The world is soon entering the era of the mobile Web with mobile phones acting as the ubiquitous window to the World Wide Web, also doubling as e-wallets, education devices, and more.
Possibly because of this, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of IBM's India Research Labs, Big Blue has unveiled a new initiative to bring more features and functions to mobile devices in a bid to make them easier to use than PCs.
The initiative will be led out of India mostly but is taking shape in eight of the company's global labs across six countries in the form of projects titled: the Spoken Web - Voice-enabled mobile commerce; Instant Translation - Real-time communication between multiple languages through mobile devices; SoulPad - Enabling any portable device to carry computing applications; Social networking on-the-go; and Good Samaritan - Mobile healthcare information.
Some of the pilots are being undertaken in India which include: the 'Spoken Web' that aims to transform how people create and interact with e-commerce sites using the spoken word instead of the written word. The 'Spoken Web' is the World Wide Web in a telecom network, where people can host and browse "VoiceSites", traverse "VoiceLinks", even conduct business transactions, all just by talking over the existing telephone network. Another pilot recently undertaken by IBM in South India is meant for the rural population wherein users can get information available on the Internet just by dialing a toll-free number. The project involves providing information related to the basic needs of the rural populace.
I think it's a good idea but it has a disadvantage that the cost of mobile will rise and it will be tough for a middle class person
by Meraj
from London
on 24/04/08 05:07 PM
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