Jan Chipchase; connected society in five years

Jan Chipchase has, in my opinion, a great job. As principal researcher for Nokia he travels around the world in search of behavioural patterns and to find info about how we interact and use our mobile phones. During his presentation on TED in March 2007 he talks about the future and impact of mobile phones. For this he talks about his journey around the globe. A journey in which he investigates human behaviour and see a lot of the way different cultures use their mobile devices. One of his main messages is: It is not about megabytes or megapixels, it is about technology delivering real added value to a persons life.

I think about the future and design for the future and to be honest I haven't got a clou about how the future is gonne be like but I have a good idea how people will behave

The desk of Jan Chipchase is, like he beautiful quotes: out there. so it is not a desk or a R&D department but it is the world. For his inspiration and proof of the pudding he travel around the world.
For now there are about 6,6 billion people on this planet and 3,3 billion are 'mobile connected'. For another 1 billion people it will take two years to get them connected. One of the main questions Chipchase asks in his interviews is: What do you carry? Besides this question it is even more important which of the items we carry with us we really use. There is a top three of items which we always want to carry with us; money, keys and mobile phone. A survey concluded that this had to do with our need to survive. It is again the pyramid of Maslov.

Chipchase says in his presentation clearly that the key aspect of success of technology is if it really adds something to our lives. Within five years everyone is connected with each other and according to Chipchase this has four major consequences.
1. An enormous increase in speed and number of great ideas.
2. Increase in pace of adoption of new services and products.
3. Society/crowds will improve and reinvent every new product and idea.
4. Everyone wants to be part of the conversation. We will need to learn to listen.

When I saw these four consequences I recognized a lot in it. Many guru's have similar views on the future. I also believe Chipchase has right. What do you think?