Week Nine

Exploding TV: Who's Tube

1. Questions, concepts to be covered in class and through readings
1. Business structure and technology structure of wireless networks
2. MVNOs
3. Rich media content on phones, SMS, MMS
4. Mobile software = on deck, off deck, WAP
5. MoSoSo = Dodgeball, Twitter, Rave Wireless
6. Municipal wifi, wifi phones, mesh networks

Go here for this week's reading list

Assignment

Write (1) blog post:

- Please write an assessment of what you would like to get out of your TV viewing experience. Take into consideration the following:

- What do you want to watch? Exactly what you want? What your friends are watching (How would you get that data? Would they let you have it? Would you make that data available to others?)

- How do you want to pay? Would you pay per channel? Per minute? Per program? Ad sponsored? Would you give away more data about who you are and watch more ads in exchange for cheaper television?

- What format? More portable or better viewing experience? (Big screen vs. portable on the phone?)