Tomorrow’s Mobile Phones

CNet has a bit of a special on mobile phones, Tomorrow’s cell phone tech. It’s a good read for the current state of play of some advanced mobile features, but the word “tomorrow” is fairly literal. For example, the 10 things your cell phone will do in 10 years lists a bunch of things that are all available today and will become reasonably common in 2-3 years rather than the 10 years predicted by the headline (payments, web browsing, GPS, search and so on). It’s more useful as a list of services that have the attention of the media. I do have to agree with their prediction that “cell phones will keep improving and expanding for years to come”… Still, other posts have some interesting tidbits:

Mobile Video/TV: James McQuivey, an analyst with Forrester Research, said that content creators are jumping into the mobile market because it doesn’t require much investment for them, just for the carriers. The carriers need to ahve the major entertainment companies involved, so it’s a seller’s market for content he says in CNet. He also points out that even when content producers and carriers sort out their differences they still need the third leg of the stool — consumers.

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