Tag Archives: futurism

The future of mobile entertainment

“Nokia recently released a press release about a report it had comissioned, ‘A Glimpse of the Next Episode’ which talked about the future of entertainment. The main trend identified was the coming of ‘Circular Entertainment’ (content created, edited and shared within a peer community rather than traditional media sources). Nokia have now released a number [...]

Wristphones, and imagining the future

Looking to the past in helps us get perspective on the futures we image for technology and society. This article reviews the Dick Tracy wristwatch phone, the Picturephone, and the set-top box for the home television.

“In retrospective writings about Picturephone, several reasons are frequently cited for its failure. Chief among these reasons are: that it [...]