Increasing use of mobile phones as universal interface/controller

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Inhibitors

• The need for manufacturers to collaborate: e.g. Nokia must collaborate with GE to agree on standards for data communication between phones and appliances.
• People are reluctant to increase their dependence on one device (phone) which becomes a single point of failure

Paradigms

At present, interaction with in-home appliances (TV, stove, microwave, fridge, ...), in-car appliances (navigation system, Audio/DVD player, airco, ...) and machines/equipment around us (ATM, supermarket scanner/checkout, train ticket machine, ...) is done through interfaces specific to those appliances: a TV has a remote, a microwave oven has a set of control buttons, a car has a control console, an ATM is controlled through the touchpad on the machine.

A phone-controlled appliance is one which doesn't have its own control panel, but is wirelessly connected to a user's mobile phone, which displays the control panel for the device. In a store a customer purchases a ‘phone-controlled fridge/microwave/TV/espresso machine/'. All these appliances can wirelessly ‘connect’ with one another and with the user's phone. The appliance comes with software which is loaded onto the phone and with which the appliance can be controlled, removing the need for and interface on the appliance itself. This will lower the price of the appliance.

Timing

1992: IBM launches first smartphone named Simon [5]

1996: Nokia launches its 'communicator' line of phones [5]

2002: Microsoft launches Windows CE, an operating system which powers phones and can be used by third parties to develop custom applications for Smartphones [5]

2005: Nokia launched its N-Series of 3G smartphones which Nokia started to market not as mobile phones but as multimedia computers which will run third party applications. [5]

2008: Apple introduced its App Store with both for fee and free applications. The app store can deliver smartphone applications developed by third parties directly to the iPhone or iPod Touch over wifi or cellular network without using a PC to download. [5]

2008: Android, a cross platform OS for smartphones was released in 2008. Android is an Open Source platform backed by Google, along with major hardware and software developers. [5]

2010: T-Mobile plans to launch mobile phone to control the home [4]

Web Resources

1. http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/mobile-web-server
2. http://android.marvinlee.net/tag/android-domotica-control
3. http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/17/tech-application-development-means-big-business.htm
4. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/technology/companies/06android.html?_r=2
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
6. http://bluetooth-remote-control.smartcode.com/info.html
7. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1360