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