I was alerted to a very interesting article on Wired. Following in some of the traditions of the Homebrew Computer Club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club), a new club, the Homebrew Mobile Phone club has arisen in Silicon Valley to brainstorm about mobile phone technology and think through how the mobile phone might evolve in the future.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70929-0.html?tw=wn_story_mailer

I believe that one day, mobile phones will be quite similar to PCs as modular, rather than interdependent architectures. While PCs are easily upgradable these days, through the swapping in and out of hardware (i.e. cards, hard drives, memory, processors, etc…) in a modular fashion, mobile phones remain interdependent architectures with most everything hardwired and soldered together (with the exception of the SIM and memory cards). Some day, I believe that mobile phones will also have modular, swappable components, allowing consumers to buy new components and put them into their phone as desired. Any thoughts on this? Share your comments…