DocumentCode
2179332
Title
"How Long is Your Belt?" Towards a Single Device for Multiple Functions
Author
Najjar, P.W.
Author_Institution
University of California, Riverside
fYear
2004
fDate
19-23 July 2004
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
19
Abstract
Personal communication and computing devices have become omnipresent: cellular phones, PDAs, MP3 players, still and video cameras. Characteristics shared by all these devices include a shrinking size and expanded performance and functionality. All can be carried by a person on a single belt. However, a suitcase is required for all the chargers, as well as the cables to connect to PCs and all the cradles, earplugs etc. The proliferation of such devices has also resulted in a proliferation of standards: TDMA, CDMA, GSM, GPRS, to name a few in cellular communication, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The same can be said of audio, image and video standards.
Keywords
Belts; Cameras; Cellular phones; Communication cables; Digital audio players; Hardware; Personal digital assistants; Pervasive computing; USA Councils; Video sharing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pervasive Services, 2004. ICPS 2004. IEEE/ACS International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beirut, Lebanon
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2535-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PERSER.2004.1
Filename
1372003
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