8 Mobile Technologies For 2009

Research firm Gartner has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2009 and 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. The mobile technologies that it had pinpointed as ones to watch in 2009 and 2010 will have broad effects and are likely to pose issues to be addressed by short-term strategies and policies.

The eight technologies are as follows:
1. Bluetooth 3.0
Bluetooth 3.0 specification will be released in 2009 which will likely include features such as ultra-low-power mode that will enable new devices, such as peripherals and sensors, and new applications, such as health monitoring. Bluetooth originated as a set of protocols operating over a single wireless bearer technology. Bluetooth 3.0 is intended to support three bearers: classic Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and ultrawideband (UWB).

2. Mobile User Interfaces (UIs)
UIs have a major effect on device usability and supportability. New and more-diverse UIs will complicate the development and support of business-to-employee (B2E) and business-to-consumer (B2C) applications. Better interfaces will make the mobile Web more accessible on small devices, and will be a better channel to customers and employees.

3. Location sensing
Location awareness makes mobile applications more powerful and useful which in future will be a key component of contextual applications. It will also enhance systems, such as mobile presence and mobile social networking. But it shall create new privacy and security challenges.

4. 802.11n
It will boosts Wi-Fi data rates to between 100 Mbps and 300 Mbps, and the technology of multiple-input, multiple-output used by 802.11n offers the potential for better coverage in some situations. It is likely to be a long-lived standard that will define Wi-Fi performance for several years. High-speed Wi-Fi is desirable to stream media around the home and office. However, 802.11n is the first Wi-Fi technology to offer performance on a par with the 100 Mbps Ethernet commonly used for wired connections to office PCs.

5. Display technologies
It includes active pixel displays, passive displays and pico projectors. Pico projectors enable new mobile use cases. Good off-axis viewing enables images and information to be shared more easily. Passive displays in devices, such as e-book readers, offer new ways to distribute and consume documents. These have also become an important differentiator and a user selection criterion.

6. Mobile Web and widgets
The mobile Web offers a compelling total cost of ownership (TCO) advantage over thick-client applications. Widgets (small mobile Web applets) are supported by many mobile browsers, and provide a way to stream simple feeds to handsets and small screens. Mobile Web applications will be a part of most B2C mobile strategies. Thin-client applications are also emerging as a practical solution to on-campus enterprise applications using Wi-Fi or cellular connections.

7. Cellular broadband
The performance of high-speed packet access (HSPA) provides a megabit or two of bandwidth in uplink and downlink directions, and often more. In many regions, HSPA provides adequate connectivity to replace Wi-Fi "hot spots," and the availability of mature chipsets enables organizations to purchase laptops with built-in cellular modules that provide superior performance to add-on cards or dongles.

8. Near Field Communication (NFC)
NFC provides a simple and secure way for handsets to communicate over distances of a centimeter or two. It is emerging as a leading standard for applications such as mobile payment and finds applications, such as "touch to exchange information."

By: piru

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