What Is The Cutting Edge In Mobile Devices? – The
Practice and Future Trend
March 10th, 2007 (Saturday)
1:00 pm -- 4:00 pm (Registration starts at 12:30
pm)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
The landscape of mobile device market is continuing
evolving with new features and applications. Nowadays not only business
executives and employees use advanced mobile devices, but younger people are
also interested in owning these feature-packed mobiles. As a result keeping up
with what is the cutting edge in mobile device becomes make-or-break business
for those who would like to stay ahead in mobile device design, manufacturing
and consumer market.
From PDAs to iPhone, smart mobile devices offer a
rich set of functions. Besides the basic PIM functions of being used as a
calculator, a clock, a calendar, an address book, and even a radio or stereo,
these devices also enable sending and receiving emails, video recording, simple
word processing, gaming, and synchronization with your PC to keep you up to the
second with your business and social life. Many mobile devices are equipped to
access the Internet via Wi-Fi enabling web browsing and even VoIP. One of the
most significant characteristic of newer mobile devices is the presence of a
touch screen. This also opens room for usability improvements, hardware support
for new generation of mobile device user interface, and new mobile
applications.
Join us, along with industry leaders, in an
innovative presentation and panel discussion on future trend and what is hot in
mobile devices:
-- How to improve ease of use for mobile
devices?
-- What is the cutting edge in hardware support for a
true mobile user experience: evolution from keyboard to touch screen and other
mobile input methods?
-- What is the hardware protection for lost cell
phone?
-- What are the storage implications for applications
and data content on mobile devices? Where does it go?
-- What is the development in extending battery
life?
-- How will cell phones, PDAs, iPods (multi-media
devices) converge with new products like the iPhone or with future mobile
devices?
-- What is the competitive strategy for the latest
value added features for mobile devices such as video camera, GPS, Mobile TV and
VoIP?
-- Will style become an important factor for our
future mobile devices? What does the younger generation like?
-- How will the international market react to the
newer mobile devices?
Moderator:
Rob Enderle: President and Principal Analyst, Enderle
Group.
Panelists:
Peter Skillman: Vice President, User Experience,
Product Marketing, Palm Inc.
Doug Young: President, CEO and Director, NeoMagic
Corporation.
Dr. Bin Liu: Founder and CEO of Mobert
Semiconductor.
Dr. Michael L Olson: Technologist, Futurist and
Entrepreneur.
Sebastian Blum: Managing Director, T-Venture of
America.
Language: English
Seminar Agenda:
12:30 - 1:00 pm: Registration and Networking (Light
refreshment will be provided)
1:00 – 4:00 pm: Panel Discussion
4:00 pm: Adjourn
Fee:
Regular member: Free
Associate member: $20 RSVP, $25 at the
door
Non-member: $20 RSVP, $25 at the door
Student: $5 (Student ID required)
RSVP : rsvp@svcwireless.org with the
following subject line
3/10: Your Name
Contact and more information:
Henry Lu, henrywlu@yahoo.com +1 510-566-0593
Moderator Bio:
Mr. Rob Enderle is the President
and Principal Analyst of the Enderle Group, a forward looking emerging
technology advisory firm. With over 25 years experience on emerging
technologies he has provided regional and global companies with guidance in how
to better target customer needs; create new business opportunities; anticipate
technology changes; select vendors and products; and present their products in
the best possible light. In addition Rob currently writes for TechNewsWorld,
CMP, DesignTechnica, Computer User, Tom’s Hardware Guide, and CMO. Rob appears
regularly on WSJ Radio, CNBC, NPR, and Bloomberg Radio/TV. Before founding the
Enderle Group Rob was the Senior Research Fellow for Forrester Research and the
Giga Information Group. While there he worked for and with companies like
Microsoft, HP, IBM, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway, Sony, USAA, Texas Instruments, AMD,
Intel, Credit Suisse First Boston, GM, Ford, and Siemens. Before Giga, Rob was
with Dataquest covering client/server software where he became one of the most
widely publicized technology analysts in the world. Before Dataquest Rob worked
for IBM and was in IBM’s executive resource program. Rob holds an AA in
Merchandising, a BS in Business, and an MBA.
