Comments for Raj Singh's Mobile Life http://www.rajansingh.com/blog Fun and Frolics Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Is UX Going to be Commoditized Next? by Raj http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=250&cpage=1#comment-1018 Raj Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:21:53 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=250#comment-1018 Thx for the link - good read! Thx for the link – good read!

]]> Comment on Is UX Going to be Commoditized Next? by Ankit Agarwal http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=250&cpage=1#comment-1017 Ankit Agarwal Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:06 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=250#comment-1017 Great ideas - I read your article and related it back to something I read earlier today about how "Dropbox commoditizes your devices and their OS" http://abovethecrowd.com/2012/02/23/why-dropbox-is-a-major-disruption/ Great ideas – I read your article and related it back to something I read earlier today about how “Dropbox commoditizes your devices and their OS”

http://abovethecrowd.com/2012/02/23/why-dropbox-is-a-major-disruption/

]]> Comment on Using a Chromebook for a Week by Sri http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=230&cpage=1#comment-1001 Sri Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:27:56 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=230#comment-1001 Good post on first world problems on PC vc Chromebook. It was funny to read the problem of having a hosted Gmail on Outlook compatibility, and now we want Gmail on hosted Outlook :). The preview functionality of Google Labs is great and looks like Gmail on iPad on PC, and bridges some gap, if not all, with Outlook. I was wondering that Windows 8, specifically designed for tablets, may be a better OS for PC. Looking at how our PC habits have evolved, specially since iPhone; the Windows 8, if implemented well, could be the best of cloud and server. However, Microsoft has the ability to screw up user experience, as it is evident from their mobile platform. One of the ways I thought Apple could make iPhone/ iPad better was through ability of temporary download/ play ability. This is perhaps the reason, your post resonated with me. Everything on cloud, but things can be downloaded to play/ edit seamlessly and uploaded back to cloud. If this problem cannot be solved by the big 3, then there could be a a product conceptualized to augment cloud with 'temporary cloud launch pad' :). If Windows 8, does not address this issue, I will think about this. Good post on first world problems on PC vc Chromebook. It was funny to read the problem of having a hosted Gmail on Outlook compatibility, and now we want Gmail on hosted Outlook :). The preview functionality of Google Labs is great and looks like Gmail on iPad on PC, and bridges some gap, if not all, with Outlook.

I was wondering that Windows 8, specifically designed for tablets, may be a better OS for PC. Looking at how our PC habits have evolved, specially since iPhone; the Windows 8, if implemented well, could be the best of cloud and server. However, Microsoft has the ability to screw up user experience, as it is evident from their mobile platform.

One of the ways I thought Apple could make iPhone/ iPad better was through ability of temporary download/ play ability. This is perhaps the reason, your post resonated with me. Everything on cloud, but things can be downloaded to play/ edit seamlessly and uploaded back to cloud. If this problem cannot be solved by the big 3, then there could be a a product conceptualized to augment cloud with ‘temporary cloud launch pad’ :). If Windows 8, does not address this issue, I will think about this.

]]> Comment on Top 6 Reasons Why Nokia Doesn’t Have a Capacitive Touch Screen by uday http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=99&cpage=1#comment-975 uday Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:14:44 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=99#comment-975 touch screen having less life then any regular optical way of usages so wt is the cost of repairing cost and time of done it so .....how is quolaty of touch screen ? time usage will tall after use of all nokia phone now coming in touch screen ....when can we get mobile phone which can able run tally latest verson ......that make our work easy ...thanks touch screen having less life then any regular optical way of usages so wt is the cost of repairing cost and time of done it so …..how is quolaty of touch screen ? time usage will tall after use of all nokia phone now coming in touch screen ….when can we get mobile phone which can able run tally latest verson ……that make our work easy …thanks

