My Guess on the Next Few Years

So, technology has been improving greatly within the past few years, and the mobile world just went to life in 2007, when Apple announced the iPhone, and Android Inc. was working on their project with Google and the now-Open Handset Alliance. Just recently, Microsoft has been slowly coming back to the mobile game, which they entered during the late 1990's. So, what is next to change huge?

So, at the moment, we are having a clash of the old technology, new technology, and standards. This is kind of an awkward transition period, since there are older PC's, new mobile devices, and still standards (pencils and paper) out there together. I think the first thing to change up is the PC market.

So, Google has been making their Chromebook lines the new best thing for schools and organizations, as they are basically laptop-styled Internet clients, with the internal hardware found in many Android phones. Although these are basically crazy ideas at the time, coming from Windows PCs, I do believe that this is what it will come to in a few years when you think of "computer." Although, for those of us who use our computers for more than just the Internet, I do not believe Windows will be going anywhere. I believe that Windows will make another Chromebook alternative, and be the major operating system for anything technology, as that was their hope for Windows 10.

Next, I believe that mobile devices will turn to be more capable of becoming your PC. Although this may seem odd to us, but I believe that basically mobile devices and computers will basically switch places in the chart of which is the most powerful. Microsoft has been trying to do this for quite some time now, and recently was able to run full Windows 10 on a unknown device running over a mobile processor. This may allow for us to emulate our current applications to mobile devices. Soon, this may just be used for backwards compatibility, as newer applications may be make specifically for the emulators. Due to this, Linux may grow more, such as with Android, within the mobile world within the next few years.

Then, we have the standards. This is the stuff that we have always been used to, like paper, pencils, and physical items. Unfortunately, in a few years, there is a possibility that these, to us, everyday items may just become technology accessories. This is due to that with more technology, what were used to before may no longer be popular. However, this doubtfully will throw these items immediately extinct, although this may cause the companies producing and selling these items to make risks, such as merging with competition or going out of business. An example of this is the merge of Office Depot and OfficeMax (Staples was also originally in this deal to buy out both of them).

Finally, for the devices that help convert modern technologies to standards and back. These are like printers, fax machines, landlines, and so on. It is predicted that these devices will continue to lose sales, and eventually become almost extinct, unless it becomes known as a new type of device later on. For example, printers may stop use in households, and the files then could stay electronic. This would cause a huge chain reaction within household products worldwide within decades.

In the way technology is going now, this is just a sneak peek at what we have to expect within the coming years of technology. These predictions still have over half a chance of being completely inaccurate, although only time can tell whether it is or isn't accurate.