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Is there anything a mobile can’t do?
By jpenston | August 25, 2006 |
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A few weeks ago, I published a research piece on Mobile Data and how the charges levied by the operators were suffocating the market. For an independent view on this, see The Register’s article on an NOP survey done during the World Cup showing that 44% will never use mobile data again. Almost half cited cost concerns, and one in five cited ease of use issues.
I was having dinner with a British and two American colleagues on Monday evening and we were discussing this. My British friend had a Nokia N93, and he was showing us what it can do. While its still a little clunky, its a pocket size video camera - and definitely not a video-phone. The resolution is pretty amazing - DVD-like quality they say (I wonder why that is “DVD-like” and not “DVD”… marketing folks don’t use extra works like “like” for no reason).
From what I saw though, adverts really don’t do it justice… why does the screen swivel like that, it looks daft - until you use it and see that the buttons are right where you need them. I don’t think that ease of use is going to be an issue for long!
This is just the start… think about the N93 Golf, complete with software to analyse your golf swing…! Phones are evolving to work without the network because of the prices charged by operators… Isn’t it about time that the artificial price barriers were removed?
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