- 1.
How will u-commerce change data management?
- Spatial data will be added to existing databases
- There will be support for virtual realities
- There will be more data to manage
- Customers will expect to get access to data no matter where they are
- Information will need to be tailored to the customer's needs
- Information will be the major component of many services
- 3.
Is the universal information appliance more likely to come from a cell phone
company (e.g., Nokia or Ericsson), a PDA firm (e.g., Palm or Handspring), or someone
else?
There is likely to be a convergence from both sides, but it is difficult to
determine who will win. My bet is on the phone companies because they currently have
more customers.
- 5.
Consider in turn each of the four quadrants of Figure 20-1 and identify some
current or future products or services in that quadrant.
- 7.
Visit apple.com/ipod and determine which u-factors the iPod satisfies.
- Unison because you can synchronize your music library
- Uniqueness because you can build a personal music library, exclusing songs you
don't want to hear and selecting an order for playing.
