Archive for June, 2007

Do Social Media Sites Converge Or Divide User?

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

It seems this question has been answered…..and the winner is - social divides also exist in cyberspace.

MySpace Facebook Social Divide

A recent study by the University of California, Berkeley claims there are distinct educational and economic differences between users of social networking sites.

According to the study, users of MySpace are more likely to come from families in lower education and economic demographics. Parents of typical Myspace users didn’t attend college, and users of MySpace are likely to also end their education at high school.

Facebook, however, is typically preferred by those who attended college and explore wider extracurricular activities.

Hmmm…..since I don’t really use either, I guess this is one more classification I can avoid.

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IP Convergence Hits The Consumer Market This Month

Monday, June 18th, 2007

This months blog is very close to the core of ElectrosmartNET – the launch iPhone, the first fixed-mobile IP convergence phone by Apple, and the rollout of USA ’s first nationwide cellular and WiFi fixed mobile convergence service by  T-Mobile.  Expect an announcement on June 26th.Just how well wireless LAN will be adopted by cellular users in the U.S. is a wait and see game.

One can expect cellular network operators to fight back, as WiFi potentially offers users  free calls. T-Mobile has already wrapped a perimeter fence around its cashflow with it’s Hotspot@Home service.  This service uses unlicensed mobile access technology [UMA]to handle the call transfers between the two networks – meaning they keep control of the call session. It will also come down to pricing [if T-Mobile charges less for the WiFi calls] and the normal workarounds that todays clever consumers are adept at.

T-Mobile will no doubt be watched closely by other carriers considering their long-term IMS plans – you may see a few jump to the already available UMA technology.

Handsets will be the next level of support, with WiFi as a standard feature on U.S. phones. A lot comes down to how well iPhone lives up to expectations.

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