The continued intergration of
in abstract terms: music player, phone, computer, gaming system, internet and tv into one
in concrete terms: ipod/mp3's, gameboys/psp, tablets, portable video players, smart phones, laptops, etc.
Theses devices have and are continously merging into a singluar device. Each device is still slighter better at doing what its supposed to do. As Memory and processing power will keep continously expanding. This leading to smaller and ligher devices. And eventually satelite/cable will be moved to the internet as bandwith continues to increase.
The smart phone, tablet, laptop, internet, and media(tv and music) will continue to converge.
innovations that already exist such as the paper thin flexible tv screen, and flexible paper thin keyboard will merge technologies into one.
The smart phone perfect in its size could easily eventually have a pull out flexible screen that is bigger than the phone, allowing for much greater media entertainment while retaining the compact size. The keyboard combined with the pull out tv allows for a much greater monitor size
The screen I see as much more probable and for all than the keyboard bc the keyboard will likely be hauled as a seperate device. People want their device to do as much as possible with the fewest little pieces to haul around. versality vs. simplicity.
mobile money will become more mainstream as it has a prevelance in japan. also already existing is the ability for a smart phone to control appliances and even cars!.
another major innovation taking place is nanogenerators. These will allow smart phones to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy. this will allow a phone to continously charge itself off the enviroments energy.
I dont see much more going on with the 3d, its gimmicky and uneeded as it is.
