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The slow speeds of even the most advanced cellular networks make sending images from camera-phones a tedious process regardless of whether they are sent to a phone, an e-mail address, or a URL. When it takes more than a minute and sometimes as long as three minutes to share an image, users think twice before they hit the Send button. Therefore lack of bandwidth is a critical inhibitor to the widespread, mainstream adoption of Mobile Imaging, and to monetizing images within the mobile ecosystem.
Furthermore, as the resolution offered by the typical camera-phone increases to match entry-level digital cameras, the problem is exacerbated. And 3G wireless networks won't help for uploading images from the mobile device, only for downloading content to it.
This report examines and compares the current state and the near-term roadmaps of the key Personal Area, Local Area, Metropolitan Area, and Wide Area network technologies, including: Infrared, Bluetooth, UWB, the many flavors of Wi-Fi, GSM and CDMA cellular technologies through HSDPA, HSUPA, and CDMA EV-DO Rev. A & B, UMTS-TDD, FLASH OFDM, and WiBro/WiMAX. It also examines the coming competition between cellular networks and the wireless internet as the medium of choice to send and receive images wirelessly, along with the implications for industry players. 43 pages, 32 tables & figures View: Table of Contents, and Page Sample (Adobe PDF document) Analyst BIO: Tony Henning
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