Research issues in smart phones, notepads and related services

Abstract

Networked embedded systems are building intelligence to everyplace. There are more and more incentives to open proprietary data and interfaces for free to third party service developers. This development called "ubiquitous communication" or "internet of things" requires new dominant design for user interfaces, interoperability and contextuality. In the user interface design, for example, we have witnessed the growth of the smartphone display, which today is at about 5 inches. Developing the new dominant designs is part of the "ecosystem war", where the most attractive platforms are getting the most developer, users and profits. The four speakers of today represent companies that have entered the competition with different platforms, assets and strategies and hence have different research challenges to be solved.