]]> Comment on In-Door Mapping by Carl Reed http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-974 Carl Reed Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:21:51 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202#comment-974 Nice summary! I did not attend the meeting but very much appreciated the concise but informative summary. The Indoor location and navigation domain is receiving considerable attention in multiple fora these days. The following information adds to the mix of activity and information. I work for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), a voluntary consensus standards organization focused on interface, encoding, and API standards work that enables the integration and use of geospatial (and spatial) content and services into any application or workflow. Since the middle of 2009, the OGC Members have driven an increasing amount of standards activity related to the requirements for Indoor applications. Our work assumes that there is exists a mechanism for provision of location data and that communication of that location to some device or application is possible. The OGC focus is more on providing standard interfaces and encodings to communicate the location data as well as interfaces and encodings to support applications such as tracking, navigation, sensor fusion, indoor mapping, floor plans and so on. From this perspective, we are coordinating with various other standards organizations that are also working the indoor space. This collaboration activity includes work with the IETF, W3C, OASIS, and ISO. There are numerous requirements that have been documented, such as how to seamlessly move from an outdoor reference system into an indoor reference system. One cannot assume that an indoor application will be using a WGS 84 geoid in 2d expressed as latitude/longitude coordinates! This requirement is critical to many emergency response applications. In terms of a "killer app", well, if one listens to the emergency response community the indoor focus is on first responder safety, citizen evacuation, and other applications that save lives and reduce impacts. Obviously, content collected for consumer applications would be critical for use in EM situations and hence the requirement to be able to easy share content when and where needed is critical. In terms of the work of the OGC and our partners, below are some references that might be of interest: OGC summit on Indoor Location, Navigation, and Floor plans http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/624 OGC Engineering Report on Indoor Navigation http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/idUS223215+11-Apr-2011+MW20110411 OGC overview of Indoor Location focus http://www.perey.com/ARStandards/%5BOGC%5DIoT_Brochure_20110208.pdf Requirements and Space-Event Modeling for Indoor Navigation http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=41727 There is considerable work on "InDoorML" in the OGC. This work is currently being driven by the German, Korean, and Taiwan communities and is related to something known as u-City. Related to the work of the OGC, the IETF GeoPRIV Working Group has had numerous discussions and standards development work focused on indoor location and navigation. An interesting set of requirements is related to relative navigation as opposed to absolute navigation. An example of relative navigation is "Take elevator 1 to the 4th floor, turn right and go three offices on the left to room 406". There is an internet draft describing this work. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-geopriv-relative-location-01 Any questions, please let me know! Carl Reed CTO OGC Nice summary! I did not attend the meeting but very much appreciated the concise but informative summary. The Indoor location and navigation domain is receiving considerable attention in multiple fora these days. The following information adds to the mix of activity and information.

I work for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), a voluntary consensus standards organization focused on interface, encoding, and API standards work that enables the integration and use of geospatial (and spatial) content and services into any application or workflow.

Since the middle of 2009, the OGC Members have driven an increasing amount of standards activity related to the requirements for Indoor applications. Our work assumes that there is exists a mechanism for provision of location data and that communication of that location to some device or application is possible. The OGC focus is more on providing standard interfaces and encodings to communicate the location data as well as interfaces and encodings to support applications such as tracking, navigation, sensor fusion, indoor mapping, floor plans and so on. From this perspective, we are coordinating with various other standards organizations that are also working the indoor space. This collaboration activity includes work with the IETF, W3C, OASIS, and ISO. There are numerous requirements that have been documented, such as how to seamlessly move from an outdoor reference system into an indoor reference system. One cannot assume that an indoor application will be using a WGS 84 geoid in 2d expressed as latitude/longitude coordinates! This requirement is critical to many emergency response applications. In terms of a “killer app”, well, if one listens to the emergency response community the indoor focus is on first responder safety, citizen evacuation, and other applications that save lives and reduce impacts. Obviously, content collected for consumer applications would be critical for use in EM situations and hence the requirement to be able to easy share content when and where needed is critical.

