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THE ELUSIVE KILLER APP AND ITS RAMIFICATION. “Seeing a merger of PDAs and cellphones as a sure thing” “Our increasingly mobile lifestyles will make cellphones and PDAs even more important than they are today” “A smart phone that can double as a PDA. ”.
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“Seeing a merger of PDAs and cellphones as a sure thing” • “Our increasingly mobile lifestyles will make cellphones and PDAs even more important than they are today” • “A smart phone that can double as a PDA. ”
“An ‘information appliance’ that combines phone and Internet access” • “The marriage of broadband and cellular” • “A handheld PC that can make a phone call, but is best at wireless communication. ”
Customers wanting to add • Web browsing • Streaming videos • MP3s • Games • Connectivity with GPS • Many other applications
“… The information device of the future will be personal and portable … accessing any person or information, anytime, anywhere.”
MY KILLER APP VERSION • 3G phone with PDA/PC functions • Open standard interfaces
camera interface screen interface keypad or keyboard interface
hardware interface software interfaces
If, indeed, my gizmo constitutes the killer application, DO WE WANT A PIECE OF THE PIE? OR ARE THE CRUMBS SUFFICIENT?
If we are not ready to produce even a part of any eventual new generation killer app… • develop useful 2G applications
“One of the agreed-on requirements for a harmonized Global 3G standard is backward compatibility.” “Rollouts of 3G services are likely to be regional, and gradual.”
reproduce necessary circuits using off-the-shelf components. • produce useful 2G applications “independent” of the commercial handset • This can help us understand fully the functions of each circuit component.
Home Automation/Networking • Car Automation/Networking • Cell Phone Repeaters • Business Applications
If we want to, at least, dabble on any eventual new generation killer app, we should make ourselves ready as soon as possible.
If there are people here who can sink their teeth in any eventual new generation killer app, they should help others one way or another.
It is time to establish the Institute for Advanced Mobile Communications • spearheaded by members of the industry and academe
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke “… the level of our technology and the level of technological illiteracy … strikes me as dangerous”
A few of the things the Institute can offer: • Training • Seminars • Workshops • Symposia/Fora
A few of the things the Institute can offer: • R&D clearinghouse • Higher Education
The “crucible” for design and implementation of Industry/Academe R&D ideas • Research can be pursued by industry & academic partners • A pool of engineers/academics can be identified
The Korean CDMA Development Model or China’s insistence on its TDD version can be replicated when there is a pool of experts.