Windows Phone Thoughts: Pocket PCs And Foreign-Language Signs

"The same camera you use to take pictures of an Italian vineyard may help you find a 'toletta' several glasses of wine later, if Hewlett-Packard has its way. Researchers in Hewlett-Packard's labs have developed their own method of pairing a digital camera and computing device to translate signs and text in a foreign language back into English. The technology, a software applet running on an Hewlett-Packard iPaq PDA, will hopefully form the foundation for an eventual product, researchers said."

Pair this with smart glasses, and you'd potentially have a killer translation combo long-term.