Topic: Mobile and Wireless
Don Katz, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Audible.com, describes the present and future of mobile downloadable spoken-word audio content. Katz explains Audibles' vision for distribution of free, pay-per download, paid subscription for audio books, public radio programs and many other types of audio content online. Katz talks about how podcasting trends are changing Audible.com. Katz also talks about whether mobile wireless cellular and data phones with expanded storage is the big future of mobile spoken-word audio listening. [Web Talk audio on IT Conversations]
Grab a bag of chips and a beer and reach out for your mobile phone as you settle down to watch the big ball game on the sidelines of that boring convention you need to attend. If this sounds farfetched, you could wait till October 2006 when Qualcomm is launching their MediaFLO system delivering TV content on mobile phones. Or listen to Larry Magid interviewing Rob Chandhok, Qualcomm's point man for this service, starting with "Why TV on mobiles?" [Larry's World audio from IT Conversations]
Clay Shirky discusses the lessons he's learned from three years at NYU's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program. His students have been creating applications for the mobile phone platform, combining GPS, voice and photo messaging. Clay describes the technology behind these projects, and speculates on the future development of phones and their integration with internet-hosted infrastructure. [O'Reilly Media's Emerging Technology Conference 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Rob Greenlee, host of Web Talk, speaks with Dave Van Dyke, President of
Bridge Ratings (BridgeRatings.com), about his company's recent radio market
research study on the changes occurring to radio broadcasting. The study reveals the mainstream media misunderstanding and hype around the growth of Internet radio, satellite radio, Podcasting and Mobile phone streaming. The discussion also centers on how these changes will impact existing terrestrial radio broadcasters, Internet webcasters and podcasters over the next 5 years. [Web Talk audio on IT Conversations]
Cell phone entertainment is hot and growing fast, and SofTECH has brought panel of experts together to discuss pending business opportunities. The global entertainment software market is currently estimated to be in excess of $3 billion. Cell phone games alone are currently $200 million to $300 million in the United States, and between $800 million and $1 billion globally. Over the next several years, the world market for this industry is expected to grow to more than $8 billion. Are 3D games just around the corner? What does this mean for the classic games like Tetris, Frogger and Pac-Man? Wouldn't we all like to know if this is a good time to get in on the action? These are some of the questions to be addressed by SofTECH's panel of experts. [Audio on IT Conversations]
The Web started on the PC, but the mobile web is poised to eclipse the PC as the dominant driver of innovation in the Web 2.0 era. At the Web 2.0 conference, mobile expert Rael Dornfest discusses the state of the mobile web with innovators Russell Beattie, Jory Bell, Juha Christensen and Trip Hawkins. (IT Conversations audio from the Web 2.0 conference)
"The Future of Wireless Networking" presented by Gee Rittenhouse, Lucent Technologies. [Audio recording from Accelerating Change 2004 on IT Conversations]
Craig Cline leads the Mobile Blogging session at Bloggercon III. Audio from IT Conversations.
Pertti Korhonen's keynote presentation covers how Nokia views mobility and key emerging technologies in a converging world. In particular, his talk focuses on how Nokia will drive openness, innovation, and user experience on future mobile platforms.
