These are constraints that wireless telecommunication players have been trying to overcome by not only introducing new infrastructure technology such as WCDMA, but by also pushing cell phone device producers to converge various technologies that have been familiarly used in information technology. Yahoo Messenger, Skype, email, word processor and the like will be available in various cell phones.
Now that 3G or even 3.5G technology is available, cell phones are no longer merely telephones. Various future devices, which will be the convergence of various features of information communication technology, will be someone’s multimedia assistant with a very large scope, as far as it can be adapted to our use for maximum benefits.
When a mobile lifestyle requires flexibility, a device needs more than one function. What is needed is a practical device with various functions. It will be a convergence device enabling the user to use it for all needs. The hope is that a mobile lifestyle can be applied perfectly without the user having to bother with a great number of devices that go along with his mobility. Just one device for all you needs. (Burhan Abe)
The Jakarta Post – August 22, 2007
