Pam Fletcher
Justin Martin
Joseph Marcrum
Abdullah Al Owahid
So the assignment (Client 1) asks us to answer the following questions:
1. What will be the status of the cell phone?
The cell phone industry will definitely be much larger than it is today. It will replace lan-line telephones as it does for most people today.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2004-02-25-mobile-world_x.htm
The "physical" cell-phone might be non-existent. VOIP connected via wireless networks will take the communication world by storm. WiMax coverage should become as widespread as cell phone coverage, with constant broadband speeds (faster data packet transfer). Basically, the cell phone will be "the device that does everything and no one can live without."
2. Where will it be and what do we need to be working toward for investment?
We will invest in voice recognition software that is smart enough to use the user's own voice to distinguish the appropriate accent in order to provide better accuracy. Potentially, this would completely eliminate the use of the keypad. We will also be investing in the latest nanotechnologies, security and seamless live video transmission.
3. What technologies do you think will go away and which will stay?
GO AWAY
Text messaging will go to an all-in-one messaging service. Telephone numbers, mp3 player and "annoying" ring tones will disappear. Everyone will have personal/ring back ring tones. Mp3 players will no longer be marketed because the cell phone will have an OS (your phone will be a computer, thus eliminating the need to market the mp3 player).
STAY
The speaker phone and camera will definitely stay. These features are all proven beneficial. Advanced OS software, text messaging, and camera software will be incorporated.
4. How will we be operating?
There will be much more cell towers. They will most likely be disguised. They should get smaller with greater range. We will be in partnership with many other industries such as (but not limited to): Banking, Home Security, Automotive.
5. What will the user demand?
Thumb print locking
Car diagnostic software
Keyless entry into car
Alert for scheduled maintenance defined by the user
Home security system interaction
Keyless entry into your house
Alert user when there is an unexpected entry
Debit card
Wireless charging
Scan foods to determine AND log away calorie content
Automatically monitor heart rate throughout the day to determine the number of calories
burned
From the above information the total gain or loss of calories for the day could be calculated
Based on user-determined goals, your phone offers suggestions to meet those goals
Child security and monitoring bracelet - Watch live footage and/or record your child's daily
activities
Child's location could be monitored by GPS in phone as well
Alert when child removes bracelet
Screen size of cell phone seamlessly retracts and expands so that it could be worn as a watch
bracelet or belt
It could offer the use of projection instead of using screen to video chat
ALL-IN-ONE Remote control for everything - T.V., computer, lawn mower, stereo system,
microwave, etc.
NO DROPPED CALLS - cut down of electronic noise
Personal Protection - Taser ability
http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39159517,00.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/magazine_future_of_mobile/html/1.stmhttp://digg.com/design/What_will_your_mobile_look_like_in_2015_
