4G phones a distant reality?
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[November 29, 2006]

4G phones a distant reality?

(The Economic Times (India) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Fancy a mobile phone that is a doctor, an interpreter and enables two-way video communication. Even as we wait for 3G mobile phones to take off that kind of vision would indeed seem too farfetched.



But mobile-users in Japan and Korea could get their x-ray images examined by their doctor and feedback available on a mobile phone by about 2010. That's when 4G (fourth generation) mobile services will take off.

The new applications - like healthcare on the move - will be on 4G as it will enable ultra high speed data transfers at over 100 megabits per second. Nokia has come up with a 4G mobile phone design where you will actually wear the phone as a wristband. The wrist phone can work independently as a phone or work with a bluetooth style headpiece.



The wrist piece could be used to pay metro fare, compare prices of holiday packages, make a call or just pay for a movie ticket. On the other hand, Samsung wants to use 4G phones as interpreters and portable doctors.

The 4G phones will backup as health monitors and also make watching a cricket match more interactive, at least for some viewers. Interactive quizzes on 4G TV broadcast options will help select a few enthusiasts keen on offering live commentary.

And the person giving the live commentary could actually be somewhere in Timbuktu, broadcasting commentary from his mobile to viewers anywhere in the world! Now, will 4G happen in India by 2010? That remains to be seen.

Copyright 2006 The Economic Times of India, Coleman & Co Ltd. Source : Financial Times Information Limited

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