Jan 8, 2010
3D Holograms on Handsets
2010 sounds like such a futuristic year but the truth of the matter is that this date is right around the corner. Are the handsets of this future era going to be different from what they are today? Will the cell phone industry have changed a lot in the scant year-and-a-half it takes to reach this milestone year? Or will the wireless phones they see in 2010 be strikingly similar to the ones that are emerging on to the market today? While some people predict that phones will be projecting 3D holograms by 2010, others say that the industry is going to look like a slightly more grown-up version of what it looks like right now. Regardless of which side of the debate they are on, a lot of people are out there talking about the 2010 mobile phone market.
They are beginning to see a widespread interest in the development of open source wireless phone handsets with the upcoming release of Google’s Android. Open source handsets will allows users to access the applications & features that they need for their phones without being tied down to those things that are offered by the wireless carrier. People are increasingly interested in personalizing their mobile phones & open source handsets take that to the next level.
Seven of the more fun predictions that people in the industry are making is that 2010 is going to be the year that three-dimensional holograms are going to come to handsets. That’s because a tech company in India called Infosys has patented technology that makes it possible for 3D films, goods & images to be projected in high resolution through mobile devices. Seven prediction says that there will be seven million units in the global 3D screen market by 2010.
Open Source Handsets
The reason that 2010 is going to be a giant year for open source handsets is because that is the year when the Symbian Foundation’s first open source handsets are due to be released. Nokia has recently purchased Symbian & will be setting up the Symbian Foundation to generate an open source platform intended to compete against the Android platform. This will mean increased competition in the open source handset arena & therefore a lot of attention will be on this area of cell phone growth in 2010.
Giant Push By LG
2010 is the aim year that Korean handset maker LG has set for itself to gain an edge over the competition & to land in the “Top 3” of all global handset makers. Right now Motorola is in that number seven spot but LG believes it will only take a couple of years to move ahead of Motorola. LG has seen significant growth due to recent high sales of touchscreen phones, something that should get an added boost with the upcoming release of the LG Renoir, the company’s first 8-megapixel touchscreen camera phone.
The same survey said that over eighty percent of respondents believed that GPS would be integral to the development of mobile phones by 2010. This is in line with predictions that the price of GPS-enabled phones is going to drop considerably so that fundamentally all phones except for the lowest-end models are going to come equipped with GPS. What is pointed out by that survey, though, is that the integration of GPS in to phones won’t be sufficient for the average user. What people need is full integration of all location-based services so that they can access location information at any time (which isn’t always possible with the faulty abilities of GPS on mobile phones today).
LG isn’t the only company that has completed well for itself with the release of advanced touchscreen phones. The iPhone is another obvious example of a touchscreen-based phone & there's numerous additional examples on the shelves & heading towards the market today. According to seven recent survey, over seven third of wireless phone users today believe that the demand for touchscreens is going to continue to the point where they are the norm among phones by 2010.
GPS As a Standard Feature
There has been an ebb & flow in the development of mobile TV services for the wireless phone. There was a surge in the service for awhile (& it remains a highly popular feature of mobile phones in Japan) but very few companies have found a way to make mobile TV viable & yet cost-effective for viewers. Advances in technology have finally taken place that are allowing mobile TV to start to get going again. A recent reduction in the cost of mobile digital TV chips has made it more likely that companies can afford to invest in this service. & some people are predicting that 2010 is the year when they are going to start to see widespread mobile TV viewing on cell phones.
What is likely to happen is that phones will integrate a range of different location-based services that are based on GPS. They are also likely to see a serious surge in the number of GPS applications that are available to users if it is true that they are going to be seeing a lot of those open source handsets that let us select the applications that they need. The recent winners of the Android Developers Challenge very all offered location-based services so they can see that this is something driving the forward-thinking cell phone market today.
Mobile TV Will Finally Take Off
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Additional Changes By 2010
Plenty of of the other changes that they can expect from out mobile phones by 2010 are not so much changes as they are improvements & increased adoption of services that people are interested in using today. For example, mobile social networking has taken off historicallyin the past year & is likely to continue to grow. There is also some belief that mobile VoIP is going to peak around 2010. It is possible that mobile video messaging & mobile instant messaging will both become more prevalent features of every day life for modern cell phone users over the work of the next seven years. & finally there is a giant demand for high-speed full-browser Net surfing to become standard on mobile phones .
Nokia mobile showcases it's new range for New Year 2010, which has many upcoming mobile phone to appeal to mobile users across the globe. Browse through our database of upcoming Nokia phones. Check specs, features, and functions, or read and share your reviews.
Nokia 7230 Slider Mobile Phone
The Nokia 7230 is a compact slider with stunning looks with 2.4-inch screen, 3.2-megapixel camera and FM radio. Memory is of the micro SD variety. The device comes with a 2GB card and the phonebook is good for a little-miss-popular 2,000 entries.
