I believe that mobile is one of the most revolutionary thing happened in our lifetime. It would become the key enabler in the process of human development (socially/economically). The reason, for this, is the following services which would be available on a mobile sooner or later if unavailable now.
Note : All the following services would never be available on a single mobile phone. Any subset of these services would be sold in the market. So it means, one will keep multiple mobile devices.
- Voice/Video Calls (local/national/international)
- Documentation/Video Recording/Audio Recording - Blogging, Remotely updating office work, Softwares- Word/Excel/Powerpoint/etc, Creative Designs such as drawing,
- Messaging/Chat/File Transfer - one to one, group messaging, group discussions, automatic notification, RSS feeds,
- Music - Tune/songs identification through audio recording in order to download on iTunes kind of a platform,
- E-Commerce - ordering groceries, Insurance policy, Photo-prints,
- Ticketing or Booking - Air/ Train/ Bus/ Car/ Movie/ Hotel/ Events/ Any professionals’ appointments/ etc
- Video/Audio on Demand - Movies, Story telling for children, Live video/audio streams
- Access to content on web - Videos/ Images/ News Papers/ Magazines/Horoscope etc
- Friendship/Dating networks
- Matrimonial services
- Search for person/object/location details - where, who, what, how, when-, object identification through photos,
- TV - With time shift facility
- Stocks/Investment
- Navigation systems - Maps, Diksuchi, Driving directions
- Banking
- Location based payments (similar to credit/smart card) for uses such as parking lot fee, AVM, Pay any merchant such as autowala
- E-Books
- Teaching/Training - E-Pen, Live streaming lectures, Materials such as Lecture notes, Presentations, Audio/Video Lectures,
- Interactive Gaming
- Diagnosis - Temperature, BP, Pulse reading through Stylus
- Scanning - paper/photo,
- OCR -
- Barcode Reader
- Object Location Identification - RFID
- Dictionary/Encyclopedia
- Translation (Text/Voice)
- Voting
- Survey/Quiz/Feedback/Complaints/examination systems
- Application filing - Jobs, loans, admission, other government services,
- Remote access - Computers, Mobiles, TV, Fridge, Micro oven, Electric switches,
- Identification - Software Key, Digital signature, Finger print scan, password,
- Alarm/Watch/Timer -
- Mirror -
- Radio -
- Mouse -
However, there are certain limitations to mobile which are the reasons for having limitations on the number of services. These are:
- Display size - May have TV/Monitor output.
- Memory - Remote storage may be used
- Processor performance - May use the resource of another remote high performance computer
- Battery power
- Keypad - A foldable printed paper type wireless keypad may be used
- Interoperability
- Signal reach - signal boosters may be used
- Environment
- Water/Heat/Cold/Fire/chemicals issues
- Standing - Physical stand may be used with flexibility in height and width
I am documenting complete details on each of the above services. If anyone wishes to collaborate with me, please write to my gmail id, malapati. Thanks.


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