Jul 05 2009
Trip to Seoul?
OK, I’m out to win this trip to Seoul, and had some fun writing about “The key features of the phone of the future.” in 200-300 words for the entry! I decided to go ‘first person’ to try to make it accessible. Here is what I submitted:
My new phone connects to everything around me, it’s got a great display for viewing information, and lets me use voice commands or a mini keyboard for privacy. Features I want are immediately available to me from the net, yet within all this, I retain control over my personal information.
Light sensors capture video, pictures, and light levels. They act as eyes for applications that do things like read a barcode, recognize a face, or identify a flower I’m looking at. The sound sensor is great for recording voice notes, but also recognize music and people, and accept voice commands. My phone knows it’s location, which is leveraged in different ways by the many applications at my finger tips.
I use it as a wireless credit card, but my favorite use is the Body Monitor extension. I stick a body monitor patch on my skin and my phone tracks my heart rate, respiration, temperature, blood pressure, glucose level, and oxygen level. Some great cycling software uses my changing location, my vitals, and an intelligent coach app to give me feedback and encouragement as I train. I have a friend with diabetes, and another undergoing chemotherapy. Both use patches on their skin to monitor blood levels, adjust medication, and allow review by medical technicians. Imagination is pretty much the limit for types of extensions that will be available for my phone; think home, office, the mall, and the factory floor.
I make voice and video calls, but what I really have is a personal technology access point. By the way, you should check out my screen. It’s usable as one side of my credit card sized ‘access point’, but a flip of the cover and it folds out to four times that size with a mini keyboard for private texting!