In terms of the work of the OGC and our partners, below are some references that might be of interest:

OGC summit on Indoor Location, Navigation, and Floor plans
http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/624

OGC Engineering Report on Indoor Navigation
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/idUS223215+11-Apr-2011+MW20110411

OGC overview of Indoor Location focus
http://www.perey.com/ARStandards/%5BOGC%5DIoT_Brochure_20110208.pdf

Requirements and Space-Event Modeling for Indoor Navigation
http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=41727
There is considerable work on “InDoorML” in the OGC. This work is currently being driven by the German, Korean, and Taiwan communities and is related to something known as u-City.

Related to the work of the OGC, the IETF GeoPRIV Working Group has had numerous discussions and standards development work focused on indoor location and navigation. An interesting set of requirements is related to relative navigation as opposed to absolute navigation. An example of relative navigation is “Take elevator 1 to the 4th floor, turn right and go three offices on the left to room 406″. There is an internet draft describing this work. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-geopriv-relative-location-01

Any questions, please let me know!

Carl Reed
CTO
OGC

]]> Comment on Ad Learnings from Recipe Search by Nadav Gur http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=221&cpage=1#comment-962 Nadav Gur Thu, 12 May 2011 22:10:19 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=221#comment-962 Raj - Re iPhone vs. Android and conversion, I think you'll find that the Android user-base demographics are very different then the iPhone's. With $199 phones vs. $199/99/Free, with early adopter hipsters vs. me-too consumers - it's just not the same audience. This theme has been represented at every major developer event in the last 12-18 months. I think I wrote about it when I summarized DiscoveryBeat 2010 on my blog. Raj – Re iPhone vs. Android and conversion, I think you’ll find that the Android user-base demographics are very different then the iPhone’s. With $199 phones vs. $199/99/Free, with early adopter hipsters vs. me-too consumers – it’s just not the same audience.

This theme has been represented at every major developer event in the last 12-18 months. I think I wrote about it when I summarized DiscoveryBeat 2010 on my blog.

]]> Comment on CPA Advertising on Mobile by Mike Merrill http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=218&cpage=1#comment-951 Mike Merrill Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:00:44 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=218#comment-951 Hi Raj, Great writeup on the value of all those stored credit cards. Most folks forget the power of conversion via a one-click to purchase and it's impact on driving higher purchase behavior. Also, Thanks for the mention of my blog post here. @MikeDMerrill Hi Raj,

Great writeup on the value of all those stored credit cards. Most folks forget the power of conversion via a one-click to purchase and it’s impact on driving higher purchase behavior.

Also, Thanks for the mention of my blog post here.

@MikeDMerrill

]]> Comment on In-Door Mapping by Frank Schuil http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-926 Frank Schuil Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:03:03 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202#comment-926 Hi Anil, Good summary and sharp performance in the panel. Nice to see fingerprinting on top og your list ;) Cheers, Frank Hi Anil,

Good summary and sharp performance in the panel. Nice to see fingerprinting on top og your list ;)

Cheers, Frank

]]> Comment on In-Door Mapping by Bryan Wargo http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-918 Bryan Wargo Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:36:18 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202#comment-918 I believe retail is going to be the market with the greatest need for indoor positioning, especially the big-box stores. Everyone is looking for a solution that provides 3 feet of accuracy without requiring a whole new set of infrastructure. The ROI comes from manufacturers who are willing to pay to get access to those shoppers when they are actually next to the products they make. The hard part is actually making the technology and ecosystem work. I believe retail is going to be the market with the greatest need for indoor positioning, especially the big-box stores. Everyone is looking for a solution that provides 3 feet of accuracy without requiring a whole new set of infrastructure. The ROI comes from manufacturers who are willing to pay to get access to those shoppers when they are actually next to the products they make. The hard part is actually making the technology and ecosystem work.

]]> Comment on In-Door Mapping by kris kolodziej http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202&cpage=1#comment-917 kris kolodziej Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:44:56 +0000 http://www.rajansingh.com/blog/?p=202#comment-917 Verizon Wireless provides free WiFi geolocation service as part of the free NavBuilder LBS SDK. which is cross device for Android , RIM, Brew , Windows .. Verizon Wireless provides free WiFi geolocation service as part of the free NavBuilder LBS SDK. which is cross device for Android , RIM, Brew , Windows ..

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