The multipurpose phone – the phone of the future.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 417.

IV. What do you think mobile phones will look like in the future? What do you think they'll be used for? Read the text and see if it mentions any of your ideas.

READING

(1)It's easy to imagine what mobile phones will look like in a year or two – they will probably be smaller. But what will they look like ten or fifteen years from now? Perhaps, they will be so small that we won't be able to see them. We may have in jewellery such as rings, and fashion items like sunglasses.

(2)People in Japan can already use phones to buy things in shops. In some countries it's also possible to use phone as train ticket or office pass. So, what new functions will phones have in future? One thing that is certain that phones will do more of the things than PCs do nowadays. Some people also think that we will use phone as house keys, passport, maps and computer games. The phone will be our “remote control for life.” In a decade's time, many phones will have enough memory to video all of person's life.

(3)Companies are developing phones built into glasses. This will be useful when looking for directions – a map will appear inside the glass of the lens. We might be able to use our phones to label people at a party or conference. We'll never forget a name again.

(4)Some experts think that in the future we'll use our voice instead of our fingers to put data into a phone. Stuart Wolf, a professor at the University of Virginia, predicts that in 20 years' time people will use their thoughts to communicate with each other. We won't need phones at all!