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2011 Will Be The Year Of The…
2010 was a year of innovation. Not only did it dictate what will happen in 2011, but it sparked a new movement in mobile devices and technology overall.
Here are a few of what, I predict, 2011 may be the year of:
4G Network
2010 was the birth of 4G. 2011 WILL BE the year of 4G (although the very definition of 4G is questionable).
Sprint has just started rolling out its 4G network in July of 2010 to some US cities. By 2011 and on to 2012, Sprint will have covered the US. Verizon and T-Mobile has just launched its 4G Network and AT&T should soon follow. 4G should be available to most consumers by the second half of 2011.
Tablet/Slate PCs
Apple conquered the tablet market in much of 2010 due to its iPad. 2011 will have been the other tablet companies’ time to catch up. Although I believe the iPad will still conquer the tablet world in much of 2011 due to its upcoming iPad 2, I’m sure that other companies would soon pick up their slack and truly create a revolutionary tablet of their own.
Solid State Drives (SSD)
The price-point of a decent sized SSD have always driven consumers away from actually buying them. If only you have the cash to burn and the openness to tiny drive spaces would you be willing to buy one at such a ridiculously high price.
SSD does have its benefits: faster speed, no moving parts, cooler than a hard drive and most importantly less power consumption. What it lacks is capacity and price.
With the recent introduction of Apple’s MacBook Air 2, 2011 may just be the year the SSDs would flourish and platter hard drives would be the CD of the DVD-era.
Cloud Computing/Cloud Storage
As we’ve seen with the Chrome OS, I predict 2011 will be the year of cloud computing. People will not be tethered to their files on their physical hard drives anymore but by working “in the cloud”, people are able to access their documents anywhere and everywhere they please.
Wireless Everything
From TVs to cars, I predict 2011 would become the year of true wireless freedom!
TVs would be able to stream content from computers to set-top boxes and gaming systems.
Cellphones will have the ability to sync and charge wirelessly.
Cars will have integrated syncing controls (I know this is a long shot, but hey, what the heck?)
- Some higher end cars will have a charging cup/holder where you just place your phone in the cup and off it charges, syncs with your car and talks to your car.
- When I say talks to your car, your car continually evaluates itself and sends that data to your phone so you can review it at a later date to see how your car is doing.
- Most if not all cars will have a bluetooth function. I strongly believe all cars should have this safety feature. Not only bluetooth for calling but also for texting. Your car would read the text aloud to you… or not (if you choose to decline it) and if you want, you can reply with a voice message. Not only will that feature be a convenience to its consumers but also a safety feature for those pesky texting while driving people.
Charging. Gone are the days of mangled wires of phone chargers. You would simply drop your device on to a mat and it will charge without a cord. I want to see wireless TV sets – ones that you won’t have to plug-in!
The NEW iPad 2
In about a month, the iPad(2) will be announced. Here are a couple of things that we might be expecting from the announcement:
Dimensions:
Depth: 0.25-0.28″
Height: 9.5-9.56″
Width: 7.3″-7.4″
Display:
Retina Display
9.7″ (diagonal)
2529 -by-1897 pixel resolution at 326 ppi
Capacity:
32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB flash drive
Processor:
2.1 GHz Apple A8 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip
Sensors:
Accelerometer
Ambient Light Sensor
Gyroscope
Input and Output:
Dock Connector Port
3.5-mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Built-In Speaker
Microphone (One up top and another at the bottom for noise canceling)
Camera, Photos and Video:
Video recording, HD (720p) with audio
24p, 30p, and 60 fps Recording Modes
One front-facing camera (3-megapixels or VGA)
One rear-facing camera (5-megapixels)
Tap to focus on still and video
Photo and Video Geotagging
Still Image Facial Recognition
Which ones of my renderings do you think will most likely be the updated iPad? Version 1 (the iPod touch-esque one) or Version 2 (the iPhone 4-esque one)?
Hit me up with your comments below!
Games That Would Be Awesome On The iPad
After brainstorming some ideas on what game to create for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad, I came to the dilemma of having most of my ideas either taken from another game or something that sounds a lot like their original counterparts.
