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Will cell phone communication in the future embody a portable office?
Will
cell phone communication in the future embody a portable office?
That is the core of the message being sent by some of the
media centric cell phone producers, where “TV friendly” is the latest
convergence point.
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Most agree that cell phone communications have
dramatically changed the way we live. We may summarize by saying we have
changed from a “hello” approach to “where are you”.
Some of us reminisce on the cell phone evolution that has taken
cell phone communications have dramatically changed the way we live.
We may summarize by saying we have changed from a “hello”
approach to “where are you”. Some of us reminisce on the cell phone
evolution that has taken place from the clumsy brick-like contraption of
yesteryear to the neat precision instrument of today.Perhaps the question we
should be asking in relation to the mobile or cell phone communications is
not “where are you?” but “where are we going?” None of us has a crystal ball to tell us exactly, but there are
several indications of the influences that may dramatically change our
approach to cell phone communication.
One of these is:
Nanotechnology: In brief, this is a technology in
development that will enable us to store massive amounts of data - in the
region of 100 GB of data per square centimetre of silicon.
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The implications of this are immense: Think about what it means
to have the equivalent of 25 DVDs in such a small space. The cell phone will
not only be the agent for what has almost even now become the conventional
form of telecommunication but also a centre of mass downloading and storage
(on the cell phone). One company currently promises to deliver 100 terabytes
(see chart below) on a 3.5-inch disk but discs may not be the wave of the
future. Instead look to something in the line of the flash memory card but
much smaller and with a much higher capacity.
Terabit or Terabyte Technology
(1Terabyte=8 terabits)
through fibre optic networks will provide data transmission at terabits per
second – speeds that until recently were almost beyond imagining. Optical
networks will form the future backbone of worldwide communications
You may get some idea of this through this chart
when we remember that current broadband has a current value of 10Mb per
second
1
Megabit = 1024 Kilobits
1 Gigabit = 1024 Megabits
1 Terabit = 1024 Gigabits
The following extended terms are not – yet in
common usage (my dictionary shows them as spelling errors):
1 Petabit =1024 Terabits
1 Exabit=1024 Petabits
1 Zettabit=1024 Exabits
1 Yottabit = 1024 Zettabits
1 Brontobit=1024 Yotabit
1 Megabit
(1, followed by 6 digits)
1 Gigabit
(1, followed by 9 digits)
1 Terabit
(1, followed by 12 digits)
1 Petabit (1, followed by 15 digits)
1 Exabit (1, followed by 18 digits)
1 Zettabit (1, followed by 21 digits)
1 Yottabit (1, followed by 24 digits)
1 Brontobit (1, followed by 27 digits)
A lot of speed, a lot of data! Is 1 Brontobit
possible in the foreseeable future and what impact would that have on the
now modest cell phone?
Photonics:
Photonics in part is concerned with the
conversion of electronic signals into light pulses and vice-versa for the
purpose of transmitting them over fibre optic cable at the speed of light.
Blinding cell phone speeds!!!
BlueTooth Technology: It can be said that in the
past 12 month this at times in the past controversial technology has come of
age. Bluetooth is the ability to wirelessly connect Bluetooth enabled cell
phones or other Bluetooth electronic devices with any other Blue tooth
enabled device. It would appear that Blue tooth has the inside track on such
devices at the moment but if not Bluetooth something else must fill the void.
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