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Mobile advancements by Qualcomm

http://scobleizer.com/2012/07/11/mobile-3-0-arrives-how-qualcom-just-showed-us-the-future-of-the-cell-phone-and-why-iphone-sucks-for-this-new-contextual-age/

But in the future your mobile device, whether it be something you hold in your hand like a smart phone, or wear on your face, like Google Glasses, will know a hell of a lot about you.

How?

Well, Qualcomm just shipped the developer SDK, called Gimbal.

Apple does NOT give developers access to the Bluetooth and Wifi radios. This is going to really hinder developers in this new contextual world.

This is the location based services we have been hearing about for years. It is the auto check in functionality. Let’s say you are driving n your car, it knows you have visited Starbucks on many occasions. It knows that you are approaching a StarBucks, it offers you  a coupon code.

July 11, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment