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| Thread ID: 71226 | 2006-07-30 06:58:00 | "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" | Utopia (7787) | PC World Chat |
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| 474762 | 2006-07-30 06:58:00 | "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" A rather 'apt' description [courtesy of Timbuk 3] for the convergence of Mobile Phone & Computer . The future is streaming [Music,T . V] as well as Internet & downloadable music to your cell phones micro hard-drive . What this means is that we no longer have to have a Radio/C . D Player head-unit in the dash of the car . [there goes insurance claims for your "bling-bling" Radio/C . D Player,and less for the 'Beagle Boys' to steal] Think just speakers,amplifier with blue-tooth and your blue-tooth cellphone . Bingo!,you can listen to stored music,streaming music,streaming F . M Radio Station and Streaming T . V Station all via the Internet on your Generation 3/4 Mobile Phone . No probs if your phone rings,sound cuts-out you answer your call and when finished sound comes back . :thumbs: # Vodaphone N . Z's upgrade is called HSDPA [High Speed Downlink Packet Access] . webwereld . nl/articles/40752/vodafone-shows-off-hsdpa-in-nz . html" target="_blank">www . webwereld . nl # Telecom's upgrade is called CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A . geekzone . co . nz/content . asp?contentid=6379" target="_blank">www . geekzone . co . nz # TelstraClear has plans for HSDPA starting in Tauranga . computerworld . co . nz/news . nsf/default/5E33BDEA5B253FB7CC2570450083976B" target="_blank">www . computerworld . co . nz But don't forget your humble computer . Dock your phone with your home computer for more 'Muzak' from Myspace . This is where we "flip the bird" to the music corporations and buy our music direct from the artist Horray to direct marketing,where the artist "actually" gets total proceeds for there product . :) We know that Video killed the Radio Star and now the Internet kills the Video . In order to survive: Radio must stream in high quality on the Internet with in-studio cameras providing video and sound . For example,when the D . J does voice-over you get 'live studio video' and when the music starts playing you get the 'Music Video' . And then there's streaming high-definition T . V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [B]Yup!,time to join the "Shade Brigade" and embrace emerging technologies |
Utopia (7787) | ||
| 474763 | 2006-07-30 09:01:00 | Interesting view of the near future . I suspect it is accurate if a bit "Utopian" ;) Video never did kill the radio star . Actually it was TV that was predicted to kill radio, in the 1950s . Never happened . Radio is vibrant and profitable 50 years later . Just like newspapers and books . TV was also supposed to kill those as well as the movies . Picture theatres (as they were called) did close but eventually the modern multi-plex rescued movies from the TV desert . The human brain can only absorb so much simultaneous stimulus . There are limits . The current concern about accidents being caused by cell-phone using drivers is an example . Having unlimited visual and aural information available 24/7 might sound like nirvana to some but I predict that most people will stick with limited input . Might I add from my own life experience that many of the mistakes we make today are the result of pressure to produce instant decisions and answers . There is no patience for reflection - thinking it through . However our brains need a bit of peace in order to thoroughly analyse information . :2cents: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 474764 | 2006-07-30 10:46:00 | Thanks but No thanks. I want to watch video/film on a proper screen. You won't catch me walking down the street peering at a little picture on a cellphone. Whats with all this "Got to have it now" technology? I don't have a cellphone and I don't plan on getting one. When I drop into a cafe for lunch I read the newspapers while eating......I'm appalled by all the silly buggers who have a cellphone in one hand and a fork in the other. Of course I'm not important like them. I'm not expecting to be called to solve the current crisis in the MidEast or perform brain surgery on the PM. Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 474765 | 2006-07-30 11:13:00 | :cool: | Cornot (10386) | ||
| 474766 | 2006-07-30 11:41:00 | Emerging technology is fascinating but convergence doesn't really happen. For an example look at the food brands on the shelves of your local supermarket - we are seeing more brands, more product categories and more sub-categories etc than ever before. Another example is the MFC/MFD printer - they never quite do any one job particularly well. But, video feeds for radio stations / podcasts would be interesting - making radio more akin to TV. Interesting topic but I tend to agree with the other posters here too. It's nice to escape from technology every now and then.... The future is bright so think I need some of these too : :cool: |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 474767 | 2006-07-30 12:44:00 | I read a book this weekend. I was surprised to realise how long it had been - what with trying to keep up with the many magazines & newspapers flooding in. And there's the Internet, of course. Once I read heaps of books. I think I'll go back for my future. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 474768 | 2006-07-30 17:31:00 | Winston: There was a study made about your; "The human brain can only absorb so much simultaneous stimulus . There are limits . The current concern about accidents being caused by cell-phone using drivers is an example . Having unlimited visual and aural information available 24/7 might sound like nirvana to some but I predict that most people will stick with limited input . Might I add from my own life experience that many of the mistakes we make today are the result of pressure to produce instant decisions and answers . There is no patience for reflection - thinking it through . However our brains need a bit of peace in order to thoroughly analyse information . " The US Navy and the Marines Air Divisions have the same aircraft (basically) with the same flight characteristics . During combat, the Marines were having more serious flight problems and it was found that they had serious sensual overload . The Marines had more gadgets and heads-up displays . . . . making flight just a technical manual . The Navy pilots were allowed more SOP flight and had better performance . Simpler is better . . . the brain stops when it reaches saturation . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 474769 | 2006-07-30 20:45:00 | And think of my poor (Telecom prepaied) Nokia 3105, camera-less, T3G-less, radio-less too. :annoyed: Ah well: :cool: :cool: | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 474770 | 2006-07-31 06:14:00 | Apparently David Kirk, (of All Black fame) the CEO of Fairfax Holdings, has been saying that interactive cell phones with web and TV are where newspapers need to be in the future. On the other hand, Rupert Murdoch, owner of Newscorp and arguably the most canny media man on the planet, says the new tech will be a passing fad. Despite web access to news - magazines, papers, and books still sell by the millions daily. People simply prefer them. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 474771 | 2006-07-31 07:02:00 | Thanks but No thanks . I want to watch video/film on a proper screen . You won't catch me walking down the street peering at a little picture on a cellphone . Whats with all this "Got to have it now" technology? I don't have a cellphone and I don't plan on getting one . When I drop into a cafe for lunch I read the newspapers while eating . . . . . . I'm appalled by all the silly buggers who have a cellphone in one hand and a fork in the other . Of course I'm not important like them . I'm not expecting to be called to solve the current crisis in the MidEast or perform brain surgery on the PM . Martynz Likewise, although I have a cellphone, I am not a slave to it . Sometimes I even ignore it when it rings :eek: (what you mean I am supposed to answer it :D ) It also doesn't have a camera, play music, etc etc . It is just a phone (although it can browse the internet but I can't see the point) . They keep adding features to cellphones to just sell more . I bet those cellphones you can play music on, you have to download it (charge for connection time) and you can't copy it off the phone . I even still play the odd cassette :xmouth: |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
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