Predictions for 2009
lunchbox: This is fun, so I'll join in with some wild guesses.- Most people in the news who are making 2009 predictions are overestimating the amount of new tech developments that will happen in 2009. With the economic situation, it will be a generally slow year.- The personal health records space will heat up, with more hospitals and employers supporting HealthVault, Google Health, etc.- The smartphone will have a great year, spurred by great competition, free platforms, hungry vendors, and features that appeal to customers. The iPhone will continue to grab market share from all other smartphone OSes (except Android).- BlackBerry will stagnate and eventually (post-2009) go the way of Palm unless it changes its platform and strategy somehow. The outlook for Symbian isn't rosy either.- Phone manufacturers will fall in love with Android. Even though Symbian will be free as well, phone manufacturers will be wary of using a rival's platform (Nokia). There will be a bunch of Android devices on the market by year's end.- If Apple launches a large touchscreen device apart from a tablet laptop, it will be a failure. I just can't see this happening.