Cell Computer Project

[mihail_m]

Hello everyone,

I would like to show my project:

Cell Computer Project

http://genetechnics.webs.com/

I have been working on it for a year and a half - there is a thread on the Cellular & Handheld Application Development forum that is read-only since this month and I would like to discuss the ideas of the project on this forum.

Best regards,

Michael Molin

GeneTechnics Company

[mihail_m]

Update:

"In a telephone interview on Monday morning after the deal was announced, Mr. McNamee explained that the rationale for the investment is found in the rapid innovation that is changing cellphones into computers and entertainment devices. He said the hand-held computing world is still in its infancy and that designs and rapid innovation will continue to proliferate, making it impossible for several large players to dominate the market for software or hardware.

Microsoft is going to be a big factor, but at the same time I dont think that this category has shown any tendency at this point to follow the PC.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/technology/05palm.html

Really a chess game in the industry.

Apple? Microsoft?

Michael

[Jonas_K_Intel]

All operators in Sweden include TV in their 3G offerings and dont charge for that bandwidth at all. So here the service is avilible and ready to use for anyone. When the network is full with this traffic, the time is ripe for a move towards DVB-H.

So mobile TV is here. And very interesting is that all trials and evaluations done shows people watch 20-40% of the total TV time at home! While cooking, in bed just before they fall asleep and so on. So I dont agree everybody want the big TV always. I watch the news on my mobile phone all the time for example.

People will not watch 2 hours films on the mobile device, but news, short episodes, live sports on the go and other thingswill probably be very popular? Dont you agree?

Thanks

/Jonas

[mihail_m]

That's great if it's included in the package. I heard that in South Korea it's free at all. And people really save the power of their devices yet while they're on the go.

Michael

[mihail_m]

Hello,

Some more great news today:

Google promises mobile software platform to challenge Windows

http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/06/08/google_mobile_software_platform/

My guess is that it would be a combination of Sun's JavaFX with Google's apps suite based on the Palm's Linux platform.

Michael

[mihail_m]

And the news I've been waiting for since IDF, September 2006:

Paul Otellini - "The importance of the new Silverthorne chip is only comparable with the 8088 processor or Pentium, he told the FAZ. The executive said that the company will create a 45 nm Silverthorne product family and aim to capture the top 10 to 20% of the cellphone business."

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32404/118/

That requires a device with a standard cell phone form factor providing computer functionality - Cell PC Platform.

Michael

[mihail_m]

Anyone remember the ending of Spielberg's "Minority Report"? I mean the cell "micro"phone. What do you think about the future of the phones? My view is that, for example, Casio electronic watches with anumeric keypadcould include phone functionality and work with aBluetooth headsetin not-so-far future. I found thatalready in 2000 Casio launched Pathfinder GPS watch concept. Also, this concept device.

Michael

[mihail_m]

Really nice.

Nintendo DS web browser comes to America - Engadget

I would like to distinguish the Japanese designers. Nintendo DS is a haiku for the future of mobile computing. Also, one of the recent launches is a remarkable achievement - the concept of connected UIs is now working for a clamshell design - Mitsubishi D800iDS.

The goal of the cell PC project - 3,2-inch main display (16:9) and 3-inch second display (4:3) for a form factor (53mm x 103mm).

Michael

[Jason_Z_Intel]

McCaslin, now known as the Intel ultra mobile platform 2007, features A100/A110 cpu and the Intel 945 chipset, many hardware vendors are developing UMPCs and MIDs based on McCaslin; for example, Samsung's recently announced Q1 Ultra.

Menlow is the next generation ultra mobile platform for 2008, which will significantly improve the performance, power consumption, sizeand cost, and Silverthone is core processor based on Lower Power IA architecture in Menlow platform. It will bring PC computing into portable handheld and phones.

Jason

[mihail_m]

It's great, Jason. The most important thing is that the new processing power would match the new functionality of applications. To the level of fully functional desktop applications.

Seamless experiences as a motto of Microsoft.

Ray Ozzie - "Our dream is to deliver a seamless experience where all the technology in your life and business comes together in a way that just works for you" - Microsoft

Michael

[mihail_m]

Toshiba develops new 3D NAND flash technology

- DigiTimes

Kodak lets light shine in with fourth-pixel advance

- EE Times

Interesting that it looks like this technology (earlier Kodak's PIXELUX technology) complements PenTile RGBW display technology I wrote about two months ago in this thread. Real progress in all fields. Further, the next example of a laconic and reliable design:

Test Drive a Porsche Cell Phone

"The device features a large swivel screen made with an organic, light-emitting diode display"

- BusinessWeek

And, in addition to the universal remote controls:

Windows Vista SideShow Devices

- TEXYT

Michael

[mihail_m]

Some tech rag in a style of Valleywag:

IBM - spades, Intel - clubs, Microsoft - diamonds, Apple - hearts.

