A few months back we covered Microsoft’s vision of 2019 concerning technology, now it’s Nokia’s turn. Nokia’s vision of 2015 focuses on portable devices which features technology we’re on the verge of obtaining.

Overview of Features

Social Networking:

Face recognition software: When a mobile device is facing a crowd, the device is able to identify where your friends are (headshot of friend, phone number, when they last met, even pictures of you with each other.) By 2015, Nokia’s vision of gathering data will be much more advanced then it already is, leaving users with the ability to truly connect with anyone.

Connecting:

Music Sharing: I’m not sure how legal this feature is, but apparently the ability to listen to your friend’s music will become available.

News Fetching: Not only will the mobile devices be used as a common GPS, when driving to work, news stories related to your interests will be read out to the driver.

Hardware:

Because mobile devices are becoming more of a computer then a phone, the idea is to be able to use the device wherever you’re going. To do this, Nokia believes that data will be stored on a small sim card that can then be inserted into different devices. For example, if you’re riding a bike, you’ll be able to insert the sim card into a smaller device perfect for the outdoors. In a nutshell, there will be different designs for different users.

Summary

Nokia’s vision seems almost so realistic that it could be done even before 2015. Companies like Foursquare are already figuring out how to connect random people with each other. For example, say you’re at a bar, using foursquare, you can see the interests of people around you using a mobile device, so connecting with people of the same interests will be much easier. Nokia’s concepts certainly aren’t anything that can’t be reached by 2015, but the direction they see mobile devices going in, is right on target.