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| The most important stories and trends to 2011 in the U.S. mobile news Posted: 21 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST  But this year several major U.S. banks, credit card processors, wireless carriers, online and brick-and-mortar retailers, and online service providers do not make substantial progress on preparing the infrastructure to allow U.S. consumers to "tap or wave to pay" in many stores in the coming years. Many of these will be activated by near field communication technology, such as network Isis (a joint venture of AT & T, Verizon and T-Mobile), which plans to launch in test market from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Austin, Texas, in the year 2012. Expect this trend to take sufficient time to unfold, with many bumps along the way. Deploying mobile payments requires collaboration between large companies, which are all trying to stake out and protect the transaction "grass." For example, Verizon has recently been accused of blocking the Google Wallet application on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the cost of Verizon denies. The FCC is investigating. -Good-bye (mostly) for unlimited data plan; hello throttling. Digital divide between those with high-speed Internet access and those who did not remain a major problem in the United States and elsewhere, causing significant injustice of opportunities and services. Mobile devices and networks can help to bridge this gap - if you can afford. For smartphones, the lion's share of the total cost of ownership data plan, which in the United States usually requires a costly two-year contract with the steep early termination fee. When the first smartphone out, unlimited data plans are the norm. But wireless networking can not offset the skyrocketing demand for data, so most operators reduce their "all you can eat" signs. Verizon this summer, the largest U.S. carrier, stopped offering unlimited data plan, following AT & T moves from 2010. T-Mobile still offer what is called "unlimited" data plan, but the high cap-speed data access - and if you hit your cap, your data can slow down the speed to a crawl until the next billing period. As of now, Sprint is the only remaining major U.S. carriers are still offering, limited uncapped, no throttling data plan for a flat monthly fee. If you happen to live in a city where fast Sprint network, which is probably a good deal, but according to Rootmetrics, Sprint data speeds vary according to location. Also, Sprint reportedly testing throttling on its Virgin Mobile brand. -The growth of mobile media streaming. It seems to be the year when streaming media to mobile phones really took off. According to The Nielsen Company, 14% of U.S. mobile phone users (approximately 31 million people) are now watching videos on their smartphones and feature phones, increased 35% from a year ago. Also, 29% of U.S. smartphone users stream music or internet radio to their phones, up 66% from 2010. Spotify U.S. debut this year - along with new and updated mobile streaming music and video services from Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple, Netflix, Hulu and video chat / call services such as Google Plus hanging out - helping to fuel demand for mobile streaming media. And behind the scenes, the technology from companies such as MobiTV helps smooth video streaming consumers shift their viewing experience from one device to another. Catch: Streaming Media uses a lot of data bandwidth, which puts a heavy burden on the network operator. This is probably the main reason why most operators have plans to leave the limited data, which brings us to the next big trend, 4G. -The deployment of 4G networks. This year, all major U.S. carriers and several regional discount busy their 4G networks roll out faster. This label consists of three main technologies: long-term evolution (LTE, which is used by Sprint, Verizon and MetroPCS), HSPA + (used by AT & T and T-Mobile), and WiMAX (provided by Clearwire and resold by Sprint in some cities). This technology offers a different speed, strength and weaknesses - so what 4G means the consumer experience will vary widely by provider and location. Over time, move to the 4G network should ease the growing burden on the existing 3G network operators. They also will enable new services, such as voice calls better and more sophisticated. But consumers have to buy a new 4G compatible phone to use the network - and they are mostly going to hit the U.S. market in 2012. For example, the new iPhone 4G-capable 4S only on AT & T HSPA + network; Verizon and Sprint users should be satisfied with the speed of 3G, for now. -BlackBerry outage and RIM continues to decline. For several years, even after the iPhone first launched, Research in Motion's BlackBerry line of mobile phones is a 800-pound gorilla U.S. smartphone market. This was driven mainly by business users, who are interested in advanced messaging phone and encryption features. But blackberries are also grown popular with U.S. consumers as a low-end phones "smart-ish" which is generally more affordable than the iPhone and higher-end Android phones, and many are available at no-contract plans. Then, on October 10, 2011, RIM has the longest and widest outages. Users lose access to their e-mail and BlackBerry Messenger, and some Internet access is also lost. It started in Europe, but soon spread elsewhere, ultimately affecting the United States. The company has fallen on hard times, and struggling to maintain market share and increase the relevance of trying to update the technology. But as a record of Imperial Entrepreneurs, this extinction may have certain costs RIM some large corporate accounts. Also, RIM may have to pay back some of the costs for operators as users jump ship to other platforms. RIM's stock price fell badly in 2011 and shows no signs of a rebound. Android command-half the U.S. mobile market. According to comScore, as of October 2011 the Android operating system used on more than 46% of U.S. smartphone. If this growth continues, then by now an open mobile platform Google is probably already being around half of all U.S. smartphones in use. This makes Apple's IOS in second place with nearly a third of all smartphones, and all other platforms (Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, etc.) occupy a much smaller market segments. However, there is intense and growing fragmentation in the Android market. In November, noted technology blogger Michael Degusta sad legacy of orphans Android, Android users who are far behind in updating the operating system. In March, the Electronic Frontier Foundation criticized the operators to block