The FCC just approved the use of the 700 mhz band for mobile companies. The reason? As television goes from analog to digital it leaves this pipe open for better quality transmission to mobile.Qualcomm has a great initiative called "mediaFlo" where they are actually using UHF television bands to transmit data and video to handsets.
Juniper Research predicts "Mobile Music, Games And TV To Generate $34 Billion By 2010", but claims there need to be some needs to be some better innovation to make it happen:
The Juniper report cautions that entertainment service adoption will be retarded unless improvements are made in areas such as the user interface, network coverage and the excessive cost of data services. It also notes that in some mobile areas - such as gambling, adult content and some social networking services - national and international legislation could either adversely impact on growth, or in some cases prevent any service deployment.
I love my Motorola Q...infact in the first week I had to bring it back because Best Buy failed to tell me that I would need an 'extended life' battery to do all the things I wanted the phone to do.
The beauty is that I can now stream thousands of commercial free radio stations from around the world to watching CNN updates and all my favorite music videos. In addition to the comments from Juniper above, increased battery life will be critical. Hold on tight...the mobile content revolution is just beginning!
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And then google wants that television band as well..
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ctia/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=AF4F655A-4884-48CA-AE98-AA8E119CFD4F©id=E92BE5F9-A0AB-4649-A5F5-C3D8240FB10D
-- About battery life- battery is the key thing for all these tons of mobile devices. Li-ion has the potential of growth.. but mobile power drivers are the keys.
http://innovech.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/a-new-facelift-for-lithium-ion-batteries/
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