The increase of digital developing functions in a mobile phone

Description:

Mobile phone are getting more and more sohisticated. Moblile phone incorporating with computing functions will be able to replace ohter devices such as laptop,PDA and even entertainment device tools.

Enablers:

● Reasearchers are hoping that the 4G system can reach a much faster speed, a connection speed up to 100 Mbps.

● There 3G phone is based on whole new network protocols such as IMT-2000, UMTs and W-CDMA. These standards of protocols allow high speed connection via the mobile phone, enabling it to make improvements on voice communications, engaged in a video calls get access to the intenet and also watch television programs.

● Many moblie phones now are developed into PDA-like phones with OS that enables the commoumication device to operate as if a mini-computer.

● Entertainment on mobile phones has also been a development for many developers. Mobile phone gaming, megapicxel camera functions, media player(playing Mp3 and short films), DMB(S-DMB and T-DMB) are now engaged among 2.5G and 3G mobile phones.

Inhibitors:

● The development of the charging battery technology. The 3G/4G mobile phone is more necessary to use long-time without connecting electric power devices.

● Symptoms caused by the radiation of mobile phones are one of the most argued problems. Many scientists believe that the radiation from the mobile phones may cause the users to have different symptoms such as headache, earache and even causing cancer.

● Mobile phone addiction is a big social problem psychiatrists believe taht mobile phone addiction is becoming one of the biggers non-drug addictions.

● Cyber bullying is a bullying act using offensive words and behavior via online chatting, emails of SMS texr message.

● Security and computer viruses issues.

Paradigms:

● The digital devices such as digital carmera, on-line game, Mp3 plyers, video recording instruments, car navigation, M-commerce and entertainment tools will be integrated by a mobile phone. Eventually mobile phone, the piece of communication device itself aloso becoming a multifunctioned device.

● Along with the development fo mobile phones intgrated with OS, the OS and software development will also be a big callange. The mobile phone market will not only a competed by mobile phone manufactures, software companies such as Microsoft, PALM and Symbian will also be competing in the mobile market, creating more and more new product and idea.

● The life style of a customer will also change. With only mobile phone, consumers can solve their communication and business, and can enjoy music, game and entertainment.

Experts:

● Research and Development center of LG or Samsung electronics company in south korea.

● Mobile and wireless R&D center of SK telecom company.

Timings:

●2003-2004: -Mobile vedio phone -Multifunctioned phone with camera, mobile-banking service and navigation service.

● 2005: The launch of the DMB phone, game phone and seven hundreded megapicxel camera phone.

● 2010:

-The general use of 3G mobile phone.
-4G service starts with bandwith 100Mbps.

● 2015:

-The concept of the new generaion service will release
-The general use of the integrated mobile phone.

Resources:

●www.bgateway.com  ●wiki.media-culture.org.au