This document provides an overview of mobile technology, both current and future developments. It discusses the large number of mobile subscribers worldwide and increasing data usage rates. Emerging technologies like 4G networks and lower hardware costs are driving prices down and allowing eReaders and other devices to become more mainstream. The document also explores new mobile applications and services in areas like payments, vehicle connectivity, and language translation. It questions how these mobile advances will impact industries and considers whether some technologies are truly innovative or just revivals of older ideas. In the end, the document ponders the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly mobile world.

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Mobile: Now & Near Future
LIBR 246-04/13 Web 2.0

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Mobile

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Cell signal
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4G :: WiMax :: LTE

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Cost

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15. hardware

16. KINDLE
EREADERS BECOME A COMMODITY IN 2010

17. CANADA’S OWN
DRIVING PRICES DOWN

18. COMMODITY ITEM
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE ARE CHEAPER THAN PRINT?

19. AUTONET
THE BEGINNING OF THE CONNECTED CAR

20. HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY?
TOTAL CONNECTIVITY

21. MIFI
FREAKING INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY

22. WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES
CAN MICROSOFT MATTER IN MOBILE?

23. DELL MAKING A PLAY
THUNDER, LIGHTNING, FLASH, STREAK

24. TABLETS
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25. DELL LOOKING GLASS
STREAK’S BIG BROTHER

26. NOTIONINK ADAM
REFLECTIVE AND TRANSMISSIVE SCREEN ENOUGH?

27. VERIZON + GOOGLE = ????
BEST NETWORK + COMPLETE INTEGRATION = ????

28. 800 POUND GORILLA
DEFINED THE CATEGORY

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what does mobile enable?

30. FLIP SCANNING
Masatoshi Ishikawa

31. TRANSLATE THE REAL WORLD
GOOGLE GOGGLES TRANSLATE

32. POINT OF SALE?
OR MOST AWESOME CIRCULATION TOOL EVER?

33. SQUARE UP
UNMEDIATED PAYMENTS

34. the past of the future
QUA STEVE LAWSON

35. MOBILITY
WATCH YOUR TELEVISION ANYWHERE

36. MOBILE PHONE?
SORT OF

37. NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
ALL THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE

38. MODERN MARVEL OF THE 1980’S
TOSHIBA PORTABLE CD PLAYER

39. CAR PHONE
LOOK MA, NO SEATBELT!

40. I’M ON A BOAT
NO, SERIOUSLY, I’M ON A BOAT

41. SERIOUSLY?
I MEAN...SERIOUSLY?

42. WHAT DOES THE ROAD LOOK LIKE?
AND IS IT WORTH IT?

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