In a wordy article, the normally to-the-point Economist burns up 2388 words in the course of which they extrapolate on the future of the cell phone. Basically they say that phones of the future will be similar to, but much better than, the phones of today, unless of course they’re totally different in an unexpected way. See 5G Predictions for the condensed version.
The phone of the future – The Economist, Nov 30th 2006
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It would be interesting if for once someone predicted that future products would be a lot worse than they are today.
I hope they bring back phone booths in the future. It’s nice to have a quiet place for a phone call when you’re out on the street.
If I had to predict the future of technology, I’d lean towards devices being different in totally unexpected ways.