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3G Still Has A Lot of Potential

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The next few years will be a patchwork of 3G, enhanced 3G and 4G. This is going to make for some interesting choices and a bag full of tricks to maximize connectivity during travels. I think that the best solution for a road warrior is going to gearing up for a mixture of 3G and 4G and hope that carriers are smart enough to roll out HSPA Plus 3G service in areas where 4G does not make the list. As Clear moves forward in the race against time to build the WiMax network – it is now providing service in about 15 cities, including two of great interest (Chicago and Las Vegas) . The first LTE service won’t be turned up for more than a year by Verizon Wireless. In some places, Comcast seems to be taking the lead, in other locations Sprint is the cheerleader for Clear.

Regardless, the ability to take advantage of WiMax when available is going to be a real advantage in the months to come, and I am looking forward to giving it a try.

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Thirty years ago, I remember an engineering colleague joking about the Two Bucket solution to the energy problem. (That would be the one we declared war on). Anyway, he said that solar power would become real the day he could go to the local hardware store and buy two buckets of paint (P and N), and pick up some clip leads from the display on the way out the door, all ready for a weekend’s work on the garage roof.

Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a method to create photovoltaic panels at one-tenth the cost of existing technologies using nanoparticle “inks” to generate electricity from the sun. That would allow solar panels to be painted on rooftops or the sides of buildings.

Currently the spray-on panels are just 1 percent efficient, while existing panels can reach 25 percent efficiency or more — using the nanoparticles can potentially boost efficiency because of the tiny size of the materials .Other future uses for the technology could include a semi-transparent layer that would allow windows to double as solar cells.

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Early Notes on New Media Expo

by Andrew McCaskey
First a practical comment: McCarren does it right as far as WiFi is concerned. As I Tweeted earlier today, there was more
than ample bandwidth to watch some Seesmic and get some of the show prep done before leaving Las
Vegas.

The critical resource became primary power – as it always is. Even though the MacBook normally
has plenty of battery capacity, it’s always worthwhile ‘topping off before boarding the plane.

Live would probably be simpler if I carried an extra charged battery – but it seems that the
extra weight does not quite outweigh (so to speak) the benefits.

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Here are some initial thoughts on the New Media Expo.

Keynotes: A

Sessions: C minus, with a few A and B level sessions.

Hotel and convenience: B

Connections and Hallway Interactions: B

One gripe – the fact that the unit of exchange in Las Vegas is now the $20 bill.Cab to anywhere busts a twenty – maybe with a few bucks left over for change and regular tips.

And that is a change since January.

Meals, even in the modest restaurants busts another twenty.

With a little better planning, I could have done some of the social activity using the Monorail.

I would characterize this as the stretch year, reflecting the personal growth and business
maturity that almost everyone in the podcast space is making.

The bulk of the sessions ( with the exception of the excellent class on advanced audio editing) were pretty mediocre. In fact, after giving the presenter ten or fifteen minutes to show some value and get things moving, I walked out and spent time far more productively on the show floor and in hallway conversations.

Year 1- 2005 was the year of the technology enthusiast. Most of us caught up in the thrill of the
initial explosion in late 2004 traveled to Ontario full of enthusiasm, curiosity and voracious
desire to learn from each other. Audible.com set the tone with hacker black T-shirts proudly
proclaiming “I’m Recording This” and many were doing exactly that.

Year 2 – 2006 was all about how to monetize – and the emergence of various business models and
the tension between those who were pursuing podcasting as a hobby and those with business intent.

Year 3 – 2007 – was the year of video and business model consolidation. A number of companies had
come and gone, as well as business models and strategies. More of a corporate

IF there was ever an industry on internet time, it has to be podcasting. In less than three years
it has moved from a tech enthusiast niche of audio content through various trial and error
business models to the aspirational term and point of view captured in the term “New Media”.

This year’s New Media Expo (which I still want to call PME for Podcast Media Expo – even though
that was never the real name) was the stretch year.

I found the sessions to be irregular – a mix of the first three years content wise, but not connecting and only
a poor subset of previous Expos.

What did I like ? I thought each of the keynotes were interesting ,challenging and innovative. I enjoyed the technical depth of the advanced audio editing and video format sessions. I was challenged in the Infomercial session, and inspired by the Screencast story.

We rattled around a whole lot in Las Vegas Convention Center. But, on the whole it was a worthwhile trip.

I just hope that I can stretch in the right directions in new media.

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New Media Expo – Las Vegas

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It’s a roll of the dice in Las Vegas, and the New Media Expo is placing a large bet.

In a bid to break out of the regional facilities in Ontario, CA, the show is in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

We had an outstanding keynote speaker to open – Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV. @garyvee . and that went a long, long way towards reversing the initial bad vibes of a relatively small convention rattling around in a few rooms in the North Hall of the LVCC.

Of course, the standard of comparison is the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), two of the largest shows that Las Vegas hosts each year.

The exhibitor quality is high, and the personal hallway meetups have been very , very encouraging.

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More Thoughts on Seesmic

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The best of intentions were to record Seesmic versions of the production process this evening, but he combination of lighting, ground loops and fan noise were not lining up in a favorable direction.

There seems to be a lot of activity on Seesmic, but not much focused activity on the public timeline. This is probably due to several factors – not the least of which is the generation gap as far as what is interesting content, and the timing (time of day) that the episodes are posted.

