5. “Once devices were
quot;Location-aware service
location-aware, business
integration into applications
applications were expected
began. A critical mass of
to take advantage of the
network and device support
capabilities in the next two
will occur through 2006.quot;
to five years“
Gartner, 2003
Gartner, 2006
6. “Once devices were
quot;Location-aware service
location-aware, business
integration into applications
applications were expected
began. A critical mass of
to take advantage of the
network and device support
capabilities in the next two
will occur through 2006.quot;
to five years“
Gartner, 2003
Gartner, 2006
A “proximal” future... still expected
9. difficult to reach critical mass
Network
value
Number of nodes
hardware + software fragmentations + carrier “walled
gardens” = difficulty to have a critical mass
18. “seamful design” (Chalmers)
reveal the “seams” and the
imperfections to the users
(limits, boundaries,
uncertainties)
...to allow users to lie
...to make them aware
of the limits
19. 2. Reality is a mess and we don’t
want to deal with it
is there a solution?