Comments on: Weekly reading reflection#1 http://yijen.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/hello-world/ MCDM UW courses feedback Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:45:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Week 2 Discussion Questions « evolution and trends in digital media technologies http://yijen.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/hello-world/#comment-4 Week 2 Discussion Questions « evolution and trends in digital media technologies Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:31:20 +0000 #comment-4 [...] Yi-Jen (1) What do you think about the perspective of Wi-Fi phones for Skype? Do you agree it will become the main trend of telecommunication or you think it is popular at beginning but it will fade out at the end? Comments: Carie [...] [...] Yi-Jen (1) What do you think about the perspective of Wi-Fi phones for Skype? Do you agree it will become the main trend of telecommunication or you think it is popular at beginning but it will fade out at the end? Comments: Carie [...]

]]> By: Carie Burgess http://yijen.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/hello-world/#comment-3 Carie Burgess Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:56:10 +0000 #comment-3 Great post - you make some really good points in your reflection. I agree that "human needs are the root and source of the development of media" and will be a key driver in where this media goes and how it is used in the future. YouTube, all of the social networking sites, blogs, and Flickr are great examples of this. As far as Skype goes, I think it's going to be really interesting to watch and see if Wi-Fi phones will replace traditional telephone service. There is a strong market for Wi-fi phones now, but I'm not sure if it is large enough to support Wi-fi phone service as a replacement for traditional phone service. It could be that they learn to co-exist and traditional phone service is used for local calls and Wi-fi for long distance. However, as families become more geographically dispersed and people become more globally interconnected, the market could grow enough for Wi-fi phones to dominate. This is a great time to be study the diffusion of technology! :) Great post – you make some really good points in your reflection. I agree that “human needs are the root and source of the development of media” and will be a key driver in where this media goes and how it is used in the future. YouTube, all of the social networking sites, blogs, and Flickr are great examples of this.

As far as Skype goes, I think it’s going to be really interesting to watch and see if Wi-Fi phones will replace traditional telephone service. There is a strong market for Wi-fi phones now, but I’m not sure if it is large enough to support Wi-fi phone service as a replacement for traditional phone service. It could be that they learn to co-exist and traditional phone service is used for local calls and Wi-fi for long distance.

However, as families become more geographically dispersed and people become more globally interconnected, the market could grow enough for Wi-fi phones to dominate. This is a great time to be study the diffusion of technology! :)

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