Smart Phones Surpassing PDAs
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Smart phones have taken the world by storm. There was a time when a phone was just a phone that simply allowed you to talk with someone that wasn’t in your presence. As technology has become more compact, so have the capabilities of the communication devices.
Most phones that are on the market have […]
Cell Phones: Multitasking Radio
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Cell Phones Are Just Sophisticated Radios.
When is a phone not really a phone – when it is actually a cell phone. All those annoying little phones you hear buzzing where ever you go these days are (drum roll please) radios. Just knowing this takes a little bit of the fun out of the […]
Etiquette for Mobiles Phones
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I had left a message for my doctor, but left my cell phone number since I had to run some errands. The nurse timed the return call perfectly. There I was, standing in the refrigerator aisle of the local supermarket (complete with stock boy) when my phone began to buzz. If I […]
Mobile device in a glove?
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When I described the Ultimate Mobile Device, I always imagined something that the user would wear on the wrist.
I guess a big part is that in science fiction TV and film, people would often use communicators set up on their arms.
Well, it looks like some manufacturers are indeed looking beyond the device itself as separate […]
Mobile developers get toolkit
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So, if the mobile device is the communications center of the future, what’s coming next?
Well, if the marketers have anything to do with it, the mobile device will become the next big platform for permission marketing. Or simply marketing.
Already some marketers are touting that mobile as the billboard of the future.
While the big companies are […]
The Apple iPhone and Cisco - Now what for mobiles?
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So, Apple and Cisco have decided to bury the hatchet on the iPhone trademark dispute. Now both companies will promote iPhone products.
While Apple’s foray into the name was widely expected, it was surprising to discover Cisco already held the trademark. However, observers soon noted that the Cisco claim was tenuous at best.
So now it’s a […]
The Ultimate Mobile Device
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The Age of Information is bringing about the convergence of a range of technologies.
The internet, digital media, home entertainment - and mobile devices - are all moving slowly but surely towards a single goal.
The result? The Ultimate Mobile Device.
At present we have separate devices for different functions: the computer for the internet, the TV for […]