cell phone technology
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- tikal2k
just wanted to ask if anyone out there was familiar with the different types of technology for mobile content. what's the really hot stuff and what are we americans missing out on?
- JazX0
Depends on what you want your phone to do. Most users don't use half of what their phones do. There's some smooth Ericsson's out there. I have a SideKick II from T-Mobile and I'm not complaining. Versatile.
- tikal2k0
whatever happened to downloading tv and movies to the phone? is that ever going to happen?
- JazX0
iPods do it
- danthon0
whatever happened to downloading tv and movies to the phone? is that ever going to happen?
tikal2k
(Dec 21 05, 18:19)Most carriars offer TV packages. There are also apps to compress movies and even stream content from your pc to your phone.
- nosaj0
Mine makes and recieves phone calls.
- Peter0
Visit Japan to find out what you're missing out on.
- Crouwel0
cell phone techno...
hmmm
- konspiracy0
i had read somewhere a while back that the 'predictable text' part of a phones workings takes up the most of the % of space inside the phone.
i NEVER use predictable text - it does my tits in.
if they got rid of this feature from a phone then surely we could start seeing watch phones?!
that would be the thing that kids of the 80s have been dreaming about for 2 or more decades.
A watch that is a phone, a decent megapixel camera, maybe videoplayer too - and of course a watch!
do these exist?
- Crouwel0
still, your words were rather predictable, konspiracy.
;)
- determinedmoth0
Well. As someone said - most people don't use the functions on their phones. I've played around various J2ME applications that most modern phones support and the possibilities are endless.
Take Smart phones - I had one once and I got a little FTP application running on it. I could take a photo, and ftp it to my website from anywhere, where I then had a php page that would display the most recent image - kinda like a travelling web cam. Using the same technology and uploading a text file you could update a blog, or if you're really clever, you can build a WAP admin page that allows you input direct to your MySQL database or whatever. If you dont like WAP, you can always download a "real" J2ME web browser and access your site direct.
Other things I've done are to use J2ME to build an RSS reader. You know what can be done with so I wont bore you with the details. I also have ported our Intranet to WAP for staff access client/internal contact details wherever they are....
- Nairn0
- The technical promises of 3/xG technologies are finally being tempered by real-world demand. As such 'iMode'/WAP content is becoming quite popular in the UK/EU, as it becomes commonplace and accepted and not subject to the grandiose whims of companies trying to recoup investment losses.
- Ubisoft made as much money from their mobile gaming division as the rest of the company this year.
- DVB-H and other digital TV content provision technologies are taking hold in Korea/ Japan and have had standards set in Europe. BBC and other major EU content providers are pre-emptively deriving content, especially off the backs of existant Web services. This will likely preclude much video content delivered over 3/xG networks, freeing capacity for richer interactive experiences.
- Expect to see a Medium term divergance between All-in-one devices, providing Music, Video, PDA and interactive facilities and smaller footprint Star Trek communicator 'phones' (cringe), with no peripheral bonuses - just talk.
- And Java carries on growing and Web browsing functionality improving, making RSS/etc and HTML even more valuable.
- Flash... ?
- determinedmoth0
- Flash... ?
Nairn
(Dec 22 05, 03:34)Lets not confuse useful with wank.
- tkmeister0
shit, my friend in tokyo had this 3meg pix camera phone.
the states is sooo behind on this technology thing. wtf.
- vwsung18t0
i have the samsung mm-a900 phone with sprint. i get the sprint tv and i can watch "live" broadcasts of 20 channels and movie trailers. they're actually few minute clips of broadcasts but they are updated. compared to a real tv broadcast channel, there is a short delay.
everything is relatively fast because it uses the EV-DO network. i can use my phone as a modem and got on the internet anywhere with it. it's pretty fast taht way too. at 5 bars, i've gotten 500kps. the only part that sucks is that i can't charge it while i use it as a modem because it uses the same plug for the USB connection as the power.
another cool feature is that i can use the bluetooth function of the phone to ftp into my phone and put files there. i can do that using the usb cable but i have enough things plugged into my desktop at home. another downside is that it only has a 50mb internal storage.
- shutdown0
i can watch tv on mine over 3G, live Sky News, Sky one, history channel and others.
love it.
got sat nav on it too
Nokia N70, nice phone
- frankosonik0
Unfortunately in the US, the service providers still drive the market -- not the consumer's demand for better technology.
Most Americans own the phone that came free with their plan, and are happy it takes pictures and makes calls. Interesting note -- most of the 'telescopic antennas' on american phones are not functional, just there because we think we get better signal when we pull them out.
Slowly, increasing demand for technology is changing the market. HSUPA and HSDPA (high speed upload and download) will be available in the states by 2007. This will change everything -- 10.8Mbps download and 4Mbps upload. This is already available in South Korea.