Thanksgiving. It’s the time of the year to be thankful for what you have, who’s in your life and your general well-being. I know I have much to be thankful for: a supportive family that let me take a massive pay cut to write full time, great friends and community here at jkOnTheRun, and the satisfaction of helping people and having great discussion in the tech space. I don’t want to take any of that for granted, but I do want to put a little twist on this Thanksgiving. That’s why I’m listing out mobile technology items that I’d be very thankful to see. Enjoy your holiday plans and safe travels if you’re on the road today.
Mobile technology I’d be thankful for:
- A conversion process and deal by Amazon to convert prior eBook purchases to the Kindle format for a small fee.
- A2DP Bluetooth support on the Apple iPhone.
- The abolishment of cellular voice contracts.
- A WaWa convenience store in every town. OK, that’s off-topic, but I like their coffee.
- Wireless links in auto navigation systems so I can type addresses in Google Maps at home, look them up and send the directions to the car. I’m tired of typing addresses in the car on inefficient virtual keyboards.
- Full voice recognition in every nav system; that would wipe the above item from my list.
- An exciting Palm device with a new Linux-based OS before the end of 2008.
- Mobile device batteries that last two to three times longer, but don’t increase in weight or size.
- A touch-friendly version of Windows; not just a shell that runs on top of it, a full version.
- More applications that are ink-enabled.
- Pay-per-use WWAN subscriptions that don’t cost an arm and a leg since most people are forced to get an unlimited plan today in the U. S.
- Unlimited plans that are truly unlimited. No ifs, ands, buts, or upper limits.
- Faster FiOS rollouts.
- A Nokia Internet Tablet designed by Mike Cane.
- WiFi and chairs in every WaWa. There; I’ve redeemed the earlier faux-pas on the list.
- Nintendo Wiis in every nursing home and adult care facility.
- Hyperlink areas that are bigger on devices with touchscreens. Surely someone smart can expand the activiation area beyond the text.
- 100,000 subscribers to jkOnTheRun.
Ok, the last one I just threw in there for good measure. In truth, I’m thankful for every reader and subscriber here. Surely I missed things that you would be thankful for, so if you have time before your turkey, drop one in the comments below.
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