… Usage of the iPhone a remote control is an old news. iPhone as a credit card terminal is one as well, making its hype when the Twitter co-founder aimed for this market. Mobile phone as a projector has been introduced by Samsung in their Pico phone. Augmented reality using mobile phones has already had its moment. In one of my previous posts, I wrote about NASA’s mini tricorder device for iPhone…

All these instances show a specific way to extend the mobile phone usage within different areas. When innovation happens in this direction, it is usually aiming for the most developed open platform, spreading towards the others later on, in order to get the early majority customers. Knowing that, it is understandable that iPhone gets on top of the list.

However, I’ve been often wondering what is the next big thing connected to mobile phone usage. There are several directions in which innovation arise, considering mobile phones: the mobile phones per se, mobile applications, mobile advertising, mobile  accessories etc. Most of the developments and innovation are incremental, however ones in a blue moon we see something that creates a new wave and others join for a ride.

I’d like to post my favorite new frontiers of mobile phone usage and will be happy to get your comments and additional fields of exploration:

- Will start with the result of the Cambridge Nanoscience Center and Nokia Research Center – the Nokia Morph Concept. Amazing opportunities.
- Nokia Scentsory – the phone that can smell! Read a review about it on the Gadget Review portal.
- Apple Black Hole concept. It uses holographic technology for mid-air interactions, also existing as a concept of a bracelet.
- Holographic text messages. Enjoy this video! Seams so close, no matter how far.
- Pomegranatephone: all-in-one phone: usual features + MP3player + projector + global voice translator + coffee brewer (?!) + shaver + harmonica . Watch this interactive video. Have your wow moment and at the end, click on the “Release Date”. Great fun and inspiration!

As I mentioned in the beginning, mobile phone as a remote control is an old news. But, regardless of what happens in the future, one thing is sure: we are going to be more attached and dependent on mobile phones, using them almost as a remote control for our lives: organizer, entertainment device, payment device and security center.

Forgetting your mobile phone at home – big no!… Knowing my ratio of loosing mobile phones, that’s scary!