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A big year for big screen
applications |
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Anderson predicts that now
we all have our flat screen TVs, in 2009 we’ll be
investing in new ways to use them such as video games,
movies etc. “It will all be about what you can do for
$100 to add value.” |
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Smarter mobile phone applications |
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This year won’t be about
slimmer mobile phones, but smarter phone applications.
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A
reality check for the Chinese market |
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Anderson says that as China
suffers the effects of the global downturn, its domestic
issues will change the way it is viewed by Western
economies. “There are already 15,000 riots a year in
China,” Anderson said. “The next thing is that people
will get shot.” |
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Flash-based computing set to sore |
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“This year we’ll see the
first computer with no moving parts,” said Anderson as
he forecast the rise of flash-memory computing. This
trend would see everybody benefit from a longer PC shelf
life and the added pressure this would place on the
software industry to develop products that last over a
longer term. |
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More
interest in ‘wall computing’ |
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According to Anderson, these
ultra slim computer solutions will soon be appearing in
corporate conference rooms, providing innovative new
ways to collaborate in the workplace. |
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Carry-along computers |
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Compact and lightweight
carry-along webbooks/netbooks are to become the most
commonly used computer. |
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LTE
(Long Term Evolution) |
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This will be the preferred
technology for 4G. (LTE is the name given to a project
within the Third Generation Partnership Project to
improve the European mobile phone standard to cope with
future technology evolutions). |
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Broadband
for the less developed world |
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These regions of our planet
will finally see a widespread availability of broadband.
“Villages in Africa and elsewhere will get broadband and
telephony at the same time,” said Anderson. |
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Voice recognition will finally work |
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After years of false hope
and broken promises, Anderson predicts that we will soon
be interacting freely with the automated voice at the
end of the phone line. “We will finally have continuous
speech with no training,” he said. |
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Birth of
the Internet Assistant |
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Forget
the PA, this is your IA. Anderson paints a picture of a
personal online concierge that you can put to work via
your phone by saying “I’m going to France next week”.
Your IA will then book a flight, rent a hire car before
finding a hotel and booking a table at your favourite
restaurant. |
