If you’re anything like me (congratulations), you’ll have been delighted to see Back to the Future showing in cinemas nationwide, celebrating 25 years since it’s original release.
But as thrilled as I am to watch Michael J. Fox once again donning the famous white sneakers, shouting ‘Doc’ until his voice goes hoarse and revving the DeLorean up to 88mph, there is one thing that irks me about the famous trilogy.
You see, in the second film Marty McFly blasts off into to the future, the year 2015, and has a whale of a time playing with all the remarkable gadgets he encounters along the way.
Now forgive me for sounding ungrateful to the technology world that has blessed us with so much, but 2015 is but 5 years away and there’s no sign of auto-fitting shoes or a food hydrator. And while we’re on the subject, where the frickin’ hell is my hoverboard?
It’s all very depressing.
However, I can at least console myself with the astonishing piece of space-age tech I’m carrying around in my pocket.
No crude jokes please.
We all take our mobile phones for granted of course, but without wanting to sound like a full on, mallet-wielding Luddite, it truly is remarkable what they can do.
Whether you want to record your dog chasing it’s own tail in high-definition, find your nearest aqua-aerobics class or video-chat with a friend whilst on the toilet (that’s you not me), it’s entirely possible to do so.
The future is now.
But we’re an impatient bunch of so-and-so’s aren’t we, always standing there with our hand held out, demanding the next astounding innovation and wanting significantly more bang for our buck (or pound sterling).
So I put this question to you: What is the ‘next big thing’ in mobile phone tech?
My suspicion is the emergence of the projector, allowing you to share your high-def photos and videos without having to get everyone jockeying for position in and around your handset’s teeny-tiny screen.
That’s not all either.
Imagine projecting your favourite mobile phone games onto a wall and using your handset as the controller. Those birds would certainly look a lot angrier at twenty times the size.
Or what about the possibilities for video calling? A projector would give conferencing an almost holographic feel, beaming life-sized images of the person you’re chatting with to make it seem like they’re right there in front of you.
So how long might we have to wait?
Well, Samsung showed off a handset containing a projector over 18 months ago, the i7410, but this has yet to become available to the masses, leaving the door wide open for someone to fill the gap.
There have been strong rumours in cyberland that Apple will introduce a projector on the next incarnation of the iPhone, which wouldn’t be at all surprising given their history of getting products to market months ahead of the crowd.
Maybe I should ring them about my hover board.
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