Matt Cooper’s Predictions for 2009
Matt Cooper, senior designer at AIG, is a regular contributor to the interactive community Dynamo London. He posted up a list of predictions for 2009 which I found quite inspirational. Read the full post here.
- Apple will release some sort of ‘Touchscreen-Netbook-Newton-Big iPhone-Thing’
Matt suggested it will be a combination of an A5 sized iPhone device with a MacBook - Nano. The software would be managed through the app store, or wirelessly from another computer (as in the MacBook Air).
He also predicted it would be cheap, although I am not sure I agree with that, unless they initially sell it at a massive loss.
On a similar note, I have also recently read about the likelihood of a mass emergence of ‘empty’ phones or devices that you download software on to, to suit individual needs.
- The commercialisation of Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a fantastic resource, that has developed in to a complex mass of information. But I think that a lot more could be made of it.
If it was commercialised it would undoubtedly improve its operating system and overall design, but it sparks the eternal question - would the improvements out-weigh the advertising and biased commercial influence?
- Digital paper
Matt predicted digital paper will come and go. This may indicate a lack of experience on my part in comparison to Matt, but I think it could revolutionise the online experience, to make it less ‘online’. I think it could make the internet a much more integral part of our lives, a step further than the MacBook Air.
Online information could be viewed on the ‘paper’ with a wireless connection to a computer, or device that can connect to the internet. The keyboard could be abandoned through a touch screen that would allow users to write search terms (or whatever) directly on to the digital paper.