Michael

[mihail_m]

To the point, the new system of typing:

The keys of the top and middle rows of the standard QWERTY keyboard are designated for the middle finger, the bottom row and Space key - for the index finger. Thumb typing with one hand is used as an additional method.

Michael

[Jason_Z_Intel]

Michael,

The Sideshow PDA seems interesting, I guess that it is running on Windows CE OS instead of Vista, but capable to connect to Vista PC for synchronizing the data (email, calendar, address book) between PC and PDA.

I wonder there is anything special on slideshow PDA, many other devices can do, smart-phone like RIM's Blackberry, UMPC like Samsung's Q1 Ultra, MID likes HTC Shift and Nokia N800.

Jason

[mihail_m]

Jason,

Why do you need these devices? I think that for a PC platform the displays less than 11-12 inches are downgrading user experience. I started to work with computers in the middle of eighties and then 14-inch display was standard. Now even webpages are developed for 17 and 19-inch widescreen displays. And software too.

Michael

[mihail_m]

Yahoo Signs Deal With Carriers in Asia, Launches Mobile Software

http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=149518

"With the tremendous consumer response to date we believe that Yahoo! Go will be a catalyst for broader adoption of the mobile Internet," said Marco Boerries, executive vice president of the Connected Life Division at Yahoo!, in a company statement.

Very reasonable strategy. For a comfortable access to the information anytime anywhere on the go. Not just to one column of the New York Times which width casually coincides with the screen's width as in iPhone's video. Mobile Web means mobile advertising when everyone has a personal ad screen in addition to full access to the private information on the main display. And the ads are displayed before a site's menu for seamless browsing the sections of a Mobile Web site.

Cell phone is an outdated category - even the No.1 maker of cell phones Nokia admits it naming the new models as multimedia computers. Yes, in order to work with the mobile Internet everyone needs a computer - a cell PC. This hardware platform is also the most important catalyst for its broader adoption in addition to Yahoo's initiative.

Also, join the discussion:

Does technology have a role in community development? by Perry Gruber

MWI: Leading Mobile Web Access to Its Full Potential by Philipp Hoschka

Michael

[mihail_m]

Hello everyone,

Just a scientific question:

IBM Says Supercomputer Is Three Times Faster Than Prior Model

I can't understand how computer can beat a human in chess (remember, 1997, Gary Kasparov). It can only defend in order not to lose the game. Otherwise, it uses someone else's tactics.

To the point:

Why to downgrade the PC user experience by shrinking display size when you can improve cell phones (don't mix up with a PDA phone - iPhone) users' experience?

Noone cancelled ergonomics - in order to hold a device with comfort it has to be utmost 53 mm wide - I trust Motorola absolutely. In order to touch type - the three fingers starting from the index one have to be placed on the keys freely so the three keys have to be 54 mm wide - 1868, Christopher Sholes.

Michael

[mihail_m]

How wonderful!

Apple IPhone Reviewers Say It Lives Up to Hype, Inspires Lust

May God bless them. I found the links to these reviews:

The iPhone Is a Breakthrough Handheld Computer - Wall Street Journal

Apple's iPhone isn't perfect, but it's worthy of the hype - USA Today

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype - The New York Times

I'd like just to say: iPhone is a transition to the world of cell PCs. Everyone on Earth will want an iPhone with a MotoRAZR design. Just by combining 100 million numbers.

"It's an Apple's chance to win the market." - my comments on Steve Jobs's interview at D conference in this thread.

Microsoft also has this chance. In order to make a mobile version of Office 2007 for "all the technology in your life and business comes together" as Ray Ozzie said.

I trust Intel as a hardware platform provider for Microsoft and Apple.

Michael

[mihail_m]

Hello,

Just a synchronization of the posts on Intel Software Network - Poll: Your ideas for Intel SL Events! by Gina B. on "Intel and Second Life" forum, ISN blog's post If you havent already, check out Intels presence in Second Life! by Maryann Iannitti and my suggestion for the themes of SL discussions:

Software Development for an iPhone as a Mobile Internet Device.

I think this is a very important for the Mobile Web development, first of all. With its launch, iPhone is a renewed PDA platform (which is an Apple's concept initially) for mobile versions of web sites allowing to create applications with dynamic interfaces for running in Safari browser environment.

I know that Intel provides processors for Apple TV so I think that there is a possibility that new Intel's mobile platforms planned for launching next year could also be provided for future versions of iPhone. And, in addition, it's a very popular theme now.

Recent news: Ajax SDK for Apple iPhone

And I agree with Gael Holmes: "why go to Linux when you can have the real "unix" based OS, which is MAC OS?>- in the discussion of "Is Mobile Linux really ready for Prime Time?" post.

I always consider Linux as a system developed for developers not ordinary people where there is not caring about a user interface and the development is focused on working in network environment as easily deployed low-cost servers - that's what IBM and Oracle demonstrate successfully.

