use your mobile phone as a 3D mouse..

A few years ago an Economist article covered how the mobile phone was going to bridge the digital divide... improving access to the web and improving literacy everywhere, including third world countries. But now we're seeing it become the one-stop interface between you and the outside world.

You can already connect to cameras and motion sensors watching over your house via your mobile (ok so you pay a subscription for the web space you'd use).

Slashdot folks pointed to a New Scientist article detailing how York University researchers have developed an application that, using the camera on your phone, allows you to control your pooter simply by waving your mobile around. The app allows your phone to connect to your pooter via bluetooth to do what it needs to do. It's only a matter of time before they port the voice recognition suite onto your phone too which could bring the pocket-sized universal translater one step closer to reality.

Now all mobile phones need to do is sort out their platform issues. If you thought the desktop browsers had compatibility issues, multiply that by the number of different phones out there, each with their own browser, as everyone falls over themselves to capture the market. The iPhone has upped the game a wee bit, but it's only the beginning...