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Hype Cycle for Wireless Hardware, Software and Services, 2006
11 July 2006
 
Phillip Redman   Ken Dulaney   Michael J. King   Carolina Milanesi   Stephanie Baghdassarian   Eleana Liew   Monica Basso   William Clark   Leif-Olof Wallin   Katja Ruud   Jackie Fenn   Kobita Desai   Sandy Shen   Ronni J. Colville   Bern Elliot   David Gootzit   Gene Phifer   Ray Valdes   Donald Feinberg  

Quickly evolving applications and platforms for wireless lead to a crowded Trough of Disillusionment. However, a number of technologies are starting their climb, developing into general business adoption by showing an ever-maturing capability.




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Table of Contents


1.0
    
 What You Need to Know

2.0
    
 The Hype Cycle

3.0
    
 The Priority Matrix

4.0
    
 On the Rise

4.1
    
 Cellular-WLAN Phones
4.2
    
 Embedded WWAN
4.3
    
 Mobile Centrex
4.4
    
 Wearable Computers
4.5
    
 Fixed-Mobile Converged Voice Service
4.6
    
 Mobile Sales Force Automation for Call Reporting

5.0
    
 At the Peak

5.1
    
 Presence on Mobile
5.2
    
 Mobile TV Broadcasting
5.3
    
 Mobile Search
5.4
    
 Telecom Expense Management: Wireless
5.5
    
 Wireless Instant Messaging
5.6
    
 Multichannel Application Gateways
5.7
    
 Mobile Payment
5.8
    
 Mobile Device Management
5.9
    
 Mobile TV Streaming
5.10
    
 Unified Communications

6.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

6.1
    
 Wireless Audio/Video Streaming
6.2
    
 Voice Over Wireless LAN Phones
6.3
    
 Location-Aware Services
6.4
    
 Mobile Sales Force Automation for Opportunity Management
6.5
    
 Distributed Antenna System
6.6
    
 Mobile Applications on Demand
6.7
    
 Push-to-Talk Over Cellular
6.8
    
 SIP-Based Push to Talk
6.9
    
 Wireless Video Calling
6.10
    
 Mobile Sales Force Automation for Orders/Inventory
6.11
    
 Symbian OS for Enhanced Smartphones
6.12
    
 Thin-Client Mobile Application Servers

7.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

7.1
    
 Wi-Fi 'Hot Spots'
7.2
    
 Java 2 Micro Edition
7.3
    
 Location-Aware Applications
7.4
    
 Mobile Access to Portals
7.5
    
 Smartphone
7.6
    
 Windows Mobile 5.0
7.7
    
 Mobile and Portable Device DBMS
7.8
    
 Multimedia Messaging Service

8.0
    
 Entering the Plateau

8.1
    
 Wireless E-Mail

9.0
    
 Off the Hype Cycle

9.1
    
 Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless

10.0
    
 Appendices

10.1
    
 Previous Iteration of the Hype Cycle
10.2
    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Wireless Hardware, Software and Services, 2006
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Wireless Hardware, Software and Services, 2006
 

Figure 3. 
 For Reference: Hype Cycle for Wireless Hardware, Software and Services, 2005
 



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