Decius wrote:

Unfortunately, 1 year isn't a great timeframe for tech prediction. Anything that is going to hit the mainstream in 2007 is already going on.

NPR did a similar story on tonight's All Things Considered. One of the interviewees was Hiawatha Bray, technology reporter for The Boston Globe. NPR doesn't have the transcript up yet, and I can't give you an exact quote, but she made the same point - the stuff that was big in 2006 had actually been built a few years ago and only got big this last year. She wouldn't give any specific predictions for the next big thing, instead pointing out that whatever it is, it's already built and just waiting for its 15 minutes.

RE: What will they think of next? - Los Angeles Times