Saturday, 09 January 2010 03:08

Technology advancements for cellular devices are worth watching. To keep up with the latest, I signed up for no less than twenty e-newsletters from all over the world. (Do not try this using your main email address!)

Over the last decade, cellular technology—phones, PDAs, digital book readers, pads & tablets—has out-paced traditional desktop computing. Even for the casual computer user, a mobile device will replace the computer on his desk...in this decade.

Mobile-friendly marketing will soon go from "optional" to "required" so, expect pressure on large and small businesses to produce mobile media. First, households are already dropping conventional telephone service and desktop computers for mobile-only phone service.

Second, changes in the way consumer data is stored and processed will reduce the dependence on desktop machines. Database storage and processing is shifting to a system called cloud computing. "Clouds" are high-end networks of database computers partitioned into rentable space and sold to giants like Amazon.com and Yahoo.com. Changes in consumer habits will result from the increasingly efficient management of data, innovation, and lower market prices.

In the late 90s, businesses were doubting the need for their own website. Some small businesses and organizations are still very much behind the technology curve. However, a sensible amount of research can reveal opportunities to by-pass traditional computer purchases and move directly to mobile technology. Rather than replacing old desktop computers with not-so-old desktop computers, consider faster, cheaper, smarter, mobile products.