Comments on: Predictions for 2008 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ric Ferraro http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-118240 Ric Ferraro Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:14:59 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/#comment-118240 Great selection..I'd like to add one to the list and that is that 2008 will see a leap forward in the development of the 'mobile wallet' and the launch of new handsets capable of performing the same transactions of a traditional credit card by using contact-less NFC technology. With operators, regulators and financial institutions scheduled to get together in Cairo in May this year to thrash out a global framework for m-payments, the service could become widely available in developed markets by 2009. Operators have too much at stake to ignore this opportunity to regain a modicum of control over their customer base by imposing their own standards, but the question is, will a disruptive newcomer appear to offer an alternative? Great selection..I’d like to add one to the list and that is that 2008 will see a leap forward in the development of the ‘mobile wallet’ and the launch of new handsets capable of performing the same transactions of a traditional credit card by using contact-less NFC technology.

With operators, regulators and financial institutions scheduled to get together in Cairo in May this year to thrash out a global framework for m-payments, the service could become widely available in developed markets by 2009.

Operators have too much at stake to ignore this opportunity to regain a modicum of control over their customer base by imposing their own standards, but the question is, will a disruptive newcomer appear to offer an alternative?

]]> By: Predictions08 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-118140 Predictions08 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:42:20 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/#comment-118140 Good list of predictions. the spectrum one is likely to be the most impactful. more predictions on our twitter account twitter.com/predictions08 Good list of predictions. the spectrum one is likely to be the most impactful. more predictions on our twitter account twitter.com/predictions08

]]> By: ray http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-118062 ray Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:33:56 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/#comment-118062 I think that #1 (Apple iPhone growth) and #5 (smartphones) talk to the same issue - namely that the usability of the phone is the most important issue. It doesn't matter how many buzzword specs a phone has if the user can't figure out what is going on. So unless the traditional phone vendors figure out how to present the underlying services in a straight-forward manner they will continue to be niche players. (yeah, cost will be an issue as well) One final comment on #1 - I don't think the market is saturated in demand for Apple's product. I know many people who are waiting for either their current contract to expire, for the 3G version to arrive or just can't stand to switch to ATT. Since only two of the three will be addressed by Apple in 2008, they would seem to have marketshare to gain. I think that #1 (Apple iPhone growth) and #5 (smartphones) talk to the same issue – namely that the usability of the phone is the most important issue. It doesn’t matter how many buzzword specs a phone has if the user can’t figure out what is going on.

So unless the traditional phone vendors figure out how to present the underlying services in a straight-forward manner they will continue to be niche players. (yeah, cost will be an issue as well)

One final comment on #1 – I don’t think the market is saturated in demand for Apple’s product. I know many people who are waiting for either their current contract to expire, for the 3G version to arrive or just can’t stand to switch to ATT. Since only two of the three will be addressed by Apple in 2008, they would seem to have marketshare to gain.

]]> By: Bela http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-118053 Bela Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:19:24 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/12/19/predictions-for-2008/#comment-118053 Don't you think that the iPhone will follow the iPod model? You know, mini, nano, classic etc. It worked once... And what about the SDK scheduled for February? It's far the most powerful phone on the market (700MHz processor + advanced and fast graphics capabilities) with a (supposedly) extremely rich api (core technologies from OS X) and big screen, lot of ram, so there are going to be some quite interesting applications out there. And that will sell a lot of phones. And now, think of iPhone 2 with 3G and maybe GPS and more clockspeed and more ram and smaller size and more apps. I wouldn't be too surprised if apple port its new Office compatible iWork suite to the iPhone. And any other apps from their desktop os that makes sense as the phone hardware technology catches up. Don’t you think that the iPhone will follow the iPod model? You know, mini, nano, classic etc. It worked once…
And what about the SDK scheduled for February? It’s far the most powerful phone on the market (700MHz processor + advanced and fast graphics capabilities) with a (supposedly) extremely rich api (core technologies from OS X) and big screen, lot of ram, so there are going to be some quite interesting applications out there. And that will sell a lot of phones. And now, think of iPhone 2 with 3G and maybe GPS and more clockspeed and more ram and smaller size and more apps. I wouldn’t be too surprised if apple port its new Office compatible iWork suite to the iPhone. And any other apps from their desktop os that makes sense as the phone hardware technology catches up.

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