| Mobile phones with Ultra high speed Internet connection | | | | new movie. You never thought that your cellular phone |
| promises a lot, are we there yet?Imagine flipping open | | | | could do so many things did you? The predicted |
| your mobile phone and being able to check the | | | | success of this wireless Internet service is |
| balance on your bank account, finding the latest scores | | | | overwhelming. WiBro is estimating that there will be |
| of your favorite sports team, if you're on a diet find out | | | | over 9 million new subscribers between now and |
| what your daily calorie intake is, find out that your tofu | | | | 2011.The promise of watching DVD videos on your |
| lasagna is only a 600 calorie lunch, download the | | | | Windows Smart phoneAlready many Japanese |
| hippest ringtone, find out which space station is about | | | | commuters are watching video on their mobiles while |
| to fly over your home city, and finally find a great | | | | commuting long distances from their homes to their |
| restaurant that you and a friend can dine at.The chief | | | | work on the subway. Well if you own a Windows |
| executive of eBay, Meg Whitman says, "Window into | | | | Smart phone, you can convert a new DVD movie on |
| the possibilities of what might happen when high-speed | | | | your computer to watch it on your Windows mobile |
| broadband services are widely adopted in other | | | | device. No matter how old you are, folks of every |
| places too". More and more cellular customers will | | | | generation enjoy movies of all kinds. I don't know about |
| want to be listening to streaming music on their cellular | | | | you, but I am a Film Festival junkie. When the |
| phone. An innovative company called Amp'D mobile | | | | Vancouver film festival come in to town, I purchase |
| wireless has leased bundles of services from Verizon | | | | the Visa Gold Express ticket allowing me to sneak into |
| wireless. In no time soon, the 18-year-old to 35 year old | | | | a movie 5 minutes before the curtains roll. There are |
| market will be able to bundle what media they would | | | | 5-10 seats reserved in every theater for Visa Gold |
| want on their cellular phones before it's shipped to their | | | | express pass holders. The most popular and well |
| home. They will be able to select version of their | | | | received film Festival movies are later turned to DVDs |
| favorite sitcom, a new ring tone, games they would like | | | | and that is what I look forward to watching. A very |
| play on their Amp'd mobile phone.A country where | | | | popular software called Pocket DVD studio 3.5 allows |
| three quarters of the population owns cellular phones is | | | | you to convert any DVD movie you watch at home |
| Korea. Back in the 60s, there was one television for | | | | to the following |
| every 300 people in that country. Look how far | | | | formats:wmv,avi,mpg,mpeg,pm,rmvb,tivo2go. What's |
| technology has influenced Koreans. In fact, if you are a | | | | nice is that you won't have to spend an entire |
| Korean couple looking for an apartment, a sign will | | | | afternoon converting only one movie. Diane Dumas, an |
| display on the bottom of the for rent sign showing the | | | | editor at Pocket PC took five hours to convert a DVD |
| Internet connection speed for that particular apartment | | | | movie to Windows media video format. However, |
| block. This is very important for many young Korean | | | | using the pocket DVD studio 3.5, she was able to |
| couples and can be a deciding factor whether or not | | | | convert her DVD movie in less than one hour.What |
| they rent that particular apartment.New cellular | | | | happens after you convert it ?1. Save the DVD you |
| technology is so close, but when you get there expect | | | | converted either on a storage card or your desktop |
| to payThe Ministry of information and communication | | | | hard drive2. Synchronize the converted DVD to your |
| or MIC in Korea says that people will be able a surf | | | | Windows mobile device using ActiveSync3. Now sit |
| the Internet while they're traveling in their vehicle at 60 | | | | back at your favorite WiFi hotspot, lazyboy chair or |
| kph. This service is called WiBro. MIC has leased the | | | | park and watch your DVD movie on your smart |
| following three Korean telecom companies: SK | | | | phoneAnother exciting development that's happening in |
| telecom,KT and Hanaro to be able to offer high-speed | | | | Spain right now is a service called Sim pay. What is |
| wireless Internet access. You're probably asking what | | | | Sim pay?This service already exist in Spain and has |
| does this have to do with North Americans? There will | | | | the ability to use your cellular phone to make mobile |
| come a time where your cellular phone will be able to | | | | payments easier. The goal of Sim pay which is also a |
| read the radiofrequency identification tags, the bar | | | | nonprofit organization is to have the entire network of |
| code that you see on every single item in a grocery | | | | European cellular users, all 70 million of them be able to |
| store. Imagine having a MIC cellular phone that will be | | | | select on their cellular phone, "buying with Sim pay". An |
| able to read the expiry date of: milk, cheese, yogurt, | | | | equivalent Sim Pay service can be adapted to United |
| fresh meats, baked goods, and seafood at your local | | | | States. Pay pal now has more than 60 million account |
| grocery store. Imagine your MIC cellular phone being | | | | holders in the world. Perhaps pay pal will look at this |
| able to pick up a signal from an advertisement which | | | | model and take note. What is the real-life application of |
| would ask you to download a preview of a brand | | | | Sim pay? |