Fifty years ago, the tools we rely
upon to communicate today were only science fiction. Today, you can purchase a
smartphone and make calls, surf the Web, play games, run applications and
accomplish more than most speculative fiction authors dared to dream. So what's
next?
In the
short term, we'll likely see basic cell phones slowly fade away. As smartphones
become more common and less expensive, more people will adopt them. The process
is gradual. As with most new technologies, a group of enthusiastic adopters
lead the way. Sometimes, the general population will follow the early pioneers
-- the compact disc is a good example of such technology. In other cases, the
early adopters end up owning technology that becomes obsolete without ever
finding wide acceptance -- like LaserDiscs.
Smartphones
seem to be in the first category. Products like the Apple iPhone and Google's
Android operating system have pushed the smartphone out of the world of gadget
geeks and into the mass market. In 2010, the first 4G smartphone for a major
carrier in the United States made an appearance. It was the HTC EVO 4G, running
on Sprint's WiMAX network. The 4G network allows for faster data transfer
speeds than other networks.
The
Internet will continue to play an increasing role in communication. Voice over
Internet protocol (VoIP) already plays a large role in several communication
products and services. Sites like Facebook and Twitter allow users to
communicate with networks of people. With the rise of the Web, people now have
a platform from which they can address the world. In the past, only celebrities
and politicians could address so many people at one time. Now, anyone with an
Internet connection can do the same thing.
This may
lead to changes in everything from entertainment to politics. Using the Web as
a communication tool, people with aspirations may be able to find an audience
more easily than ever before. It may not be long until a relatively unknown
person uses the Internet to win enough support to be elected president of the
United States.
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