Converged Products: Week of 4/9/06
The most convenient way that mobility is getting built into products is through the convergence of capabilities that previously existed as standalone products into the cellphone. That way, those products are now with you and available for your use whenever you need them wherever you go.
- What consumers want their cellphones to be/do
- How consumers use their cellphones now
- Cellphone as DVR extension (and here)
- Cellphone as WiFi VoIP combophone (and here)
- Cellphone as movie guide
- Cellphone as a game of tag
- Cellphone as child tracker
- Cellphone as home security monitor
- Cellphone as navigator (again)
- Cellphone as video projector
- Cellphone as Woot notifier (via SMS)
- Cellphone as weather radio
- Mobile router (okay so it’s not a cellphone, but it is a converged product)
- (and here’s a product that would really benefit from Bluetooth)