Upcoming mobile technos....
Upcoming mobile technologies
Femtocells and fixed-mobile convergence
A femtocell looks a bit like a Wi-Fi router but
performs the same function in the home or office as cellular base stations that
sit in brick buildings at the base of cell towers. That is, they communicate
directly with your cell phone and carry the signal to the larger network via a
broadband line such as DSL or cable.
Why it's important: Having a single phone and a single phone number will
be a great convenience and money saver. Also, some of the disruptive
applications discussed later depend on the ability to track your availability
no matter where you are. Using only a cell phone makes this more possible.
Miniscule, less power-hungry mobile chips
Chip vendors have been talking about smaller, more
powerful and less power-hungry chips for a long time. Now, development of such
chips is likely to accelerate.
Besides being smaller and
significantly more power efficient, tomorrow's mobile chip sets will also
combine multiple radios, such as Wi-Fi, 3G and WiMax, on a single chip,
according to the experts.
Why it's important: Smaller, more powerful chips mean
smaller, more powerful mobile devices and applications. Combined with faster,
ubiquitous wireless broadband, that means devices can be sewn into clothing,
placed unobtrusively into ears or even implanted in your teeth.
Nearly flawless speech recognition
