Introducing the pPod

The 463 has had something deep on its mind in recent weeks.  Or perhaps it's simply just obvious.  You be the judge....

It seems to us that we're moving towards a day when we have a single, hand-held device that is a phone (3+G, WiFi, landline); a portable entertainment player (games, music, movies); a TV; a radio (Podcasts, satellite, terrestrial); a camera; a GPS system; a RFID enabled wallet and product reader; a node on an advanced eHealth network; and, of course, an access point to the Internet.

And, while it's easy to poke holes in why this all-in-one device might not happen anytime soon - if ever (size, complexity, fear of theft), it's even easier to imagine how many of the elements above will converge on a device or devices as we move beyond the iPod/Camera Phone Era 1.O.

And, if things do progress as we expect, our minds reel even more at the thought of all the policy issues that will both symbolically and directly converge around this device that we call the Policy Pod, or pPod, for groans.  (Other ideas:  ePod for everythingPod or, more expansively, ebtksPod for EveryButTheKitchenSinkPod)

Indeed, you don't even need to look into the future for the policies swirling around mobile, content-rich devices.  They're happening now in all corners of the globe.  And, they will have profound impact on the shape of the development of the pPod.

The 463 will be closely following these issues in the weeks and months to come.

(illustration above is from the iPod Lounge iPod Concept Gallery)

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