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Imagine a future where everybody does everything through an electronic tablet. Sound probable? Such an idea would have been the stuff of dreams when our parents were children, but sparked by the rapid advancement of computer and mobile technologies and fuelled the huge manufacturing capabilities of China and South-East Asia, the dreams are fast becoming reality.
Not fifteen years ago the mobile phone was the toy of the early adopters and the well-heeled – now it is ubiquitous; indeed, it is considered a staple necessity of everyday life by many children as well as adults. There are, in fact, more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.
So what else is there on the immediate technological horizon that we can expect to possess as a necessity in the future? The iPad and Kindle of course spring to mind. Although these devices are currently the playthings of trendsetters with plenty of disposable income to burn, there always comes a point when a product confirms its success by entering the mainstream, and there may soon be a time when we find something very like them in every school and every workplace.
Every time a new and wonderful product hits the market, its predecessors take a price cut, and this makes them just that little bit more accessible to the average man in the street. And to visualise the features that will be at our fingrtips when we spend £150 on a tablet computer in a couple of years time, just take a look at a top-end product today. Video conferencing, constant high-speed wireless internet access, lots of storage, speed.
If every worker and student were in possession of such a tool, it would realise the age-old vision of a world where we can download and upload information and communicate face-to-face, from anywhere in the world. We might eventually see the arrival of proper telecommuting, reversing the flight of workers and young people out of the countryside.
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