Mobile Technology and Mobile Media

I recently found two great YouTube videos presenting interesting statistics as well as future predictions about mobile technology and mobile media.

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Mobile Future

I came across two excellent presentations delivered by Stephanie Rieger in Dallas and London recently. These presentations provide very good overview of the current development and future trend of mobile devices.

Beyond the mobile web

It’s about people, not devices…

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Mobile Year in Review 2010

It is not surprising that 2010 was the year mobile connected the world. Armed with stunning statistics, facts, and visual cues, Mobile Future produced this informative video.  The video takes a tour of key consumer and technology mobile trends across an eventful year. Some highlights of the video include:

Massive increase in apps downloaded:

• 5 billion apps downloaded – up from 300 million in 2009

Whopping expansion of location-based services

• 5 million Foursquare users – up from 200,000 users in 2009

Surge in mobile social media platforms

• 347 percent growth in Twitter mobile usage
• 200 million mobile Facebook Users
• 100 million YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday

It is anticipated that mobile data traffic and apps will continue this phenomenal growth in 2011.  I think the mobile future is full of excitement and opportunity.

 

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Nokia Mixed Reality – Nokia World

An interesting concept video produced by Nokia.  According to Nokia, the concept shown in the video allows users to experience immersion and effortless navigation in new ways. New types of interactions involve near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch. Through these new types of social linkages people will be connected in innovative ways between the physical and digital worlds. Cool idea.  However, when will such technology become available since the video was produced one and half years ago?

 

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