There are plenty of areas in mobility yet to be developed to its fullest potential. Below is a list of some of the “hot areas in mobility” to follow, or even better, to be part of and make a difference – there is plenty to innovate still:
- Mobile advertising (web-based, local/native-based)
- Mobile payments (ordering, payments, coupons, SMS-based, contactless, …)
- Mobile directories and 411 (local information, merchants, …)
- Mobile search (quick access to relevant data, traditional and new ways)
- Mobile gaming
- Mobile messaging (from IM to email, from text to video)
- Mobile-and-Multimedia in general
- Location-based Services
- Advanced User Interfaces (including voice integration, navigation, and Widgets…)
- Content sharing (photos, events, …)
- Mobile Social Software (from sharing, to messaging, to virtual communities)
- Power! (better sources for power)
- Content adaptation (better ways to manage/target/adapt Web content for mobile handsets)
- Common/single sign-on (common identification, authentication, authorization across the mobile Internet/Web; see Identity and Mobile)
Other:
- Smart notifications and reminders (based on user's mobile context)
- Backups (keep data safe, off the handset)
- Device management (this is key for enterprise adoption: application, access control, licensing management, etc)
- Education, translations, tourist-related information, while on the go
- Mobile banking
- Mobile polls and surveys
Join the bandwagon… Have other hot areas? Leave a comment!
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