This probably won't be the year that everybody agrees mobile voice is THE way to do voice. In fact, mobile might never be THE way to do voice. But there's no question that mobile handsets are becoming the convenient single device to use voice and other apps. There's no question the amount of conversation initiated and terminated on mobile devices is increasing. Nor is there much doubt that tethered devices and apps have to start offering value beyond "simple" conversation to remain highly relevant.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Wireless IS Voice
This probably won't be the year that everybody agrees mobile voice is THE way to do voice. In fact, mobile might never be THE way to do voice. But there's no question that mobile handsets are becoming the convenient single device to use voice and other apps. There's no question the amount of conversation initiated and terminated on mobile devices is increasing. Nor is there much doubt that tethered devices and apps have to start offering value beyond "simple" conversation to remain highly relevant.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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