Cool Gadget Trends
(Tail end of Mashable’s 2008 Predictions written back towards the end of 2007 its right up our alley…)
At some point over the next year, I predict we’ll have to allocate staff here at Mashable to start covering more of the gadget space. Gadgets are already becoming more integrated with our online software (think: the Kindle). As soon as one or two manufacturers get it right like Apple did with the iPhone, we’ll see a whole lot more companies tailoring their hardware for application specific purposes.
We might actually see a physical “Facebook.” I’m not sure what a MySpace would look like, but I’m sure it’ll have a glittery coat of paint on it. We’ll end up seeing these things before the end of the year, though, and then we’ll know.
On the other side of things, we’ll see more integration of our online software with things other than our web browsers. Twitter may not have the biggest or fastest growing user base on the net, but it is solid, and those who are there are influential and loyal to the platform. Other developers and companies I talk to regularly are taking not of this, and instead of making users come to them, they’re constantly thinking of ways to take their work to the users.
Thus, we’ll see plenty of inventive new products, and at least one or two breakaway hits, that integrate into the mobile devices we all use daily.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 am
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