Panelists Bio:
Mr. Peter Skillman, vice president of user experience
at Palm, is responsible for extending Palm’s differentiated user experience
through the integration of Operating Systems, Industrial Design, User Interface,
Software Applications and Services. He works with a team, including platform
product marketing and engineering, responsible for defining the strategic
roadmap for new products and technologies. Previously Peter was the director of
product design engineering at Handspring, where he was responsible for Treo
smart phone mechanical engineering and industrial design. He also oversaw the
design of Visor handheld products before helping the company transition to
wireless products. Before he joined the handheld and smart phone space, Peter
was senior project manager and designer at IDEO, an international product
design/consulting firm. In this role, he led projects ranging from design of
portable computers for Dell Computer, future camera strategies for Kodak, and
development of the first production GM/Hughes electric vehicle. Peter earned a
bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master’s in
engineering/product design from Stanford University, where he is currently a
lecturer in the design program. He also is a registered professional engineer
(P.E.) in
California.
Mr. Douglas Young is CEO of NeoMagic, a company
making multimedia processors and offering Digital Mobile TV Solutions. The
company just announced their new N2 Smartphone based on their MiMagic 6+
multimedia processor. Prior to NeoMagic, Mr. Young was Senior Vice President of
Worldwide Sales at Planetweb, Inc., a provider of embedded multimedia
application and browser software for consumer electronics devices. At Planetweb,
Mr. Young worked with customers such as Samsung, Sharp, Philips and other large
OEMs. Mr. Young has managed sales in many different environments ranging between
large systems enterprise sales to the 'Fortune 500' and ODM and OEM sales in the
consumer electronics market. He has over 25 years experience working for
companies such as IBM, Storage Technology Corporation, Unilease Computer
Corporation, Data General and Hitachi Data Systems. He has worked in hardware
and software sales, and he was President and CEO of a computer and satellite
leasing company. Mr. Young has a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Princeton
University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from The Stern School
of Business at New York University.
Dr. Bin Liu is founder and CEO of Mobert
Semiconductor, a company funded by Mayfield and GSR ventures in 2005. Dr. Liu
has over ten years industrial experience in developing wireless communication
products, and has held various engineering and management positions in both
established and start-up companies. In his previous experience he was at Pivotal
Technologies/Broadcom, led a small group of designers and developed single chip
Bluetooth transceiver using standard CMOS process. He also worked at Philips
Semiconductors developing transceivers for various mobile devices. Dr. Bin Liu
graduated from Beijing University and got his Ph.D. from University of
Rochester.
Dr. Michael Olson is an experienced high technology
manager and futurist. His engineering career activities cover a range of
technologies in venture-funded and public companies including: auto-pilot
stability analysis for the 747 jetliner at the Boeing Company, operating a
radio science research laboratory in Antarctica for Stanford Electronics Labs,
developing high altitude meteorological data collection platforms at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research, commercializing remote automated
environmental data collection networks, pioneering development of spread
spectrum communications for satellite data networks at Equatorial
Communications, pioneering wireless data networking over cellular networks,
collaborating with Qualcomm and Loral representing AirTouch Communications in
the development and operational deployment of the Globalstar mobile satellite
service, and analyzing future trends in society, regulatory policy, technology
change and human factors providing insights into our wireless future at
Vodafone. All these experiences have focused his interests on emerging
technology. Dr. Olson has lectured internationally on various technology
applications from in situ meteorological measurement platforms to the trends
shaping our wireless future.
Mr. Sebastian Blum is the managing director of
T-Venture of America. As the managing director, he is responsible for U.S
portfolio companies, new deal flow and projects, the relationships with U.S
venture capital companies, and managing T-Venture's partnership with TeleSoft
Partners. Sebastian has been actively involved with investments in Silicon Media
Group, the Fantastic Corporation (IPO) and Lastminute.com (IPO). In his 4-year tenure as a investment
professional with the T-Mobile Venture Fund he has made the investments and been
responsible for Flash Networks, MindMatics, UCP Morgen (sold to Qpass, sold to
Amdocs), and Apertio. His current investments include Kineto Wireless and Ruckus
Wireless. Prior to that, he worked in sales and marketing with Unilever Germany.
Sebastian is a member of the VC-Angel Roundtable, and a member of the
German-American Business Association of California. Sebastian got his MBA from
NIMBAS, Utrecht (Netherlands).
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