2012 Technology Predictions [+rep]

[Chippiewill]

Most of the design work came from Johnny Ives anyway

Never knew that.. still wouldn't expect entirely new products though.

[mutter]Stupid apple-fan-boy-know-know it all..[/mutter]

[bFen]

Stephen Hawkin will Pass Away,
The Government turn against the people.
We run.
and Hide ._.

EDIT: Oh, and Holographic Skype Calls (That would be Awesome!)

[peteyt]

I wonder. We've had smart phones, tablets, what's next? I actually thought I'd Google Smart watch as I was looking at some james bond stuff earlier and noticed a few exist. I probably wouldn't wear one myself but would anyone else? Some people never go anywhere without their watch and sometimes it can be easy to loose a phone, so it would be hard to loose but maybe awkward to use.

[Mark]

Stephen Hawkin will Pass Away,
The Government turn against the people.
We run.
and Hide ._.

EDIT: Oh, and Holographic Skype Calls (That would be Awesome!)

Not for a few years yet I think!
I think VoIP will catch on a little bit more and everything will be more web/Internet based e.g. Tv, phone, streaming movies to TV

[Recursion]

Not for a few years yet I think!
I think VoIP will catch on a little bit more and everything will be more web/Internet based e.g. Tv, phone, streaming movies to TV

VoIP technically has caught on, so many businesses etc use it nowadays

[Mark]

VoIP technically has caught on, so many businesses etc use it nowadays

Yeah, I was talking about home owners

[xxMATTGxx]

Yeah, I was talking about home owners

I thought it has already with Skype? My parents are aware of it without me mentioning a thing to them.

[Mark]

I thought it has already with Skype? My parents are aware of it without me mentioning a thing to them.

Skype is through mobile phones and computers, not home landlines

[Recursion]

Skype is through mobile phones and computers, not home landlines

There's no use for VoIP in the home if you're using a PBX to convert it back to analogue anyway in that case. The only real reason to use VoIP at home would be if you were using a SIP provider over the internet, in which case, you'd still need an analogue phone line in a lot of homes to provide the ADSL backbone, which then nulls the point in VoIP in the home... you see where I'm going with this.

[iBlueBox]

Or they could be stuck on ideas due to good ol' stevey..

Doubtful though because updating Apple hardware is a bit easy, better this.. better that. What I doubt they'll have is new innovative stuff or a completely new product. Mostly updates / refreshes.

Steve, left a massive back-log planning out the future of Apple for like the next 10 years anyway on products ect.