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2.Incoming quard-core
Smartphones are all geared up to compete against the new breed of tablest that
are technically an extension of the phones,but with bigger displays.To add sting
to smart phones,chipest developers have been continuously working on developing
advanced processors,As a result,the new age of smartphones will be powered by
quard-core processors.
Then,too much power is not all that good,especially since there will be a dearth
of applications optimised to benefit from the four cores,at least initially.And
the quad-core means the phone will also need a battery which is up to the
task.while the first mave of quad -core smartphones have already been
announced,these will at the best be trendsetters for the future.
3.Carrier billing for applicationssince 2008,smartphone users had to register
their credit card or debit card details on the device's application store to
purhase paid apps.BUt this is set to change as Microsoft,Google and even
Blackberry are initiating operator billing for apps.with a lot many people still
appreshensive about keying intheir card details,opera to billing will break the
glass celling as far as purchasing apps is concerned.In certain
countries,Google's Andorid Market ( Now Google play )users have the option of
billing to their mobile account.Microsoft has worked on a Direct Billing Gateway
with Mach that allows users to pay for market place apps thourgh their phone
bills.Even Research-in-Motion ha announced that more that 400 carriers around
the world have deployed integrated carier billing for their costumers on
blackberry App World.4.Bigger,Better ScreensApple did introduce relatively
bigger screen size with the launch of the first iPhone,but other manufacturears
heve started looking beyong the 3.5-inch capacitive display.The new mantra for
smartfhones display is"bigger,the better" with the standrad now hoveing between
4 and 5 inches.Providing competition to handsets like the Galaxy Note, the new
LG Optimus 4xHD and HTC One X have 4.7-inch display while the Ascend DQuad and
the Ascend D Quad XL sport4.5-inch displays.Even screen resolution has been
inthe limelight with companies introducing 1280x720 pixel screen that can offer
rich coloours and best quality Videos and images.5.Is Jelly Bean the future.?the
natural succession after the Android 4.0 willbe Android 5.0,also known as the
JellyBean.Usually there has been a time gap between twonew versions of the
Android OS.But this timethings look different,especially since Windows 8is round
the corner.With smartphones with ice-cream sandwich still a rarity,the rumours
of JellyBean are suddenly gaining ground.latest report suggest the next version
of theAndroid oprating system may release as early asQ2(April-june)
2012.Recently,Asus confirmed itwould be the first to offer the update.6.Better
camera?
Along with better processors ad biggerdisplays,the cameras in smartphones too
have beenin the limelight of late.Surprisingly,instead ofthe megapixel war,the
focus seems to have shiftedto technology that can enhance images as ell asthe
process of capturing them.
Nokia recentlycornered the headline with the 808 pureview withits unprecedented
41MP sensor to capturebeautifuuly clear and sharp images at the regular
resulution of up to 8MP.HTC,meanwhile,has usedtechnology to reduce the time
taken to click asnap on smartphones to 0.7 seconds.Planning to buydigital
camera,anyone?
7.Cheaper SmartphonesSmartphones will no longer be the preserve ofthe rich.While
operators and Indian handset manufactures are already trying to bring in
affordable smartphones, AirtelCEO Sunil Bharti Mittal has announced that he
wantssmartphone prices to drop to below $50.This price point Qis about half of
what And roid smartphones are currentlyselling for. Although there will be a
huge difference in terms ofthe hardware and performance of high-end and
FQlow-end smartphones, Intel is working on a 1GHz proces-sor using which even
flagship phones would cost around $1 50. The factthat the chipmaker has tied up
with Lava inIndia could be an indicatorto where the market isheaded. Time for
democratising the smartphone.8.NFC to get mainstreamNear Field Communication, or
NFC, has been in the news foracouple of years. Butthen, like B|uetooth,NFC too
will take some time to go mainstream. Forthis,the basic requirementisthe
existence of an ecosystem of handsets and services. Even as companies work on
applications, an increasing number ofhandsets are becoming NFC enab|ed.Whi|e the
final goal is on utilising the technology for mobile payments, which will take a
some time to materialise, this technology is already being usedto initiate
secure and quick data transfer within a close range.The technology will also
come in handy to fetch instant infor-mation, by tapping against an NFC tag.
Meanwhile, NFC-enabled SIM cards have started making their debut.9.LTELTE, or
Long Term Evolution, is also creating a lot of buzz. Whilesome companies a re a
I ready testing LTE lor "4G) networks,evenrunning pilot projects,some top-end
models havestarted including this asa standar connectivity option. But not
allsmartphones are LTE-en-abled as some chips don't yet supportthetechnology.
For in-stance, nV|DIA'sTegra3quad-core processor does nothave LTE, the company
has an-nounced partnerships with modem chipmakers to work on this. But when
these smart-phones or LTE itselfwillland in India is anyones guess, more so
since we are still strugglingwith the slower 3G speeds. Next..
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