By 2011, about 9 of 10 mobile phones will include basic multimedia capabilities; today about 60% have those features, says MultiMedia Intelligence.
Worldwide shipments of multimedia-enabled mobile phones will exceed 300 million units next year, surpassing shipments of television sets, according to a research report being released this week by MultiMedia Intelligence. Sales of such phones will generate over $76 billion in revenue.
By 2011, about 9 of 10 mobile phones will include basic multimedia capabilities, which consist of an image sensor, MP3 audio support, and video playback. Currently, these capabilities are available in 60% of mobile phones, according to the report.
In general, MultiMedia Intelligence defines basic multimedia phones as those that have at least a 1.0-megapixel camera, MP3 audio and video playback capabilities, Java, USB, Bluetooth, 16-bit screen color, QVGA resolution, as well as Wireless Application Protocol and Multimedia Message Service support.
Wireless carriers view multimedia phones as a great opportunity to attract new subscribers. Consequently, they're turning to leading manufacturers, such as Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Samsung, LG Electronics, and Sony Ericsson, for exclusive phones with innovative form factors and multimedia features.
A touch screen will be another prominent feature on mobile phones in the near future. The number of phones with touch screens will reach almost 200 million by 2011.
Read the Full Story at Information Week
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The Hidden Talents of Cell Phone Sales People
Yes. You sell cell phones. But is that all you are made of? I think not!
Saturday, June 09, 2007
The Disappearance of Bees Tied to EMR - Cell Phone Industry Facing PR Crisis
I found this pretty interesting article on Life Technology. It discusses scientific principals that radio waves (we now have 3 billion cell phone users) are causing bees not to be able to make it back to their hive.
Maybe we should all invest in honey futures, since the mobile phone industry doesn't seem to be going anywhere soon.
EMR Causes Disappearance of Bees
Maybe we should all invest in honey futures, since the mobile phone industry doesn't seem to be going anywhere soon.
EMR Causes Disappearance of Bees
Friday, February 09, 2007
New York, Bloomberg and the Cell Phone
The Institute for the Future quotes Mayor Bloomberg's plan to allow 911 and other city services to accept video and pictures taken and sent via cell phone:
This year, we'll begin a revolutionary innovation in crime-fighting: Equipping "911" call centers to receive digital images and videos New Yorkers send from cell phones and computers something no other city in the world is doing.
If you see a crime in progress or a dangerous building condition you'll be able to transmit images to 911, or online to NYC.GOV. And we'll start extending the same technology to 311 to allow New Yorkers to step forward and document non-emergency quality of life concerns holding City agencies accountable for correcting them quickly and efficiently.
So, next time you are being mugged the Big Apple, don't forget to strike a pose.
NYC Launches Mass "Sousveillance"
This year, we'll begin a revolutionary innovation in crime-fighting: Equipping "911" call centers to receive digital images and videos New Yorkers send from cell phones and computers something no other city in the world is doing.
If you see a crime in progress or a dangerous building condition you'll be able to transmit images to 911, or online to NYC.GOV. And we'll start extending the same technology to 311 to allow New Yorkers to step forward and document non-emergency quality of life concerns holding City agencies accountable for correcting them quickly and efficiently.
So, next time you are being mugged the Big Apple, don't forget to strike a pose.
Monday, January 15, 2007
New Meaning to Shanghaied
When someone was kidnapped, back in the day it was called "Shanghaied". Today, we worry more about our kids than we did even 30 years ago. Now a cell phone keeps our kids safer (as long as the phones aren't dumped along the way).
From Shanghai Daily News:
Shanghai Telecom, the city's largest fixed-network operator, has teamed with the Shanghai Education Commission to launch a handset for children to allow parents to check their child's location by global positioning system, Shanghai Daily reported.
The company sent 2,000 free "Little Smart" handsets to primary and middle school students in the city yesterday.
The phones have only five pre-set numbers instead of a normal keypad, with GPS built in. Parents can track their child's location by visiting Shanghai Telecom's Website, making a phone call or sending an SMS.