As for mobile devices - not so good experience of cell phone users has the same roots - the kind of attitude like "it works so why to work more on UI details". People need a good interface and Apple brings it to them.

Apple's success is just explained by the fact that professional graphic artists choose Mac OS as a working platform. And the only company also working on this level - Microsoft.

And, in addition, are the Apple's PDA, Microsoft's Pocket PC and Intel's MID (video from Jason's post - also, an extended version) concepts actually having the same goals, aren't they?

Michael

[mihail_m]

Hello everyone,

Sometimes it's amazing when you find the hidden possibilities in what you've created. This time, I would like to talk about the external controls of the cell PC platform.

In most cases, we're using the cell phone just to answer calls and make them by using the Recent Contacts list. So, for this, the case of the cell PC is closed and the main display is turned around. The external controls are used - the hinge and the bottom strip under the second display have three sensor buttons (like small ribbons for the buttons in the corners and like circles for the middle buttons) on each side. When you answering, you are holding the device in one hand and pressing the bottom left button to start speaking (there are titles of the buttons on the display above), the bottom right button - to end a call, the bottom middle button - Recent Contacts that are scrolled down using the bottom left and right buttons (PgUp, PgDown for the top left and right buttons), the second pressing of the bottom middle button is used to start dialing.

The same six buttons perform the functions of control for using the cell PC as a game console - the main display is in a landscape mode. The bottom left and right buttons - arrows left and right; the top left and right buttons - arrows down and up; the middle left button - Menu; the middle right button - the Enter key. When the Menu button is selected - the top and bottom right buttons are for scrolling it down. The top and bottom left buttons in this mode are used for extra settings. Also, these six buttons are used in AV playing and recording modes and for taking photos - there are titles or icons for the buttons on the main display overlapped on the image in a control mode.

Another everyday life's situation when using a virtual keyboard may not be preferred - it's raining, for example. Then, you can use the control panel - you press, say, F7 and now the F1-F8 - 1-8; arrows up and down - 9,0; arrows left and right - *,#. The Enter key works as a Send key as usual. Also, speed dialing - you press and hold one of the F1-F8 keys more than 2 seconds.

So, when the device is set in these modes, the touch sensitivity of the displays is turned off and it's proof against the errors of random touches while operating the device - the flexibility and reliability of the plarform for using in all standard modes of a modern cell phone or game console. The touch sensitivity of the displays is turned on in a cell PC mode.

And, in addition, some ideas about using of light indication for a virtual keyboard. Each time when you touch the key, it's highlighted over the surface for one second and then gradually dims. Also, the control keys as Ctrl, Alt, Shift are highlighted when being activated and then, in three seconds, they are disactivated automatically if the key combination has not been continued.

So, you don't need to look at the main display every time - you can check only sentences or paragraphs of text. You're just typing. Moreover, if you wish, you can control which letters have been pressed in a word just by the setting that's making them in bold font (highlighted - the background is dark, by default, dark green for letters, dark blue for numbers and symbols) until the Space key is pressed after the word has been entered.

Michael

[Jason_Z_Intel]

Michael,

thanks for the sharing.Here is thecomment on your post on July 2.

I think the industries (IT, telecommunications, and Internet services) all share the same vision for the new era of Mobile Internet. However, different companies embrace different trends depending on their area of expertise. Mobile telecom vendors are focusing their 3G efforts on wireless broadband for anywhere/anytime connection. Phone makers are developing smart phones or mobile handhelds to allow a mobile terminal to access the Internet, while silicon vendors like Intel want to deliver efficient Power Performance chips and platforms for a new generation of converged portable devices. OSVs and ISVs are creating new optimized software stacks to support end-to-end mobile Internet services. So we are all going for the same goal, and to make it happen we need more collaboration across the entire ecosystem of multiple industries.

Who will win? Considering the opportunities as well as the risks, definitely more than 1 device maker, more than 1 chip maker, and more than 1 service provider will gain big slices of a growing market.

[mihail_m]

Yes, Jason, we need a new generation of converged portable devices. A unified platform for delivering mobile content and advertisements to users. And I remember the name of the winner in the industry previous time:

"IBM PC Compatible" becomes "Wintel"

"Software and compatibility amongst different PCs and hardware compatibility is no longer a major issue. There are other platforms in existence today (mostly the Apple Macintosh, which is now known as Mac), but they are a minority.

Thanks to intuitive user interfaces and the information-gathering and communications capabilities of the Internet, the computer has finally escaped from the domain of computer professionals and computer hobbyists, and has become mainstream."

Now we have a new standard - Apple iPhone. But do you know that the cell PC has the screen area that is one and half bigger than iPhone's while a cell PC is significantly more compact - 53x103 and 61x115 mm correspondingly.

That's the reason for the industry to make that move ahead. Games and Internet need it as before.

Michael