I completely agree! so called 'network effects' are really "SOCIAL network effects"! If you look at what is happening on youtube and the like, it is about sharing - but this is only a star configuration, with youtube at the center of the star.
What about true peer-to-peer networks? Is it what people really want? If so, why are they not doing more if it? Actually they are: look at SMS, look at chat. But the only way to share multimedia is a star configuration - unless the data is small enough for the bandwidth - hence SMS and MSN. Now imagine if the bandwidth is large, say 4Mbps or 16Mbps on a handset or even gigabit speeds. The limitation is price - otherwise we will all have it today. Does not make sense to add over $2 for this. Bluetooth is coming out with 3Mbps and has a lot of marketing behind it. But I doubt RF technology they have can go faster than that. Next Gen Infrared has 4Mbps in many Japanese phones already and including cameras, TVs, printers and HD recorders. But few of us in the conservative USA has even heard of this. 16Mbps is also available already. Question is: which US supplier is going to be first? check this out: http://acton-acton.blogspot.com/2008/09/printing-from-your-phone.html Imagine if we can beam our fav videos as peer-to-peer - acton On Sep 14, 8:30 pm, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think they're going to sell the 'Google Phone' to get a high > profile. And the ugly white phone will change to purple. > > What really changes things is the creation of new social practices. > LBS and Social take the lead. I want a Google Phone that brings the > Internet into the real world in interesting ways. IPhone is Niche. So > niche that they're not going full speed ahead with 'new social > practices'. Hopefully the OHA will go 100% with that. > > "Andy Rubin, Google’s director of mobile platforms, has confirmed that > the first Android-based handset is in “the final stages” and almost > ready for the presumed September 23rd release. Despite the open- > source credentials of the project, Rubin described Google’s approach > as having “put our blinders on” to focus on creating a single device > that would definitely impress > consumers."http://androidcommunity.com/android-imminent-t-mobile-key-partner-con... > > "The "killer apps" of tomorrow's mobile infocom industry won't be > hardware devices or software programs but social practices." > Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, Howard Rheingold, Intro. p. > xii > > - Juan T. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