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From Shanghai Daily News:
Shanghai Telecom, the city's largest fixed-network operator, has teamed with the Shanghai Education Commission to launch a handset for children to allow parents to check their child's location by global positioning system, Shanghai Daily reported.
The company sent 2,000 free "Little Smart" handsets to primary and middle school students in the city yesterday.
The phones have only five pre-set numbers instead of a normal keypad, with GPS built in. Parents can track their child's location by visiting Shanghai Telecom's Website, making a phone call or sending an SMS.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Apple's iPhone Unveiled
What's this I see on Apple's home page? FINALLY, news, officially from Apple, on the iPhone. And do I see a Cingular signal indicator? That would make sense, since talks with TMobile fell through and they both work on GSM.
The iPhone is sure to be spendy, but worth it. I am a Mac Geek at heart, and love the simplicity, the ease of use and the steadfast reliability that Apple offers in all their devices. Since this has gone back to the drawing board several times, there is no doubt that the iPhone will be held to a higher standard as well.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Google Beat to the Punch by AT and T/Cingular?
Eric Schmidt of Google has been advocating a day when advertisement would make cell phone subscriptions free. It's natural with the popularity of Google's AdSense program, that the company should take over the lead. Endgadget: Google Chief Sez:"Your Mobile Phone Should be Free.
Every day on the Internet, we are bombarded by advertisement. Does that mean our Internet is free? Even NetZero, who used to be free, funding dial up on the backs of advertisers, charge for the privilege now.
Has AT and T beaten Google to the punch? Or is there another partnership in the works?
NEW YORK ( Reuters) - AT and T Inc. (T.N) plans to push new wireless services and make advertising a key revenue stream following its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N), The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The acquisition, which closed last week, gives AT and T control of mobile phone service provider Cingular Wireless. The companies previously ran Cingular in a joint venture.
``The biggest asset we bought here was Cingular,'' AT and T Chairman and Chief Executive Edward Whitacre said, according to the Journal. ``We're about to become a company with wireless at its heart.''
AT and T will begin selling wireless service under its own brand name to its pool of corporate phone and Internet customers, the Journal reported. Control of Cingular will allow it to offer discounts for bundles that were impossible when the wireless carrier was a separate entity, the paper reported.
Consumers will get the choice of signing up for a new package of mobile phone and Internet service rather than the traditional bundle of land-line phone and Internet service, the paper also reported.
AT&T has been testing cellphones that can run on Wi-Fi networks when at home, which could let consumers save money on their mobile phone bills and perhaps get better reception indoors, the paper said.
It also reported that AT and T will begin selling advertising on mobile phones, television and Internet access service this year.
Advertisers will be able to buy spots for TV and broadband beginning early this year, with wireless ads following later this year, the Journal said. The advertising business could generate several billion dollars in revenue per year in the next five years, the paper cited the company as saying.
Every day on the Internet, we are bombarded by advertisement. Does that mean our Internet is free? Even NetZero, who used to be free, funding dial up on the backs of advertisers, charge for the privilege now.
Has AT and T beaten Google to the punch? Or is there another partnership in the works?
NEW YORK ( Reuters) - AT and T Inc. (T.N) plans to push new wireless services and make advertising a key revenue stream following its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N), The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The acquisition, which closed last week, gives AT and T control of mobile phone service provider Cingular Wireless. The companies previously ran Cingular in a joint venture.
``The biggest asset we bought here was Cingular,'' AT and T Chairman and Chief Executive Edward Whitacre said, according to the Journal. ``We're about to become a company with wireless at its heart.''
AT and T will begin selling wireless service under its own brand name to its pool of corporate phone and Internet customers, the Journal reported. Control of Cingular will allow it to offer discounts for bundles that were impossible when the wireless carrier was a separate entity, the paper reported.
Consumers will get the choice of signing up for a new package of mobile phone and Internet service rather than the traditional bundle of land-line phone and Internet service, the paper also reported.