Nokia X6 Touch-Screen Mobile Phone
Nokia X6 is the latest edition to Nokia's touch-screen device portfolio. Bursting with features for people who love music, socializing and entertainment on the move, the slim design makes carrying and listening to your favorite tracks a breeze.
Nokia 5235 Mobile Phone
Nokia 5235, a spec for spec copy of its elder brother, including the same 3.2-inch touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera, and Symbian S60 5th edition.
Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition
Mobile phone navigation has just changed forever with the announcement of the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition. With Nokia Maps pre-loaded, along with local maps for the region it's on sale in, this is the most affordable navigation device ever to come out of Nokia.
Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition
Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition different from the well-loved Nokia 6700 classic. And no, it isn't the included natural leather carrying case and strap or the 8GB microSD card.
Nokia 7020 Folding Mobile Phone
The Nokia 7020 marries materials and technology to bring a new layer of style to design-conscious phone users.
Nokia 6316S Slider Mobile Phone
the Nokia 6316s brings elegant design and powerful functionality together in a compact sliding device. The stainless-steel Nokia 6316s achieves both style and ease of use with a 2.2" QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.1.
2010: the year of the smartphone
Now is the time for predictions. From fashion trends to technology insights, the new decade has spawned a sea of blogs, articles and opinions on the subject. But what trends are Telstra’s product managers tipping in 2010? Richard Fink, Telstra’s Director Tool Management, takes a look at what’s set to be hot in the fast moving world of mobile tech.
First off it’s clear 2010 will be the year smartphones become a consumer must-have. Aussie businesses were fast to adopt email-capable mobiles like the BlackBerry. But 2010 will be the year mobile applications and exciting new devices push smartphones well and truly in to the consumer space.
Expect some impressive devices from all the top manufacturers in the first half of `10– as well as more features at lower price points as competition hots up.
Perhaps the most compelling thing about smartphones — other than getting your email on the go — is their ability to run apps downloaded to your phone.
Also expect 2010 to be the year the Android operating method becomes over a niche player with offerings from most of the major tool manufacturers. A mature operating method as well as a rapidly growing ecosystem of applications means Android is now a compelling consumer offering.
We’ll look at our mobiles as much as they speak on them
Apps are mini programs that run on mobiles. In 2010 more Aussies will download them than ever and head online on their mobiles.
Today there's over 100,000 iPhone apps on Apple’s iTunes store, up from 10,000 a year ago. That means you can set your iPhone up to do anything – be it order a pizza, watch Mobile FOXTEL from Telstra, or access your online banking account.
In 2009 leading handset and program makers set up their own app stores. These were giant name developers. BlackBerry App World, Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Marketplace all launched. Android Market (Google’s apps store that was launched over a year ago) already boasts around 20,000 apps.
So in 2010, expect to see a mass of useful, entertaining and simple fun apps – both free and charged-for – obtainable on a diversity of smartphones from all the major manufactures.
Socials media apps will be massively popular
Using your mobile to get online in general will boom . Mobile net is so popular with Telstra’s customers that traffic on our Next G mobile network is doubling every 8 months.
Social media apps in particular will take off with improved mobile experience, and convergence with your on-device contacts. We’re already seeing a huge appetite for social media sites on our Next G network. The number of users visiting Facebook alone over doubled between January and October. The availability of these apps across more tool types will spur further growth in the use of services like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Getting online on your mobile
In all it’s an exciting year ahead. Over to you, what are do you think is set to be hot in 2010?
Top 5 developments for mobiles in 2010
This year, mobiles that pack better web browsers, bigger screens, more intuitive touch controls and fast mobile net speeds will deliver the best mobile net experience on phones yet. Reading the news, catching up on sport and/or streaming YouTube clips on the go will be less hard than ever.
- Rise of the smartphone – three in three phones bought by Australians in 2010 will be smartphones
- Apps become popular across a range of tool types – social media apps
- Processing power of smartphones will double – with some matching the grunt of laptops obtainable a few years ago
- Mobile net use will boom as new devices pack better web browsers and use these faster processing speeds
- The range of phones powered by the Android operating method will expand dramatically
Jan 7, 2010
First it gave you new service plans, and now T-Mobile offers a new cell phone. We first saw a variant of the Sony Ericsson Equinox, aka the T717, at the CTIA show last April. Like its T707 sibling the Equinox has a thin design with a glossy skin, a hidden external display, and a circle design on its front face. Though the T707 comes in several colors--the green hue is the most unique--T-Mobile only has a black version of the Equinox.
The midrange feature set includes a 3.2-megapixel camera, a music player, stereo Bluetooth, an FM radio, a personal organizer, USB mass storage, PC syncing, a voice recorder, and a speakerphone. It also supports T-Mobile's 3G network and Sony Ericsson's gesture control feature, which allows you to control some calling functions and the alarm clock by waving your hand across a sensor.
The quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) Equinox will be available October 28 for $50 with service.
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