The Financial Express: The paper has attempted to list out top 10 tech trends that will dominate 2006. One notable trend is the advent of low cost computing:
Expect laptops costing Rs 5,000 ($110) and race for cellphones with a price tag of Rs 1,000 ($22) to begin. A hand-cranked laptop that will cost roughly $100 is expected to be in the hands of schoolchildren in poorer countries by late 2006. The idea is to get the cost of a basic computer down to $100 by a combination of clever design and bulk manufacturing (minimum order is likely to be about one million units).
The other one is on digital lifestyle.
The rapid diffusion of broadband and digital technology in television networks is highly accelerating this process and is leading to the development of new content delivery infrastructures (internet, UMTS, MMS, MP3, VOD, DSL, WiFi/WiMax, digital cable) as well as new multi-channel access tools available to the end consumer. Not many analysts are yet betting on many watching TV on mobiles, even though 3G is on its way.
India is getting ready for internet’s biggest upgrade – Ipv6. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has already paved the way for the newer version of the internet protocol and next year will see the industry debating and getting ready for the next version. Globally, the wave has begun with NTT offering consumer IPv6 connection service that runs on any standard internet access line last month. Read further.
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