AT&T has been testing cellphones that can run on Wi-Fi networks when at home, which could let consumers save money on their mobile phone bills and perhaps get better reception indoors, the paper said.
It also reported that AT and T will begin selling advertising on mobile phones, television and Internet access service this year.
Advertisers will be able to buy spots for TV and broadband beginning early this year, with wireless ads following later this year, the Journal said. The advertising business could generate several billion dollars in revenue per year in the next five years, the paper cited the company as saying.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
NYC Cabs to Flesh Out Cell Phone Drop Zones
From Fox News:
NEW YORK — Ever wanted to stuff that "Can you hear me now?" guy into the trunk of your car and take him on a tour of those maddening spots where your cell phone won't work?
One telecommunications company has a plan to do the mechanical equivalent.
The Stockholm-based firm Ericsson recently got approval from New York's taxi commission to place mobile sensors in the trunks of at least 50 cabs in an attempt to better map dead zones in mobile phone networks.
The small devices, about the size of a computer modem, will automatically feed information about signal strength and clarity to engineers.
Because taxis in New York are on the road all day and all night, and ostensibly travel into every corner of the city, company executives said they are a cheap way of covering vast amounts of territory with limited effort.
Read the Full Story in Fox News: Technology
NEW YORK — Ever wanted to stuff that "Can you hear me now?" guy into the trunk of your car and take him on a tour of those maddening spots where your cell phone won't work?
One telecommunications company has a plan to do the mechanical equivalent.
The Stockholm-based firm Ericsson recently got approval from New York's taxi commission to place mobile sensors in the trunks of at least 50 cabs in an attempt to better map dead zones in mobile phone networks.
The small devices, about the size of a computer modem, will automatically feed information about signal strength and clarity to engineers.
Because taxis in New York are on the road all day and all night, and ostensibly travel into every corner of the city, company executives said they are a cheap way of covering vast amounts of territory with limited effort.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Drivers with Earwax Problems?
Ever done a bluetooth headset demo only to have to scrape the earwax off the ear bud afterwards? This little gadget could be your saving grace... or your worst nightmare!
An elephant shaped cell phone strap lets truckers and others with ear wax issues scrape it out. Cut and gross at the same time.
Apple and the iPhone - iPod Cell Phone
There has been a lot of hush hush rumors regarding Apple working on a cell phone around it's iPod platform. There have been attempts at guessing design and features, but mums the word from Apple. Rumor mills claim that we will see this phone in January. Doubtful since insiders say the Apple iPhone was slated to go back to the drawing board because the current producer and provider (negotiations with T-Mobile were put on the back burner) could not come up with the interface that Apple's head honcho mandated.
Recently Cisco came out with something they called iPhone, which is not cellular, and has nothing to do with Apple in the least. However, considering all things Apple for the past few years have had i in front of it, the moniker calls to an already established trend by Apple. iWork, iChat, iPod, iBook and the list goes on and on.
Apple Insider is a site that has released accurate Apple info before the company has released the information publicly. No, it's not an Apple marketing ploy, and they actually tried to get the site shut down via the courts.
Apple Insider claims there will be no further delays in the iPhone release.
Recently Cisco came out with something they called iPhone, which is not cellular, and has nothing to do with Apple in the least. However, considering all things Apple for the past few years have had i in front of it, the moniker calls to an already established trend by Apple. iWork, iChat, iPod, iBook and the list goes on and on.
Apple Insider is a site that has released accurate Apple info before the company has released the information publicly. No, it's not an Apple marketing ploy, and they actually tried to get the site shut down via the courts.
Apple Insider claims there will be no further delays in the iPhone release.
Wave Bubble Jammer
Here is a little ditty that just might have it's uses. It is a jammer for cell phones, rf, bluetooth and wifi with a radius of 20'. Fits into a pack of cigs like clockwork. My question is, can I use it NOT to get speeding tickets too?
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