UAB ECE EE 418 Project 5

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.stm

http://digg.com/design/What_will_your_mobile_look_like_in_2015_