The future of mobile phone technology

Mobile phone technology has come a very long way allowing people to not only call and text message friends, but to email, surf the web, take photos and listen to music. The convergent nature of the device will only improve as technology does. We may begin to see higher quality cameras on smart phones that will phase out the need for any form of low-middle range cameras and video recorders.

The introduction of Siri on the iPhone 4S allows us to have a conversation with our phones and ask it questions. Being able to ask about the weather, to dictate messages and to ask it to set reminders are only a few of the voice commands possible. This feature is only going to develop and improve which could see people interacting with their mobile phones purely through voice commands. The need to search for things by going on to Safari and then typing the subject is a thing of the past.

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Voice commands may also cease to exist; smart phone users may eventually undergo a procedure which would allow mobile phones to perform actions based on our thinking process instead of by speaking out loud. The messages would then be sent to our brain in response. The smart phone may also become more and more connected with our daily lives. There may not be the need to carry around a handbag with car keys, house keys and a wallet with cards and cash as all of these objects will be combined into the mobile phone. The technology that the Holden Cruze uses for example includes a push start button and the key has a sensor (instead of inserting a key) which may be implemented into our smart phones. Instead of carrying around many credit and store cards this information could also be loaded onto our phone. ‘Touch and Go’ software that VISA has enabled could generate a similar phenomenon where we can tap our mobile device to pay for items and to collect loyalty rewards from stores. The nature of this technology could then see the need for carrying cold hard cash to be over. This idea is supported by society’s fixation with internet banking as it saves time and energy and this new notion simply expands on the concept.

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Having to avingHcarry around a mobile phone can be     annoying and the issues of loss and damage to them occur quite often. A device similar to a wristwatch would be a much more convenient and easily accessible option for phone users. Taking this idea even further, the device may be implanted in our bodies somewhere possibly in our wrists and they come to life when tapped, but are undetected until interaction with the phone is needed. This notion really expands on Donna Haraway’s Cyborg manifesto as we have all become cyborgs being so attached to our mobiles mentally and soon it may be physically as well.