location based social media, augmented reality, shopping, biometrics, community

recommendation etc.

Hot trends that marked the beginning of the so called Mobile 2.0 revolution and will definitely be the "talk of the town" in the future.

The whole 2.0 episode was triggered by the appearance of the Smart phones followed by the explosion of touch screen devices.

With the birth of the iPhone came the app explosion that brought hundreds of thousands of applications [ current figures: iTunes -

400,000+ apps; Android Market - 200,000+; 35,000+ ]

intro and general idea

The device of the future, whether it's the cell phone, tablet, gaming or multimedia device, or perhaps a single device that is all that, will be the

information central, a fusion of social networks updates, latest news headlines, essential information [ weather, traffic, notes...], email, web

browsing, shopping recommendations, IPTV and many more services we increasingly depend on.

Complete data synchronization between different mobile [ and desktop ] devices is, let’s say finally usable and will have to dramatically improve in the years to come, perhaps powered by one of the services like OpenID,

Facebook Connect, Twitter Connect etc. - the story seems to be developing in the right direction.

intro and general idea

“The” design

[ Of the future ]

“The” device

AT&T'S VideoPhone [ illustration above :) ]

was sold to the general public from 1992 to 1995.

[ as found on Swissmuss ]

The device to come [ these days ] will need to pay a lot of attention to the visual component as the last few products that came out yesterday. That will definitely have to apply to the hardware and software parts. Minimalistic approach to the design combined with the absolute ease of use and upgrade, simple, customizable and clean user interface.

We’re not quite there yet, but it’s getting better and better!

user interface

fast contacts viewer with letters for easier finding

contact data with social networks data [ fb status, last tweet, location on the

map if its shared… ]

This is really not some NASA space technology stuff, it’s more

of a hint on possible improvements of the already

implemented technology.

I have a feeling that this presentation is going outdated as

it’s being written…

…needs to pay more attention to what user experience is

talking about…

latest generation hd video call/chat system with easy access to any social

medium, and run on a 4G or what ever better solution there is, will probably

render the old fashioned voice only calls useless…

It’s like Video killed a radio star thing

all over again :)

user interface

…with new user experience

It would also be nice if we could “dock” anywhere, but

without having to carry an extra item along :)

… we just didn’t quite invented it jet… :)

Mobile device of the future will be "more human". Besides being the life organizer, personalized and fully customized tool, it will be the tool for creation, sharing, collaboration, productivity, learning, shopping etc, bringing different people to the new kinds of online communities - networks of blogs, discussion forums, twitter feeds etc, the places to practice free speech, give opinion, get critics, meet people, find a dream job ... It would become a true Digital

Urban Network - user generated, user moderated, user exploited.

a few other thoughts on the future

Mobiles in social networking already offer amazing things, but in the future, mobiles will be the driving force of the social development projects and programmes with organizations like UN, UNICEF, WHO, WFO, WWF, Amnesty

International, Greenpeace...  

a few other thoughts on the future

In some African countries, mobile phones are not only a valid payment system but a powerful tool against corruption. The

future might bring some exciting new banking services on our smart phones, including online banking, currency exchange,

stock exchange, and hopefully fast web shop checkouts allowing the purchase with just one click. Then there are enormous

possibilities with QR Codes - for example: QR code placed on a City Light, poster, direct mail... which is then scanned using a

Smartphone. The link takes you to a mobile web store with one click purchase button. If you decide to buy the product, just click

the button and wait until it's delivered to you.

a few other thoughts on the future

It's not just something from the SciFi movies, smart phones are already capable of replacing your wallet and its contents, it's a

matter of day when our phone is going to host our drivers license, I.D. card, passport, medical record...

a few other thoughts on the future

Travel guides on mobile - absolutely amazing! No way you'll be lost with GPS navigation, Location Based Services, Local offers, buying tickets for museums, public transport, Layer services and all that

enhanced with rich media, audio, video, social media... Definitely a publication that can deserves the "All in your pocket" title.

a few other thoughts on the future

In order all those ideas to stop being the Future and actually become the Present,

there will have to be more cooperation, more freedom, and a lot of patience.

And yes, a little money issue perhaps? :)

In that case, there is a YouTube clip

that it would only be appropriate to end the slide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_-CmwHWPo

thanx for reaching the last slide anywayz:)