The document discusses the history and evolution of mobile phones from the 1940s walkie talkies to the modern smartphones of today, highlighting key models and innovations such as the first cellular phone in the 1980s, Nokia's market dominance in the 1990s, and the introduction of features like cameras, color displays, and apps by various manufacturers in the early 2000s, culminating with the launch of the revolutionary iPhone by Apple in 2007. It also examines how mobile communication technologies have impacted politics, business, and society, using the example of how text messages helped coordinate the second People Power Revolution that ousted the Philippine president in 2001.

1. mobile revolution
& mobile 2.0
Shaun Leow & Faris NurHakim

2. whatmobilerevolution
shows how the explosive growth of mobile
communication can have a huge impact on
people’s lifestyles. It doesn’t just stop on a
material level. It can have a huge impact on
politics, the economy, businesses and much
more.

3. historymobilephones
1940s HANDIE TALKIES
Motorola SCR-300
AKA: Walkie Talkies. 2 way radio receiver

4. historymobilephones
1980s First Cellular Phones
DynaTAC 8000 X Researched by Motorola
Weighed about 800g and had to be charged for
10 hours for a call lasting 1 hour. Sold only to
businesses.

5. historymobilephones
1980s Portable Phones
Nokia Mobira Talkman
Weighed 5kg

6. historymobilephones
1990s Market Segmentation
Nokia decided to segment its markets and
reach out to consumers instead, by reducing
the costs of phones to get higher volumes.
Nokia overtook Motorola and became the
largest mobile phone seller.
Nokia 1610
Nokia 5110

7. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Nokia 8310 (2001)
Nokia upped the ante by building premium
features not found in other phones at that
time, such as infra-red, a calendar (that allows
you to add events) and an FM radio.

8. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Ericsson T39 (2001)
Ericsson, before joining Sony, were well
known for building sturdy phones. This was
the first phone that had bluetooth built in.

9. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Ericsson T68 (2001)
The world’s first mobile phone
with a colour display didn’t
come from Nokia nor Samsung,
but Ericsson!

10. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Nokia 7650 (2002)
Nokia decided to build the first Nokia
set with a built-in camera in the 7650
model. It also helped that the phone
was featured in the movie Minority
Report. Competitors soon followed up
with built-in cameras.

11. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Sony Ericsson P800 (2002)
Although it wasn’t perfect, the P800
showed us that it was possible for
phones to double up as PDAs
(Personal Digital Assistants).

12. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Nokia N-Gage (2003)
The N-Gage was Nokia’s answer to
Nintendo’s very popular Game Boy
Advance. It did prove one thing
though, that mobile phone users were
active gamers as well.

13. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Motorola Razor V3 (2004)
Motorola came back with a
vengeance and set the standard for
sleek design in the industry with the
Razor V3. Henceforth, mobile phones
also became a fashion statement.

14. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Nokia 6680 (2005) HTC TyTN 100 (2006)

15. historymobilephones
21st Century: Beginning of
Modern Features
Apple iPhone (2007)
Apple’s cleverly-built Apps library on
iTunes also overhauled the way we
view phone applications. The success
of the iPhone and iTunes relationship
showed that an extensive content
library and excellent user experience
would guarantee huge handsets
sales.

16. powermobilecommunication

17. Second People Power Revolution

18. Second People Power Revolution
In January 2001, Philippine President Joseph Estrada was
driven from office by hundreds of thousands of angry citizens
mobilized by millions of text messages and e-petitions. After
11 pro-Estrada senators voted to block evidence of the
corruption in an impeachment trial of the President (Estrada
was taking money from an illegal numbers racket), citizens
began to circulate messages like "The 11 senators are pigs!
S&@t, Estrada is acquitted! Let's do People Power! Pls.
pass.”Text messaging and cell phones become powerful
tools for the people organizing demonstrations in the main
thoroughfare of Manila, and one carrier reported that the
daily volume of text messages increased from 45 million to
70 million. Estrada called it a “coup de text”.

19. Second People Power Revolution

20. location-basedservices

21. whatlocation-basedservices
information and entertainment service,
accessible with mobile devices through the
mobile network and utilizing the ability to
make use of the geographical position of the
mobile device

22. examplesMLBS
• yelp
• foursquare
• buUuk
• SCVNGR
• SG NextBuses

23. whyMLBS

24. Source:
TechCrunch

25. augmentedreality

26. whataugmentedreality?
adding information and meaning to a real
object or space by taking them as the
foundation and incorporating real-time
technologies that add contextual data to
deepen a person’s understanding of the
subject.

28. whoaugmentedreality?
• Medical
• Aviation
• Museum
• . . . consumers?

29. howaugmentedreality?
Sixth Sense Technology on TED talks

30. whyaugmentedreality?
• Everything has a history, and making that
content available to individuals when they are
at that place provides a richer experience.
• Everyone has a social network and the ability
to find out more about a person immediately
through his social networks provides a better
real-world social communication.

31. thank you

32. hands-onARsession