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Title: On The Go And In The Game

Author: Haskin, David Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Information Week, n1102 p47(5) Publication Date: Aug 21, 2006
  ISSN: 8750-6874
  Illustrations: Photographs, Tables
URL of Publication: http://www.informationweek.com

Communications will be changed by six emerging technologies that allow mobile professionals to stay connected online. One of these technologies involves using the phone to make payments. This concept has existed for several years, but it is now becoming more widely accepted. Companies like NTT DoCoMo in Japan, the nation's largest cell carrier, introduced a mobile wallet program in 2004. The phones use a wireless technology known as Near Field Communications (NFC), which allows phones to be 'waved' near point-of-sale terminals that support the technology and post automatic payments. Presence technology is another communications method that will bring significant change in the future. This is the mechanism that informs people on an instant-messaging buddy list if their 'buddies' are online or not. Some phones and other mobile devices will soon have expanded presence capabilities. Other technological advances are focused on making access to the Internet available everywhere, embedded in laptops, smart phones, and intelligent alarm clocks. Advances also involve creating the ability to upload or download all kinds of media on all kinds of mobile devices, providing real-time remote monitoring of medical conditions, and implementing real-time monitoring that can show the location of drivers and even check them for sobriety.

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