September 18, 2006
Cognos Biz Analysis S/W For BlackBerry
As Blackberry PDAs and phones gain more market penetration, we're probably going to see more high-end software being ported over. One such package is Cognos Inc's business intelligence software, which will be offered for Blackberries [CRN] in early 2007. That's likely to include the new Blackberry Pearl mobile phone.
But as the CRN article implies, getting the user screens right is going to be a challenge when screen real estate is so minimal. I don't know about you, but I think that complex software really has no place on today's mobile devices.
On the other hand, if someone comes up with affordable HUDs (Heads-Up Displays) - which have an effective real estate of a large-screen TV, and that don't make you look like a Cyborg - as well as some ingenius, simple method of data entry outside of a keyboard (say a one handed keyboard or eye-tracking tech) and makes it all affordable... Well, then now we're talking. Complex software can have a place on mobile devices. Until then, though, only the simplest of applications, including mobile VoIP, are really all that are likely to get used.
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