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Terminals and Terminal software

Samuli Lahnamäki lahnis@cs.tut.fiMartta Seppälä martta@cs.tut.fi

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Devices categorized

Customer needs:

• Traditional use• Voice calls, voice-mail, SMS

• Trend ”use”• Show-Phones, new, cool design (fashion phones), imaging,

games, chat, browsing, connectivity, music player, radio..

• Heavy use• Business phones (e-mail, fax, calendar (and other PDA apps))

Manufactures needs

• Ever-growing Revenues (ie. ” Creating customer needs ”)

Market penetration

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Path to to future devices

(Near) Future

1. From a mobile device to a functionally and operationally optimized personal device• functional satisfaction supported by design and styling

2. From fixed functionality to a platform of continuous excitement and emotional attachment• applications can be updated by consumer and personal data

can be synchronized

3. From a specific communication device to a central hub of personal communication, interactive services and life management• all functionality can be executed via the device or with

accessories• all-in-one-package

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Terminal categories: Voice

• Voice devices• voice-centric usage, messaging applications (SMS)• different design style for different life styles• (efficient data connection, browsing)

Haier P5

Motorola Gamma Gold

Siemens A55

Nokia 1100 Samsung GPRS

watch phone

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Terminal categories: Entertainment

• Entertainment devices• Combining mobile phone with entertainment applications• Messaging, music, radio, games• personalization• social interaction (chat, on-line games)• cost-efficiency• timeliness

Siemens SX45

Nokia 3300

Nokia N-Gage

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Terminal categories: Imaging

• Imaging devices• person-to-person multimedia communications• concentrates on messaging (MMS) and imaging: camera, large

screen, mediocre memory size• picture taken with Nokia 6600:

Sony Ericsson P800

Nokia 7600

Nokia 6600

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Terminal categories: Media

• Media devices• personalized access to Internet services• personal information management• audio and data functionality• support for third-party applications• good usability, (touchscreen)

Nokia 7700

Sony-Ericsson P900

Motorola A920

                    

Nokia 7210

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Terminal categories: Business

• Business (Communicator) devices• Complete business communication: voice, messaging, image

communication, fax, e-mail, browsing• Synchronization with corporation information systems • Tools for viewing, editing and creating business-related data

(e.g. powerpoint shows)• platform for third party applications• ”shrank laptop”

Nokia 9210 Communicator

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Summary

• Most of the devices on market are mixture of several / all categories

• Used-to-be business applications are available also in ”fashion phones”• usability?

• Location applications not categorized in MITA books• will be compulsory (USA) -> no need for category?

• More terminals: http://www.zfone.com/mobiles.php• About creating customer needs...

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Mobile software 1/3

Terminal Software

Series 60 Platform

• Symbian OS

• Smartphone

• Large colour screens, usable UI

• Open platform, open standards (Java, competitors)

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Mobile software 2/3

Server Software

• Messaging (SMSC, MMS center)

• Browsing (WAP Gateway, Proxy Server)

• Content Delivery (Delivery Server, Messaging Gateway)

• Device and subscriber management (Terminal Management Server, Profile Server)

• Mobile Payment (Wallet)

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Mobile software 3/3

Developer Community

• Forum Nokia

Ref. MITA vol. 2, pp. 93 - 105, pp. 145 - 154