First game for the iPad is Finger Twister. The iPad selects the user to put whatever finger on whatever color on the iPad but the user must keep his fingers on the iPad or else he looses the game. One twist would be to do a timed session, where the user is given only a couple seconds to react.
Next is Monopoly. With the iPhone/iPod Touch support where you can sync the iPhone/iPod Touch to the iPad through WiFi or Bluetooth wherein you can keep track of your expenses, cards and owned land. The iPad takes care of the “banker” role and does the transactions that way and sends it to the appropriate user whoever you’re “renting” to to pass by.
Apples to Apples is next with the same iPhone/iPod Touch support. The “it” person would simply tap the green car in the middle to reveal the word and the rest of the users would simply flick their best cards from their iPhones/iPod Touches. The “it” person would then reveal the cards one at a time and maybe a button to choose which card fits best. One feature could be to have the “it”‘s word card’s definitions float across the screen while everyone’s deciding on which card to use.
Risk would be an awesome iPad game… think about it, shake the iPad to roll the dice, and tap and drag to move your soldiers.
A simple game show game: Deal Or No Deal, Wheel Of Fortune, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 1 VS 100, Jeopardy, ETC. (with iPhone/iPod Touch support to submit their answers), would also look awesome on the iPad.
You’d think they’ve started making these, huh? I wish to see more games like these that integrate the iDevices features in the future.
So… Is there a game that you would like to see on the iPad?
The iPad: The Little Tablet that Could
The Little Tablet That Could
The iPad is truly a revolutionary device. Not that it can replace your desktop computer but that it has completely opened up a new category in portable computing. It’s a companion that could do so much! but depending on the apps that the third party companies make, it could technically replace your computer. Give some of the big companies some time and the iPad might as well be your only computer.
Not that I’m saying that this SHOULD be your computer; it all depends on what you do. There’s a computer for everyone. But this could be your middle-ground from desktop to phone. But for the rest of the people who are simple persons. This is the perfect device for you.
The apps themselves are separate from this review since they are what truly sets this tablet computer apart from other computers. They are why we enjoy this device so much in the first place! They open the window to what it can do; what the iPad is for. The apps themselves are also made to the highest standard – beautiful and functional and all utilizing most of the functions of the iPad.
The iPad gets everything done: with the help of third party apps.
Here are a few of the selling points of the iPad:
1. So, what sets the iPad apart from the iPod Touch/ iPhone? A bigger touch screen.
What’s the biggest selling point of the iPad? A bigger touch screen.
Why should you buy the iPad? It’s a bigger touch screen!
Simply put: the bigger the real estate, the more you can do with a touch screen.
It’s what sets it apart from phones, yet it’s small enough to be carried around compared to a bulky computer/netbook.
2. Why is it better than a netbook? Not only is a netbook not powerful enough or feels like it, it just feels too slow for one to be satisfied to use it as an everyday device. Often programs crash and it loads a lot slower whenever you have multiple softwares running at the same time.
3. Which brings me to this next point. IT IS to the iPad’s advantage that it can only run one app at a time. Too often does the netbook have so many softwares running at the same time that hardly any of the softwares work.
Another thing that the iPad has an advantage over the netbook is of that it’s third party apps are specifically created for its optimal use. Not only is the netbook trying to run a software that it was clearly not designed to run, it most often ends up trying it’s best trying to run that software that the whole system suffers.
4. So, why iPad? It’s more personal. It is a tool that can be exploited in so many ways with the help of, again, third party apps! Third party apps for us all.
With it’s upsides, there’s definitely some downsides. Yeah it doesn’t have flash (the proprietary web plugin that most users use to play games, videos, and some online applications), it doesn’t have a camera – most users rarely use this though it would be nice to have one, it isn’t necessary. We can live without those two.
Although recent reports about the iPad having problems with it’s WiFi and some apps crashing, it is due to it’s just recent release. There’s still some kinks that need to be ironed out.
Some problems that vie had recently were nothing serious just nothing an update couldn’t fix. There is a lot that i haven’t yet covered here but I do feel that the iPad is a revolutionary device.
5. It’s the little tablet that could.
