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The history of cellular phones that began in 1962
Cellular phones will become "personal gateways"
Continuing, Mr. Hanamura spoke about the progress of cellular phones as three elements - "progress of the system," "progress of the service," and "progress of the quality."
"Progress of the system" is the progress of communication technology. From analog to digital, and now to 3G, and developments for Beyond 3G are already in underway.
"Progress of the service" is the change of cellular phone service. Though voice used to be main, mail is now the subject, and Mr. Hanamura predicted contactless IC, etc. services will become o要e facet of life.
"Progress of quality" describes the development of cellular phone functions. "Cellular phones have gone beyond simple phones; they are now communication tools including e-mail. Functions such as personal servers, and gateways will be requested in the future," he said.
Explaining that "for wireless communication, it used to be 'it would be convenient if I had it,'" Mr. Hanamura continues by saying "but now is the era of 'it would be inconvenient if I didn't have it,' since phones are currently connected to the net." "Just yesterday, the battery o要 my phone ran out, and...what a pain in the ass, I thought. I felt alienated as though I was left behind by society." Furthermore, he said that he "would like to make a ubiquitous society where it becomes 'I can't live without it.'"
For the ubiquitous era, he explained that three points were necessary for these devices - "first, to support a wide variety of networks by synthesizing with IP," then "a variety of devices connecting to the network," and finally, "the reciprocal relationships between human and object, as well as object and object." Keeping with this, Panasonic is developing communication technologies and services.
Also brought up were those devices besides the ubiquitous o要es. Panasonic mobile phones have three fundamental concepts: they must be "small and lightweight, and usable for a long time," have "AV functions that Panasonic is known for," and "easy to use as a personal device."
The phones of the future should be thought of as "personal servers and gateways," he said. He stated, "Just cramming a bunch of features into an all-in-one device won't do it. Cellular phones must serve as a gateway to closeby devices, and functions can be divided between these devices."
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Posted: 2004-07-23 07:02
