Google Maps is coming to 3,500 gas stations in the U.S. Now consumers, while filling up, can check a flat-screen for how to get to Grandma's. Google won't serve ads, but retailers can profit from coupons tied in to the directions.
As prices for flat screens come down, the internet will not only move off desktops to mobile, but consumers may begin giving up control of the gadgets that allow them to access the Web. Today, we all want to own the flat-screen TV, PC, or mobile device in our pocket. But soon, flat-screen access to information will be at locations all around us. Will be interesting to watch what happens to hardware sales as devices become commodities, and our access points into the Web proliferate.
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