Monday, December 01, 2008

My Technology Predictions:
1) IP Convergence - TV, phone, radio, etc. will all be IP-based and available through your broadband connection. VOIP is already commonplace and Internet radio, TV, and movie downloads are beginning to take off.

2) Wireless everything - it's already happening (cell phones, bluetooth, wi-fi). Soon all broadband will be wireless as Wi-MAX and other technologies allow for fast, easy access to all your IP-based technologies wherever you go across all your devices.

3) Consolidation of data access - The current model is redundant and forces consumers to pay multiple times for data access: cell phone data plan, cable/DSL, DirecTv, XM/Sirius, land-line phone, 3G wireless cards, Wi-Fi hotspot access, etc. In the future, these will be consolidated and access will be shared across all your devices.

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