The Future of Cellphones
Friday, November 10, 2006
A few years ago, the cellphone was something that was only an idea, today every household in America has at least one cellphone and some have cellphones for every member of the family.
Where is the future of cellphones? Will they only be used to communicate with others when not at home, play games once in awhile, and text message when needed? The truth is this small carry around device will be used for many different functions in the near future.
Vending machines all across France have the ability to credit the cost of your favorite snack or drink directly to your mobile phone bill.
Mobile phones in Korea have the ability to check the level of blood sugar for individuals that need to keep track of their levels for reasons of diabetes.
Andrew Seybold known throughout the world as a telecommunications guru from his extensive employment and consultant for companies such as Lucent Technologies, IBM, and Microsoft was at the Convergence Oceania conference in New Zealand recently.
In his words, the future of cell phones or even electronic notebooks like the BlackBerry will become a “command and control” device that will be used for many of things we need for our everyday lifestyles.
Today, you can download music and take pictures with your cellphone. The next step in this direction is to add mobile television which would allow customers to download movies and then play them back, allow customers to pay all their bills over their cellphones, and even purchase items through a link to their banking system. With this type of innovative technology, there will be no need for atm cards, as your cellphone will do all necessary transactions.
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