February 9, 2004
Technology Review: VIPs: Virally Interactive Pixels.
Michael Schrage. Being wrong about successful innovation forces you to look at it with new wariness and respect. The success of camera phones leads me to suspect that images will matter far more than voice in spreading the next generation of “instant gratification” telecommunications innovations. I like what I could see.
InfoWorld: Siemens to show protoype PenPhone.
Tired of pushing tiny buttons to key in text messages on your mobile phone? Siemens AG has developed a prototype phone in the shape of a pen that allows you to write letters and numbers on any surface and enter the data directly.
NY Times: Thorny Issues Await F.C.C. on Internet Phones.
The interconnection and access charges in the telephone industry have long been the cause of bitter fighting between local and long-distance carriers, and the new technology raises a host of complex and arcane issues that will ultimately play a huge role in the profitability of the new services.
Computerworld: Spring IDF: Intel prepares for future of computing.
With the IT industry apparently recovering from the downturn of recent years, Intel Corp. will spend its Spring Intel Developer Forum talking about what it considers technology's next era: increasing mobility, the digital home and the "Tera Era" of large data sets and complex applications...
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