What is the Future of Mobile Communications?
Posted by Chris Leckness on 01/17/08 in Rants
I can’t predict that, nor can anyone really. We can take guesses and look at market trends to get an idea, but hey, you never know.
What I do want to know is what direction are we going towards in convergence. It seemed that we were going towards integration of phone, PDA, and media player functions. This has been done, many are happy with this mix. We have cameras on most phones these days, but these cameras are bad for the most part. Lately, I have seen an increase in phones with killer cameras. Are we moving towards leaving the camera at home time?
I have the Nokia N95, I don’t use it, but that has nothing to do with the phone. It’s a superb phone, has killer add ons, and a wonderful camera. One of the best cameras that I have used on a phone. Recently I caught an article featuring a phone that looked like a camera 1st and phone 2nd.
So, what do we want. A camera/phone integration with a great camera? I don’t. I want a decent camera, or leave it off. It’s nice to have a “decent” one to catch that impulse snapshot, but I prefer toting around a big camera when I want to take great pictures.
What I do want, is something I have envisioned for a while. I want a phone that is more of a handsfree device. A phone that doubles as my Laptop, PDA, media player, and yes… a decent camera. The size could be about the size of an HTC Advantage. Instead of holding it up to my head, Throw it in the backpack and use a great quality Bluetooth headset.
So, which way do you think we are heading and which way do you want to see us move towards? What is the “put everything else down” integration you are after?
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