Micro-computing for the Tokyo streets.
Living in Tokyo is totally a different experience than in America. Here the way of life has grown totally adapted for the crowds with a population density of 5 people per square meter.Everyday technology is evolving in this environment and as you might imagine, devices tend to miniaturization.
The Japanese mobile phone (or keitai) is a perfect adaptation for the personal computing on the go. The common keitai has: photo and video camera, Tv, GPS, 3G based WAP navigation, E-mail client, dictionary, QRcode reader, comaptible Infrared port and many other fancy features like the ability to control your PVR (Personal Video Recorder) online.
Mobile technology is becoming mainstream access for daily comuters. For me is a bit of liberation and a gate for information access.
Beside the keitai, the iPhone and iPod touch also provides an excellent platform with an increasing potential.
With my jailbroken iPod touch, now I will be able to connect better with my WordPress blog via the WordPress app. This very article is being written in my train back home.
There is a very clear trend for miniaturization in the field of personal computing, but there are still millions of posibilities to explore.
The iPod touch is the best approach for my perfect mobile device. To make of perfect I would include:
All the features of the keitai
The laser keyboard
Wireless conection to my TV
Video camera with automatic metadata like Gps location (like keitai) wick automatically uploads files to my blog with a single click
Real time voice language translation
The ability to know which friends are close to me by Gps
I think that in the near future will we be experiencing devices with full PC CPU power that will automatically connect to I/O devices.
I envision an iPod touch like device that self-attach wirelesly to the TV or a screen, a keyboard and external mouse, printer and others so when my friends visit me at home (or viceversa) they can use their mobile PC on my screen and keyboard.
Indeed, that day is very close and probably the major show stopper wild be the market and the interest from the vendors to exploit the maximum revenue from technology upgrades.
Please send your comments and tell me how would your perfect device be?
