Comments on: Will the netbook play an essential part for mobile media in the future? http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:38:52 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Golding http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Paul Golding Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:47:37 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-26 This is definitely the future! I recently <a href="http://wirelesswanders.com/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=1677&PostID=46750" rel="nofollow">wrote about it</a> within the context of mobile phone ownership - that two devices (phone + netbook) will be an important emerging trend. The future is Mobile Internet Devices (MID) or Wireless Interenet Devices (WID), per the Intel hardware vision, especially within this timeframe (2020). Kids today are used to PSP, DS and growing up with their life in the cloud, not bound to the traditional laptop foci, like MS Office and other stodgeware. Operators will adjust their service offerings to multi-device ownership. This has various manifestations in terms of operator services and tariffs. Multi-device architectures will inevitably mean more data in the cloud, such as address book, text history etc. Nice opportunity for MNOs to get into sync and cloud storage services, which I think they should have aggressively pursued some time back. This is definitely the future! I recently wrote about it within the context of mobile phone ownership – that two devices (phone + netbook) will be an important emerging trend.

The future is Mobile Internet Devices (MID) or Wireless Interenet Devices (WID), per the Intel hardware vision, especially within this timeframe (2020). Kids today are used to PSP, DS and growing up with their life in the cloud, not bound to the traditional laptop foci, like MS Office and other stodgeware.

Operators will adjust their service offerings to multi-device ownership. This has various manifestations in terms of operator services and tariffs.

Multi-device architectures will inevitably mean more data in the cloud, such as address book, text history etc. Nice opportunity for MNOs to get into sync and cloud storage services, which I think they should have aggressively pursued some time back.

]]> By: Sascha http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Sascha Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:02:23 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-19 The pricepoint of netbooks is definately the number one sales arguement but even though it is important to think about the next generation or the next mobile device, we should know what users don't want. The average consumer wants a keyboard! Forget about these 10 year old tablets that are getting refreshed and rehyped right now. The keyboard is still the basic input system we have to use. Hey, i would be happy to have an plug and play speech recognization software but do i really want that? Lets bring users into the cloud with the devices that are available and let's get a new infrastructure for the education market established, especially in the western hemisphere, before trying to crusade the emerging markets with all these OLPC, PC-1 and whatever ideas. It never worked and it won't work out, cause there is just no infrastructure for this and these markets still have other challenges to face (even the BRIC ones!). 2009 is just the beginning and we will say hundrets of devices popping up all over the globe. The cloud is existing and i am sure that most of the mobile netbookers are using it most of the time. Now it's a matter of getting more ecosystems online and have the first real cloud computer, that is also getting promoted as a cloud computer! But hey, maybe i am totally wrong and ideas like the design prototype from Mary Lou Jepsen will be the next "kick ass" cloud device: http://www.eeepcnews.de/2008/05/21/olpc-20-kommt-2010-mit-2-touchscreens/ The pricepoint of netbooks is definately the number one sales arguement but even though it is important to think about the next generation or the next mobile device, we should know what users don’t want.

The average consumer wants a keyboard! Forget about these 10 year old tablets that are getting refreshed and rehyped right now. The keyboard is still the basic input system we have to use. Hey, i would be happy to have an plug and play speech recognization software but do i really want that?

Lets bring users into the cloud with the devices that are available and let’s get a new infrastructure for the education market established, especially in the western hemisphere, before trying to crusade the emerging markets with all these OLPC, PC-1 and whatever ideas. It never worked and it won’t work out, cause there is just no infrastructure for this and these markets still have other challenges to face (even the BRIC ones!).

2009 is just the beginning and we will say hundrets of devices popping up all over the globe. The cloud is existing and i am sure that most of the mobile netbookers are using it most of the time. Now it’s a matter of getting more ecosystems online and have the first real cloud computer, that is also getting promoted as a cloud computer!

