3G Applications
last updated: January 12, 2003
UMTS
Demo, by Siemens
Code Zero: the 3G game by Ericsson
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animation by Alcatel |
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Basically, 3G opens the door to anything you can imagine. You will
be able to do a multitude of things while going through your daily
schedule, whether at work or at leisure. The scenarios below demonstrate
just a few applications for 3G and only hint at what will be on
offer in the future.
Scenario 1:
An executive at a client meeting realises that he has brought an
outdated version of his presentation. It’s no problem though because
one of his colleagues back at the office emails the updated PowerPoint
file directly to his 3G terminal. He transfers it to the laptop
(wirelessly of course) and is in no time ready to start the presentation.
Scenario 2:
This scenario is about three women who are trying to find a gift
for their friend. Two of them are out shopping, but they are out
of ideas and use a web site that generates gift suggestions based
on personality profiles. They decide to buy a handbag at a shop
situated somewhere near the city centre (but at an unknown address
to the women).
Not knowing exactly where the shop is, they use a map and positioning
service to find it. The map is displayed on their 3G terminal and
shows them the shop location and their current position.
At the shop, they want to make sure that the third woman (who was
unable to make it) likes the gift. They take a digital picture of
the bag and send it to her with a hand written note seeking her
approval.
Scenario 3:
The grandparents are out travelling in Europe. Here you see them
in front of the Eiffel tower. (The tour guide took the picture of
them admiring the magnificent building).
In order to share their experiences with their friends and family,
they have created a virtual photo album on their personal web site.
This way, anyone with access to the Internet can follow them on
their trip.
But what about those without Internet access? Well, that's been
taken care of by the WalkMail network. The pictures are printed,
together with the text, on high quality paper and delivered as regular
postcards within 24 hours.
Scenario 4:
A busy executive doing her grocery shopping hasn’t had time to queue
at a teller machine, but cash is not needed. At the check-out, she
uses her 3G terminal to pay for the groceries. It automatically
debits her bank account, and gives her an updated balance on request.
Scenario 5:
In this scenario, we see two men talking on their way from a meeting.
They decide to go out to dinner, but one of the men would like to
invite his wife along so he checks her calendar on his 3G terminal
(their calendars are constantly in synch).
Scenario 6:
So far, there has not been an easy way to electronically communicate
with character based languages. But this drawback is over come with
the white board application.
The person in this scenario is actually handwriting a message when
a friend of his initiates a video call with him.
This way of creating a message makes the communication more personal
than a regular e-mail whether in Chinese, Japanese, English, French
or any language.
Scenario 7:
This guy would like to catch up with his friends for a coffee. He
uses the SeekYourFriends service to find out who's on-line, and
then sends a message telling his friends to meet him in a groovy
new café that he’s just discovered.
Scenario 8:
A young traveller has once again missed the train. Luckily, he has
downloaded some of his favourite music from a web store. He's also
got a pair of stereo headphones to use with the communication device.
Seeing that one of his friends is on-line, he invites the friend
to a peaceful game of chess.
Scenario 9:
A person out of the house gets an alert from the home monitor. The
fish bowl alarm has gone off! She brings up a view from the home
camera on her 3G phone and sees that the two cats are attacking
the poor goldfish. To scare the cats off, she sounds the siren next
to the fish bowl!
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