The near future of communication

The Vodafone Future Site presents the 'near future' communication devices designed to enhance entertaining, working, belonging, and caring.

They have imagined a series of scenarios.

In one of them, the "visual bracelet" with a bendable and foldable screen works in synergy with a "communicator", defined as a "context aware agent", which mediates messages and calls based on the situation of the user and his/her contacts (are they available, in a bad mood, in a meeting, traveling, etc.) helping the wearer to set a tone for the conversation.

In other situations, the bracelet becomes a "sensor bracelet" recording the physical and emotional state of its wearer.

Vodafone also came up with an ePaper that can be become an up-to the minute information magazine or be overlaid with an IM-like buddy list--showing a map of the city with the physical location of each of the buddies and information about the bars and clubs they were in.