The Future of Cell Phone Mobile Connectivity

Imagine the day when you're driving down the road- Make a phone call at any time
and you remember that you need to pick up a bottle- Listen to MP3 music
of wine for your friend's dinner party tonight. You- Take pictures and video like a camera
remember the type of wine your friend likes (Shiraz)- Receive step-by-step driving directions through GPS
but you can't remember the exact name. You think it- Send email
has the words "Rosemount" and "Estate" in it but you- Browse the Internet
cannot remember the rest.- Download music and video
So what do you do?- Watch streaming TV
You pull off the side of the road, take out your cell- And much more...
phone and open up the Google mobile homepage onNearly 100% of my family and friends own a cell
your cell phone to search using the keywords Shirazphone. I even see 10 and 11 year old children with their
Rosemount Estate to see if you can find it.own cell phones. You might think this is crazy but I think
Well wouldn't you know? There it is - Rosemountit's a great way to keep your children safe because
Estate Diamond Label Shiraz.you can monitor their phone call activity and allows
Ok, so now you know the name of your friend'sthem to make phone calls in case of an emergency.
favorite bottle of wine but what is the closest wineYes, cell phones are also the cause of many
store that's selling it for the best price? You search inautomobile accidents and even deaths around the
Google, using your mobile cell phone, and find Wine Proworld. This is why certain states like New Jersey have
just 5 miles away in the next town offering a 20%banned cell phone use while physically driving the car.
discount. You visit the stores website using your cellHere is a list of countries and states that have banned
phone to download their address and the 20%cell phone use while driving.
discount coupon directly to your phone.Actually, Microsoft and Ford recently teamed up to
You sync the store's address with the GPS Mobilebuild a service that will be a fully-integrated, flash
Navigation on your cell phone to receive step-by-stepmemory-based system that enables drivers to call
driving directions. Your cell phone talks to you and tellshands-free and to control a range of digital audio via
you it's 5 miles away and will take you 10 minutes.voice commands and buttons mounted on the steering
So you follow your step by step directions and make itwheel. For drivers who want to play music from their
to the store in just 10 minutes like your GPS MobileMP3 players, Sync improves on the basic auxiliary
Navigation said you would. So you go in the store,input jack by adding a USB 2.0 port for connecting
locate the bottle of Rosemount Estate Diamond LabeliPods, Zunes, and a range of other players. The first
Shiraz, go to the counter, present the 20% off discountmodels to offer Sync as an option in fall 2007 include
on your cell phone and you get the bottle for $9.99.Ford's Five Hundred, Explorer, Focus, Freestyle, and
Now you don't remember how to get home so youFusion; Lincoln's MKX and MKZ; and the Mercury Milan.
simply hit the "Home" button on your cell phone's GPSThe future of cell phone use is eminent and thousands
and with the step-by-step directions you're home in 15of companies are working hard to make this a safe
minutes.and practical reality for us all. We'll be looking back in
This is just one example of how we will use our cell20 years telling our children and/or grandchildren that
phones more and more in the future. Cell phones havewe used to use a pay phone to make a phone call
become such and important part of our lives and allowwhile away from our home.
us to:If your business has a website, consider implementing
- Store contactsa mobile version.