Fatmocell is a technology that is being used to amplify cell-phone reception and WiFi signals. Behind the technical babble, it simply means that you will be able to do a lot more with your cellphone than make call, text and play games. The future foresees mobile phones playing an integral part in controlling your household appliances and gadgets. David Nowicki, vice president of femtocell developer Airvana feels that there will come a time, when you will be able to control your stereo, lights, kitchen ovens, TV etc. with the mobile phone. Calling the concept Home 2.0, Nowicki explains that the phone will be the coordinator of all your home devices. Similar to the Sprint Airave, a femtocell hub provides an Internet gateway to enter a cell-phone network, thereby reducing the amount of power and distance your handset would need to communicate with a remote tower. Airvana's HubBub CDMA, set for release in late 2008 or early 2009, is already taking femtocells another step further by boosting your WiFi data signal as well. A femtocell hub is chiefly for home usage, utilizing an internet bridge and going by what David Nowicki predicts, in the future almost all devices will have an IP address. The flip side of this technology is the fear of hacking. Hackers can have a field-day turning unsuspecting victim's lives into living hell. Hopefully there will be an antidote to this situation as well.

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