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By JBC on 11 June 2009
GLOBAL – The evolution of applications on our devices has been quite rapid. The first step was of course giving the device extra functionality – the ability to watch certain types of video codecs, or view your messages in a different way. Then it got a bit more involved, bringing little bits of the Internet into your device one bit at a time, bringing things like Maps onto your device, along with info sucked from the Internet and combining it with functionality on the device (GPS) to create a whole new experience. Now though, I think we’ve reached a whole new level.
Last year the Forum Nokia folks started releasing APIs for developers to gain access to more of a device’s functions, such as Contacts, Calendar, and even the Camera. Before now I hadn’t seen many examples, but I’ve been playing with the Facebook app on my N97 over the last few days and one feature stood out for me – the ability to access the camera from within Facebook.
This kind of turns the whole photo sharing idea on its head. Before we’d think about taking a picture and later think about sharing it (choosing carefully when and where we share it). Now though we can simply (and I really mean simply) from within the app, fire up the camera, take a picture and share it with our Friends on Facebook. It takes about 30 seconds.
Combine that functionality with GPS, and perhaps Contacts and the app takes on a whole new dimension. Extending device functionality in this way has endless possibilities. The core feature set of wireless connection, camera, GPS, contacts, calendar, messaging combined with a platform for easy and rapid app development makes for a very exciting future. Wouldn’t you agree?
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Tags | A-GPS, calendar, FaceBook, messaging, N97, nokia n97, Ovi Store
June 11th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Agree totally. I predict that in the next couple of years, Mobile will be where Broadband “Always On” started. Mobile phones will be continue to be online all the time due to unlimited data plans, more, and more wifi access points made available publicly.
The future is about to begin for mobile, like the N95 changed the way we used our mobile devices, the new nokia N97 will shape the way even further.
Social Networking is an ever increasing platform, in many ways, and add twitter to that, you have a massive, selective audience at your feet, not to mention the vast amount of information at your fingertips, wherever you are, whatever your doing.
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June 11th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Still, there quite a number security+privacy issues that will need to be dealt with, now and in the coming future of mobile devices (and their applications). With advancing technology , comes great responsiblity to keep these innovation from ‘biting back’ at us.
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June 13th, 2009 at 5:55 am
The engagement of the developer is key for Nokia. There are a range of applications that still need to be written.
I heard Axel Meyer talk about the design philosophy of the N97 and then wrote a post that perhaps builds on the theme he discussed. Would like your views on it
http://futurechat.in/you-and-your-mobile-phone/
Thanks!
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