But hey, maybe i am totally wrong and ideas like the design prototype from Mary Lou Jepsen will be the next “kick ass” cloud device:

http://www.eeepcnews.de/2008/05/21/olpc-20-kommt-2010-mit-2-touchscreens/

]]> By: charlie http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-18 charlie Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-18 The answer is YES. And I think things like Jolicloud, fusing the netbooks with the Cloud rather than making them mobile (actually portable) computers, will be what makes the netbook the hot topic of 2009. I wrote something about his on Nokia Conversations: http://conversations.nokia.com/home/2009/01/where-netbooks-and-mobile-phones-collide.html The answer is YES.

And I think things like Jolicloud, fusing the netbooks with the Cloud rather than making them mobile (actually portable) computers, will be what makes the netbook the hot topic of 2009.

I wrote something about his on Nokia Conversations:
http://conversations.nokia.com/home/2009/01/where-netbooks-and-mobile-phones-collide.html

]]> By: Video Interview: Netbooks, Mobile Computing und Emerging Markets | Netbooknews.de - das Netbook Blog http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Video Interview: Netbooks, Mobile Computing und Emerging Markets | Netbooknews.de - das Netbook Blog Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:07:59 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-14 [...] rund um zukuenftige, mobile Medien dreht. Die Seite Mocom2020 will ich euch nicht nur aufgrund des Interviews mit mir ans Herz legen, sondern weil ihr dort viele interessante Standpunkte, Ideen und Eindruecke [...] [...] rund um zukuenftige, mobile Medien dreht. Die Seite Mocom2020 will ich euch nicht nur aufgrund des Interviews mit mir ans Herz legen, sondern weil ihr dort viele interessante Standpunkte, Ideen und Eindruecke [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mark Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:49:59 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-13 For me there are two aspects to this discussion. Mobile Internet is per definition the Internet I can access wherever I am. So a SIM card is needed. And in this context netbooks play certainly a role. But even more important, netbooks play a role to educate the people to use actually the Mobile Internet more often. Like the iphone netbooks will dramatically increase usage of the Internet "on the go"- For me there are two aspects to this discussion. Mobile Internet is per definition the Internet I can access wherever I am. So a SIM card is needed. And in this context netbooks play certainly a role. But even more important, netbooks play a role to educate the people to use actually the Mobile Internet more often. Like the iphone netbooks will dramatically increase usage of the Internet “on the go”-

]]> By: Marco http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Marco Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:44:42 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-12 My 2 cents are that Netbooks opened up a new door in the consumers mind for affordable (!!), portable, big screen, net connected computers. I do not expect Netbooks to become the predominant future mobile media devices. More important will be what comes AFTER the netbook. Now that "mental segment" opened up it depends very much what the next generation of netbookish devices will and can deliver, how and how much they will move away from the classic PC usability approach, how they will embrace the "cloud" as a real added value for consumers and most of all what "benefit" they can contribute to daily life. (apart from the "geek" appeal). My 2 cents are that Netbooks opened up a new door in the consumers mind for affordable (!!), portable, big screen, net connected computers. I do not expect Netbooks to become the predominant future mobile media devices.

More important will be what comes AFTER the netbook. Now that “mental segment” opened up it depends very much what the next generation of netbookish devices will and can deliver, how and how much they will move away from the classic PC usability approach, how they will embrace the “cloud” as a real added value for consumers and most of all what “benefit” they can contribute to daily life. (apart from the “geek” appeal).

]]> By: Sascha http://www.mocom2020.com/2009/01/will-the-netbook-play-an-essential-part-for-mobile-media-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Sascha Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:09:20 +0000 http://www.mocom2020.com/?p=147#comment-11 Thanks a lot for your time Monty and for starting some more discussion on this topic. We are at the very beginning of cloud and mobile computing and it's amazing what services you can use already. But with the raise of cheap mobile computing devices, this market will explode in the next 2 years Thanks a lot for your time Monty and for starting some more discussion on this topic.
We are at the very beginning of cloud and mobile computing and it’s amazing what services you can use already. But with the raise of cheap mobile computing devices, this market will explode in the next 2 years

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