When the year winds down, looking back or looking forward is usually the done thing. I clearly prefer the latter. I stick my neck out for five technology things that I believe are likely to storm the world in 2010.
\nSmartbooks\/tablets:<\/strong> A laptop\/netbook loaded with SIM card seems like a godsend mixing the twin conveniences of powerful applications on the go and sheer mobility. Apple\u2019s much-rumoured tablet sent its stock surging last week and right here in India, Olive launched a netbook\u00a0(Internet-friendly cheap laptop) loaded with a 3G facility. I see a future in which people will have two SIM cards, one in a handset and one in a laptop.
\nE-books:<\/strong> Amazon\u2019s Kindle has only just hit India, while Google has come out with Fast Flip, a technology that enables a real book-like experience on the Web to help us read magazines and books with the old look and feel. I expect e-books and e-readers to catch on and get cheaper.
\nAndroid on steroids:<\/strong> Google\u2019s Android platform to make really-loaded smartphones cheap has taken off with brands like Motorola\u2019s Cliq. Google\u2019s own Nexus One is on the way. I expect smartphones at prices as low as Rs. 5,000 to flood the market. Very smart but really cheap.
\nBranded Cloud:<\/strong> We are already doing cloud computing, thank you. From the free add-on to Salesforce.com that offers companies fairly advanced software platforms on the Web, the business of using the Net as a \u201ccloud\u201d to offer software service is hot. But it is still a vague business, especially for larger, smarter applications. I expect IBM and\/or Cisco to leap ahead with a one-stop-shop brand to match.
\nMS Office 2010:<\/strong> I expect the next Microsoft Office \u2014 which is ramping up collaborative features and Net publishing in a big way \u2014 to be really cool, with an affordable Web-based \u201ccloud\u201d service. Courtesy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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