certain phone OS updates. Indeed, many older iPhone that can not be updated to the latest IOS that is still used. But centralized distribution means more Apple updates Apple users are running the latest software, which improves security and compatibility with applications and services. Mobile payments start-Infrastructure. There are predictions, such as by Forrester Research, which 2011 might be the year when using your phone to pay for goods in the shops would be the norm. That's not quite happened yet - except in Starbucks, which has processed 26 million transactions mobile applications since its launch in January. But this year several major U.S. banks, credit card processors, wireless carriers, online and brick-and-mortar retailers, and online service providers do not make substantial progress on preparing the infrastructure to allow U.S. consumers to "tap or wave to pay" in many stores in the coming years. Many of these will be activated by near field communication technology, such as network Isis (a joint venture of AT & T, Verizon and T-Mobile), which plans to launch in test market from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Austin, Texas, in the year 2012. Expect this trend to take sufficient time to unfold, with many bumps along the way. Deploying mobile payments requires collaboration between large companies, which are all trying to stake out and protect the transaction "grass." For example, Verizon has recently been accused of blocking the Google Wallet application on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the cost of Verizon denies. The FCC is investigating. -Debut of smaller, cheaper e-reader tablet. This new category of mobile devices really begins in 2010 with the launch of the Nook Color, which cost about $ 250. But in October, the launch of Kobo and Fire Vox Kindle - both of which cost about $ 200, and even less with some holiday packages - marks the moment for affordable tablets. This tool is not really intended to replace the Apple iPad. They are smaller, more limited in function and they reported having some problems with usability and build quality. But Fire Kindle, at least, sell quite well, by some estimates it is already the world's No. 2 tablets. Meanwhile, the iPad most expensive model costs about $ 500, and it's only available as a full-size tablet. There are rumors of an iPad Mini, but so far they are only rumors. Mobile-Privacy concerns increase. Most people consider their phones to be personal and private devices, and they reacted strongly when privacy is threatened. Of Carrier IQ to California flap allows warrantless cell phone searches by law enforcement for geolocational privacy and security bill makes its way through Congress, 2011 was the year in which the mobile-device privacy becomes a big problem. Most significantly, such as a hot campaign for the presidential election of 2012, Congress decided to leave this month a bill that would allow telemarketers to "robocall" cell phone number. Last week Rep. Lee Terry, R-Nebraska, a co-sponsor of the Act calls Mobile Informational debate, interesting bill. The voice-interface advancements continue. Android phones have long had a voice control option is quite useful and popular, and turn-by-turn voice navigation. But this year Apple made a big splash in the field of mobile voice interface to the "Siri," published many new features of the latest version of its mobile operating system IOS. This allows you to ask questions, get directions, or perform certain tasks (such as setting reminders) with a simple natural language voice commands. Siri So far it only works on the iPhone 4S, though - and many observers question how useful Siri actually. But this week Nuance (the company that powers Siri) obtained Vlingo, the main rival. This step can lead to substantial increases in Siri's interface. In the long run, better voice interface technology may revolutionize how we deal with all sorts of devices - computers, phones, cars and home-automation system. But for now, it seems we are still far from really able to speak with our phones. -Steve Jobs legacy phones. There is a lot of hyperbole after the death of the founder of Apple - perhaps only rivaled by the public grief North Korea this week for the death of Dictator Kim Jong IL. But Jobs is a brilliant visionary who revolutionized the concept of what mobile devices can do and the role they can play in our lives.  |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2011 11:53 PM PST  Now a new Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer to pay for it next season. NCAA Ohio State hit with a one-year ban on bowls and other sanctions violations on Tuesday, which began with eight players to a total of $ 14,000 in cash in exchange for tattoos and T-shirts, rings and other memorabilia Buckeyes. Tressel was tipped for a breach in April 2010, but did not tell anyone - even after being caught athletes in December last year, but was allowed to play in the sugar bowl against Arkansas, where he served a suspension to start the season the 2011th Among those in the group: from quarterback Terrell Pryor and leading rusher Daniel Herron. Tressel silence broken by Ohio State in the eyes of the NCAA and the result is that the Buckeyes with plum Plan 2012 and perhaps the best college football coach Meyer will see next year in bowl games on TV. "If we knew what (Tressel) knew that we were playing these young men in a bowl game," said an emotional Gene Smith, Ohio State Athletic Director. Tressel, who was forced in May and is now on the staff of the Indianapolis Colts, was called out of the NCAA for unethical behavior and will be difficult to train at that level again. NCAA Tressel hit with a five-year "show cause" order, which prevents all but him that college coaching during this time. Any school that employs Tressel will have to present their case, why should hire him, and a risk sanctions if they would commit another crime after that. The university had offered a holiday in the 2010 season, back bowl money that go to trial two years and spend five NCAA football scholarship less over the next three years. But the NCAA postseason to face bans and other restrictions. Issue a public reprimand and censure, the Buckeyes put on probation until Dec. 19, 2014 and reduced football scholarships from 85 to 82 after the 2014-15 seasons. "It's always my goal to hire good coaches and great recruiting student-athletes who want to be part of this program and to win on and off the field," Meyer said in a statement. "NCAA sanctions will serve as a reminder that high school experience does not include actions that led to these sanctions."  |
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