With advances in RFID and smart technologies, stores will become smart stores and customers will be smart shoppers. At the same time e-shopping will also make great strides and it begs the question as to whether one will ultimately prevail or will retail be a combination of the two?
One of the barriers for e-shopping today is the fact that most shop online using their computers which are physically tied to one or a few locations. The obvious solution to this is the smartphone which are advancing all the time and will mean one day that we can e-shop from anywhere, so long as we have a connection. For this to take place, phones in the future will need to be more like PCs, but without the bulk.
Watch the video below to see a new mobile technology from Japan that has the potential to replace the PC. The technology in this video could change our e-shopping and work habits because it packs the power of a PC into something you can carry around in your shirt pocket.