There seem to be a number of working professionals and freelancers on during the day – with more random conversations and shoutouts in the evening hours. I expect that it will also change as the seasons change-

The objective, as I mentioned on the air, is to see if there is some improvement that can be made to the SDRNews audience who listen at their desk or laptop machine at some point during the day, as opposed to the commuter.

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Articulating the Changes in the Game

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Om Malik’s article on the game changing and distuptive nature of the iPhone 3G said that this will be the killer app for 3G wireless service.

To expand upon that theme- we are already seeing POTS voice as a commodity in a saturated marketplace in the wireless world. For the time being, since the US has been lagging, there is an opportunity for wireless service providers to gather profits from SMS at exhorbitant rates. Wireless internet – with the genie out of the bottle and the walled garden is the next big thing as far as wireless service providers.

My own experience with the first gen iPhone and the 2.0 upgrade has gone very, very smoothly. The App Store is going to be one of the most popular features of the iPhone ecosystem, and extending it to the first generation iPhone base is a tremendous incentive to provide a ready market for developers, and provide a source of upgrader customers for the 3G devices, once the utility of the apps is proven.

I’m working through the novelty of Twitter – still learning but gaining some visibility on the use. And, as I add in Apps such as the LiveTimer that we reviewed during the TPN Roundtable, and Evernote – I can see that it’s going to be a constant companion and tool. And that I am going to want that capability as soon as I get some confirmation of 3G coverage on AT&T in areas that I traverse.

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iPhone 2.0 is the Story, Not 3G

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There has been all sorts of excitement-much of it generated in the blogosphere, harness and egged on by Apple – for the past 72 hours regarding the release of the 3G iPhone. Ever the showman, Steve Jobs himself appeared in a iPhone line.

The real business, though was the quiet push of the iPhone 2.0 software to the millions of existing iPhones.

I’ve spent the afternoon grabbing a look at the App Store offerings – both free and paid, and featured two of the most significant in the podcast tonight – the AOL version that allows you to us IM to circumvent the SMS per message charge, and the TruVoice VoIP client that allows VoIP calls to bypass the cellphone itself when in a WiFi node.
It looks like both come with plenty of limitations, but they have to be viewed as ground breaking additions.

Unmentioned on the podcast tonight – the Audio Spectrum Analyzer and Audio Signal generator apps – paid, but still less than $30.

There is more going on the the App Store in one day than I’ve seen in Telco sponsored and promoted apps in the past five years.

The next five years are going to be fun. (or at least the next 18 months – that’s how long my iPhone contract runs on the old platform. I’ll see if I can hold out that long before buying a new one.

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Falling Through 3G Holes

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I certainly appreciate the cautionary note raided by Fortune and the Daily Tech – incomplete 3G coverage and the new iPhone.

The Sprint EVDO card has worked so well that it’s been easy to get really, really enthused about 3G. Even though there was going to be a premium in the data plan, plus the additional cash outlay and extension to the contract, the need for speed almost made the sale.

Until the article on 3G coverage.

It looks like AT&T has been lagging considerably compared with Sprint. The map has the same look as it did for years with other wireless services – stuck in a hole between major markets 70 to 100 miles away in each direction, but not profitable enough to add service to fill the hole.

In fact, it is worse than that. With coverage in Chicago/Gary 90 miles away, the nearest AT&T coverage beyond that is 150 miles south in Indianapolis.

Unless I do a lot more traveling, the 3G is simply not worth the money. Of course a new grandson in Indy might make it all worthwhile – especially if the new iPhone camera is improved.

It looks like I’ll be spending a lot of travel time in the AT&T 3G service area. Need to check that out. Grandkids do that to you.

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The Plan Comes Together

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Infoworld laid out their guess as to the grand strategy of the Apple represented by the 3G version of the iPhone. And regardless of your fanboy status for the products and company, you have to admit that there is a good story to tell.

First of all, some perspective and personal experience. There have been only two phones in the past fifteen years that I would classify as elegant from a user interface standpoint. The first was a Nokia 5800 from AT&T with the thumb rocker to scroll through the memory – on the old TDMA network. Carried it for maybe five years. The other is what is now the first generation of the iPhone, the EDGE version. Both are a pleasure to use.

In between, a stream of Motorola, LG, Samsung, Audiovox, Ericsson and similar phones – all of which had software so poor that the first chance to bolt was automatic.

Infoworld points out that Apple’s iPhone strength is not the hardware – it is the combination of UI, the rebranded .mac cloud and virtual apps, the App Store, the vetting of developer products, the automatic upgrade of the software on both EDGE and 3G hardware, in fact the entire ecosystem.

It’s moving towards the benevolent dictatorship. What are we giving up on the way down the golden path ?

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WiMax – Powerful Disruption

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Wimax has a two year window to make it or break it. That is the approximate lead time before the LTE or other 3G technology hits the carriers in full force.

Today’s item on mobile IPTV, using Wimax as the underlying transmission and distribution technology offers promise, but there is reason to be skeptical – based not on the technology but on economics and consumer behavior.

The item a few days ago on uptake of hydrogen cars (if they existed) was telling: Only about 15 million of the 240 million automobiles in this country are replaced each year. It would take roughly 15 years of natural replacement to turnover to an new technology.

Wimax TV in vehicles would follow the same curve, much as satellite radio and other add on gadgets.

As much as we would like to imagine (most SDR listeners being early adopters all) the OEM market is what’s needed to drive this into a successful business model. And if you look at the innovation of hard wired iPod accessory sockets that have taken three or four years to be a part of automobile offerings. It might be two years too long.

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