Monday, March 24, 2008

Mobile Phones players fighting for 2nd spot

Gone are the days when Motorola commanded first place, its probably behind sony ericsson and samsung. Apple with its pleasant UI has taken the first position. But the cost is the worrying factor there. Now the only way for the other players to give apple a run for money is to get into accessory and service businesses which could tie it up with their own product. The main factors/features one looks for is cost, weight, dimensions and misc features...may be not in the same order. But there is one more domain ---> Sophisticated Accessories and services. No one has entered the business of content rental, no one has come up with a virtual screen which could give the same effect as a TV. Again no one listens to me when i speak out, too bad that they cant hire me to go ahead in the wild race :(

My take will be sophisticated accessories, i had the tiny screen and its high time. I had worked for a proposal to create foldable screens for mobiles, so that user need not use scroll features, but i really liked the arrival of swivel screen which could be either positioned horizontal or vertical, but the main problem with this one is that it adds dimensions. The foldables or swivels or sliders makes the mobiles thicker, its weight goes up if you use traditional materials, if you go for lighter ones then the cost goes up. I had seen some kind of a glasses way back few years ago which had the capability of projecting images in front of the eyes that gives the same effect as a big screen. Now i dont know whats the problems with that kind of technology, all one needs to do is integrate that technology into accessories where you wear those glasses and can instantly view a lot of data rather than using scrolls. As its the time for mobile TV or mobile movies, its high time such technology could get back motorola or sony back in business by going in for this hi-def glasses that could convert watching content on mobile phones a pleasant experience. The only problem with the downloadable media content is the waste of air time, wont it be great to allow rental concept of those clips for prices as low as itune songs? All one needs to do is go to a vending machine like kiosk, flash their phone to instantly download contents via a cable or add on cards, the charges would be billed to their accounts. Save on airtime, save on money and buy those super glasses to enjoy the content. Hmmm as usual, its for those ambitious players to take this idea to next level and get on to grab the first position!!!! and its just that i am helpless and hopeless to push such things because of money constraints :'(

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