I finished episode 7 of Route 56 yesterday. What made this episode particularly interesting was that it focused on the mobile economy and the anytime anywhere paradigm.
The investments being made in not just 3G but 4G by Sprint and 1 gigabit transmission speeds shown by Samsung working in moving vehicles. The practical application was 32 simultaneous TV stations, a two way phone call and a data transmission all at once in a vehicle moving at 35 mph - all without a burp. Samsung trumped themselves also by demonstrating fixed point transmission speeds at around 10 times that.
So the infrastructure is being built but standards aren't so we're still a bit away from the final mainstreaming of an "anywhere, anytime" true mobile world. But we're on the way.
Know how I know? I'm writing this using Typepad Mobile on my Palm Treo 700p and posting it using the Sprint EVDO broadband network while sitting at the Manassas Mall waiting for my wife.
Now aint that cool?
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