Some trends sound too good to be true—like wireless on airplanes, Wi-Max being deployed in metropolitan areas, and mobile broadband working in cars, letting you send your music collection through your car speakers. But as it turns out, all of these treasures really are on the 2008 calendar.

American Airlines and Jet Blue are already trying out wireless on their planes. And the inevitable growth of mobile broadband does make car access more realistic.

One company is also predicting the price of mobile broadband to come down, which, in turn, will also make WWAN-enabled GPS a reality, along with HSDPA and EV-DO to be available in mainstream consumer notebooks. Because, really—who ever said only business users want to be connected everywhere?