Twitter Updates for 2010-01-07
January 7th, 2010
- Reading "The Science Behind Exercise Footwear" in @techreview written by visiting professor @medialab http://bit.ly/7w3wVa #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-01-05
January 5th, 2010
- Now that I've seen @avatar_movie, I have a better appreciation for this article in @wired http://bit.ly/88Ow3c #
- Compilation of various predictions for the #mobile #wireless industry for 2010 http://bit.ly/6BGsxR #
Wireless Predictions for 2010
January 4th, 2010
Certainly no calendar flip would be complete without a laundry list of predictions for the new year. FierceWireless has put together a compelling predictions for the wireless industry. To summarize:
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Net neutrality will pass, but with exceptions for wireless
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Palm will be purchased by another handset vendor
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Pricing, coverage issues will hinder cable companies’ wireless offerings
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Sprint Nextel’s 4G leadership will help revive the carrier
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Huawei will get one LTE deal in North America
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At least one wireless carrier will experiment with usage-based data pricing
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Motorola will show some signs of recovery thanks to Android (last year, FierceWireless predicted “Motorola’s handset division will cease to be“)
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Computer makers’ attempts at Android smartphones will flounder
Read the full FierceWireless report here.
Meanwhile, Juniper Research has drawn up a list of predictions for the coming year, all neatly wrapped up as the top ten predictions for the mobile and wireless industry for 2010. Summarized as follows:- Mobile Data Traffic Explosion to strain 3G Networks, spur data pricing overhaul
- Mobile Ecosystem starts to go green
- Mobile Heads for the Cloud
- New Category of Merging Smartphone Functionality and Netbooks to Emerge
- Apps Stores All Round
- Mobile Social Networking to Integrate with other Applications including M-Commerce
- NFC phones appear in the shops
- At least 10 LTE networks to be launched into service
- Smartphones to Get Augmented Reality Makeover
- Christmas Kindle sales expected to herald the rise of the connected embedded consumer devices
The first prediction is one I’m hearing a lot about from our infrastructure clients. As Juniper says, although 3G is less than ten years old, 2010 could be the year when 3G networks begin to fall over under the burden of mobile data, due largely to some 33.8m iPhones that have been sold since launch.
Then there’s Dean Bubley‘s predictions from his Disruptive Wireless blog. Dean lists “heroes, zeroes, and no-surprises” as follows:
Heros
- HSPA+
- Apple iPhone
- Android
- Augmented reality
- Consumer femtocells
- Huawei
- “Comes with data”
- Connection-sharing
- Operator-on-operator applications
Zeros
- Mobile IMS and RCS
- LTE
- Virtual conferences
- NFC
- Enterprise femtocells
- Embedded 3G netbooks
- Smartphone profit margins
- Operator AppStores
- Aggregated social networks
- The terms “dumb pipe” and “over the top”
No surprises
- WiMAX
- Open network APIs
- WiFi
- Nokia
- BlackBerry
- Consolidation
- Mobile TV (“Was dead, is dead, will stay dead.”)
- Data roaming prices
And finally, WirelessWeek compiled its list by soliciting input from “industry leaders” on the following topics for 2010:
- Prepaid & data
- Net neutrality & mobile web
- Emphasis on competition, emerging devices
- Race to converged connectivity
- Wireless in the enterprise
- Content & apps purchasing on rise
- Video optimization as prevalent as web optimization
- Synthesis for M2M services
- Mobile money expansion
- Smartphones for more people
- M2M is major growth area
- Large brands recognize value of mobile applications
- Mobile backhaul providers embrace COE to meet needs
Lots of predictions in a volatile industry. I came away from the holidays with one prevailing observation – as we turn the decade clock to 2010, one thing is far different than ten years ago. My extended family had a lovely time together as always, but everyone sure spent a lot of time on their various mobile devices. At one point, I looked around the table at more than a dozen siblings, children, neices & nephews and saw why the room was so quiet – everyone had a mobile device in their hands.
My prediction: This mobile thing is going to be big.
Twitter Updates for 2010-01-01
January 1st, 2010