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Business Communications Technology Trends – Broadband, Android, m-Commerce

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Business communications technology trends in the news include: lack of competitive broadband services, Android OS now a contender in the smartphone market, and the retail challenge with mobile commerce. See links below for details on SCM technology trends in the news.

  • Lack of Competition for Broadband Services. Gerson Lehrman Group provides an analysis of the non-competitive landscape of broadband in U.S to include pricing, competition, coverage, and investment. News Item: Who’s Broadband Free Market Is It, Anyway? Local Communities, of course. #Broadband #Competition http://bit.ly/bhDbRQ
  • Comparing Business SmartPhones. EyeOnTheWorld blog provides a comparative analysis of smart phones in areas of ease of use, phone service, GPS, keyboard, camera, and applications. News Item: Android Phones and the BlackBerry-iPhone question – Android becoming a superior choice for biz #wireless http://bit.ly/9k8E5c
  • Android OS Surpasses Windows Mobile in Market Share. eCommerce Times reports that the Android OS has blasted past Windows Mobile to claim the fourth position among smartphone operating systems worldwide. News Item: Trends: Android Becomes a Contender in Global Smartphone Arena – surpasses Windows Mobile #wireless http://bit.ly/aiWXX9
  • Retailers’ Challenges with m-Commerce. StorefrontBacktalk reports on the challenges of mobile commerce. It has not earned loyalty or trust yet. Retailers’ mobile experiments are so risky today. One blowup, and consumers are quite likely to abandon mobile and dismiss it as unusable. News Item: The M-Commerce Paradox: If You Succeed, You’ll Fail – the battle of bandwidth, security #WiFi #Mobile #Retail http://bit.ly/bmBg2K




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Augmented Reality Trends in the News – Smart Police, WMS Goggles, Browse eBooks

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Augmented reality technology continues to “augment” our lives to include use of 4G wireless in law enforcement, augmented reality goggles for warehouse workers, and capability to browse ebooks when in the bookstore. futuregov reports on the Chinese city of Ningbo which is investing almost US$100 million in a 4G wireless network to support the municipality’s emergency services more efficiently and pave the way for “smart law enforcement”. DCVelocity reports on augmented reality goggles for warehouse workers that provide visual directions for order pickers. StorefrontBacktalk reports on Barnes & Noble’s experiment with their Nook ebook reader. While customers are in the physical store they will have the ability to read the full text of any ebooks in the chain’s “more than one million” title electronic library. See links below for details on the latest augmented reality trends in the news.

  • Chinese city deploys 4G wireless for smart enforcement – just like the movies #augmentedreality http://bit.ly/cVv4yY 20:47 20 May , 2010
  • Revolutionary goggles show warehouse workers the way #augmentedreality #SCM #WMS http://bit.ly/b7h60M 19:50 17 May , 2010
  • Barnes & Noble Makes Mobile Device Act Differently While In-Store – browse ebooks in store #wireless #ebook http://bit.ly/dq59Rh 21:10 29 Apr , 2010




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