What will 2010 bring for different media tools?

With each passing year, I am always curious to think about the latest cutting-edge technologies to be created. Whether they are for business or pleasure, technology does earn the respect of making life just a little more convenient in this fast paced society. I did hear that google was coming out with their own phone with im sure dozens and dozens of applications. I do have a question for people to ponder, do we really need all of these applications on cell phones? whatever happened to the phone just being used to make a phone call. Sure some of the applications do convenience us as a society, but are some of them just pure overkill? Anyone have any thoughts on this?