Wireless,Wonders,and,Waterfall DIY Wireless Wonders and Waterfall Watches!
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Let's see, I have my pager, my cell phone, my Blackberry,my Palm Pilot, my laptop, my desktop PC, my e-book reader,my digital camera and what else? Oh! Then there's the MP3and the DVD and my local phone company has now gone digital?Now the laptop can talk with the desktop, but the PDA cannot talk to the laptop. The e-book reader can talk withthe desktop and the MP3 player can talk with the laptop butnot the desktop. The phone company was just purchased bythe cable company with the phone company name and my Black-berry requires service that can't talk to any of the otherservices, or can it?Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless communications!What's the hottest prospect for growing businesses in thisgloomy economy? Cross-platform communications enablers. Ican't believe I even uttered those ridiculously tech-ywords! But the near future will be all about getting all ofour computing, our communications and entertainment devicesto talk with each other seamlessly and wirelessly.One might think this is a massive task with hopeless barriersto overcome if it weren't for the simple fact that it isbeing done by hundreds of companies. Many of them start-upsand up-starts with an eye on digital convergence until we getto the magic of that one-single-do-everything-device. One of my friends once wondered if my digital watch with thecalculator, barometer, altimeter and chronograph had a water-fall. Clearly, he was poking fun at my love of tech gadgets.But I've adopted the term "Waterfall Watch" to apply to thatwild dream of the single do-everything-device.There has been plenty of discussion about those wonderfulHewlett-Packard television commercials offering us futuristicvisions of unheard-of conveniences such as cars that tell usthey are in need of a visit to the mechanic before they breakdown - then call ahead to the nearest garage and arrange acab to deliver us to an important scheduled meeting at theoffice without missing a beat. If you haven't seen it, visit:http://www.cooltown.com/vision-safety.htmClick on the "View the vision" button and see what is alreadypossible with existing technology - now, today.Although I find it fascinating, I hadn't stopped to ponderhow complex this idea is. The car must talk to you, checkyour schedule, contact the nearest garage, verify partsavailability, confirm arrival time, call a cab, communicateyour destination, arrange pick-up of the repaired vehicleand literally dozens of additional steps to complete thisseemingly simple diversion without your participation.Voice recognition, wireless communication among dozens of"devices" and scheduling-perfection itself must be present.Clearly, the complexities are all cast aside in this visionto illustrate how easy our life might be made soon. Maybe.The vision is compelling and Hewlett-Packard is quite seriousin promoting the possibilities. They've launched what they'recalling "The Mobile e-Services Bazaar" at http://hpbazaar.comIn their own words: To help fuel the creation of innovative mobile e-services, HP has established the mobile e-services bazaar. Combining an online community with a number of regional centers of innovation, the mobile e-services bazaar is an eco-system of participants: application and service providers, mobile operators, and enterprises who collaborate to fuel the rapid development of innovative new e-services. Located around the world, the e-services bazaar is designed specifically to support the growth of your e-service business.This concept is actually an incubator for small businessoffering serious clout for participants and networkingopportunities nearly undreamt-of by smaller companies. HPis on a quest for my "Waterfall Watch" and although I don'toften gush about monstrous corporations, I'll make this oneexception -- wish them the best of luck and thank them forsupporting the little guy. Article Tags: Mobile E-services Bazaar, Phone Company, Mobile E-services, E-services Bazaar
Wireless,Wonders,and,Waterfall