The Danger of Being Too Connected
Monday, 09. 14. 2009 – Category: Dial611
As a society, we are more connected than we have ever been. With social networking platforms like Twitter and Facebook reaching millions of Americans, we have instant access to data. Soon, as I discussed in my previous article, that access will be mobile—making us experts anywhere, anytime. But is all of this connectivity worthwhile? Do we really need to know each piece of breaking news as it happens?
More importantly, what are we trading away for this instant access?
Deteriorating Interpersonal Communication: Let’s face it–when faced with talking with someone or sending them a message (whether via text, tweets, postings or e-mail), we increasingly choose the latter. And while we like to rationalize that it is out of politeness so as to not intrude, the result is…
What Happens When All Data is Mobile
Wednesday, 09. 2. 2009 – Category: Dial611
Just a few years ago, smartphones barely existed in the wireless industry. Research in Motion’s Blackberry was a leader in the space, but its product was focused on business clients who wanted to stay in touch while out of the office. Flash forward to the present day, and even the casual mobile user has expanded their use beyond simply making phone calls. Texts, e-mail, downloads and web surfing services have all grown tremendously.
With the introduction of user friendly devices like the iPhone and the Palm Pre, and the expansion of Research in Motion into more personal devices, children and parents alike are now seeing smartphones as more of a need than a want. This means more connectivity, more applications and more data at everyone’s fingertips.
But…
Customers Sacrifice for a Better Wireless Experience
Monday, 07. 27. 2009 – Category: Dial611
Oh, sweet bag phone—where have you gone? With your vinyl exterior, arm strap for transport and a receiver the size of my foot. You were so very cumbersome, and I was pretty sure that your keypad could light up a city block. I never dreamed of calling long distance with you, if I had coverage at all. And yet you were completely indispensable. Why? Because you were portable.
Maybe you too had a bag phone. Perhaps it was a Zach Morris phone, with a 10” antenna and a design that rivaled a 2×4. It did not have any texting capabilities, and it knew nothing of Wi-Fi connectivity. But it worked out your biceps while you made those important calls in places you never dreamed were possible.…
App Stores for iPhone & Android Will Soar
Sunday, 05. 3. 2009 – Category: Enversa Companies
Whenever the Cupertino-based Apple enters a market, they always manage to leave a profound and lasting mark and often do so very quickly. That has certainly been the case with their Application Store approach to offering 3rd party software to iPhone and iPod Touch customers and it seems all but inevitable that Android-based phones are likely to end up with something similar. Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices developed by Google. It allows developers to write managed code in Java, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries. After all, virtually every major player from Microsoft to Sony is jumping on the bandwagon in one form or another.
At present the Android Market shows a list of titles broken down into a…