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  Books I have co-authored |
Xperia Arc’s low light camera – will Sony(Ericsson) ever come to their senses about the Mpixel race?Xperia arc I don’t usually pay much attention to Sony Ericsson’s products but last week I saw a billboard in the subway stating that the Xperia Arc sported a camera with excellent low light capabilities. A quick google search revealed that SE is pushing the 8 Mpix low light camera as a major selling point. [...] Sometimes I get the impression that the industry believes the iPhone and iPad represent the pinnacle of human technology. Even though the majority of the market attention is on these form factors, several new UI technologies are already out of the labs. These technologies have the potential to disrupt the traditional smartphone/tablet market and might [...] Update: According to The Next Web’s internal sources, HP is NOT going to webOS from HP/Palm on different screens The Google/Motorola deal suddenly makes it relevant to take a closer look at the other OS platforms on the market. Most industry observers in the mobile space have already written off HP/Palm’s webOS as a dead platform. From a smartphone perspective, this is obvious at first sight. With two [...] This article has previously been published on VisionMobile’s blog. A popular view in the industry [...] The hype created by the promise of HTML5 has almost reached fever pitch during the last quarter. With HTML5/CSS3 it will be possible to run most types of applications directly in the “browser” and the need to install apps that execute native code will be a thing of the past. HTML5 can run from a [...] Eventually the mouse and keyboard will be replaced as our primary way of interfacing with the digital world by something else. Voice input, and pen/finger based touch screens are the most well-known candidates but there are several other more advanced technologies being developed. One example is I-Tech’s Virtual Keyboard (introduced in 2005) with a red laser [...]
Satio smartphone with camera All mobile phone vendors hope to repeat the success of Apple with a new Jesus phone. Sony Ericsson’s candidate is Satio (previous working name Idou) and they are positioning the integrated 12 megapixel camera as the “killer app” that will lift Satio above the other smartphone competitors when it hits the shelves [...] Will financially burdened telco operators postpone investments in the 4G technology LTE? This has been an ongoing topic within the industry for over a year. LTE provides the operators with higher capacity, spectral efficiency, and data rates but requires heavy investments in new infrastructure. The alternative is to settle for the 3G upgrade HSPA or [...] Today it is obvious that business models that are based on public Wlan networks will never live up to the hype from 2002-2004. The dramatic price pressure for mobile data via 3G/HSPA undermined the market for Wlan operators. The choice is easy between spotty Wlan coverage and comprehensive geographical service with a 3G dongle. Other players [...] |
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2009-2012 Mobile Foresight |
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