Mobile media
Encyclopedia
The mobility
and portability
of media, or as Paul Levinson
calls it in his book Cellphone, “the media-in-motion business” has been a process in the works ever since the “first time someone thought to write on a tablet that could be lifted and hauled – rather than on a cave wall, a cliff face, a monument that usually was stuck in place, more or less forever”. Today, mobile media devices such as mobile phones and PDA’s are the primary source of portable media from which we can obtain information and communicate with one another.
While mobile phone
and PDA
’s independent technologies and functions may be new and innovative (in relation to changes and improvements in media capabilities in respect to their function what they can do when and where and what they look like, in regard to their size and shape) the need and desire to access and use media devices regardless of where we are in the world has been around for centuries. Indeed Paul Levinson remarks in regard to telephonic communication that it was “intelligence and inventiveness applied to our need to communicate regardless of where we may be, led logically and eventually to telephones that we carry in our pockets”. Levinson in his book goes on to state that the book, transistor radio, Kodak camera are also bearers of portable information. And that it is thanks to the printing press that information became available to a mass audience, the reduction in size and portability of the camera allowed people to capture what they saw no matter where they were and the internet meant that people could talk to anyone and use on demand information.
Mobile phones, digital cameras, ipods, walkmans, laptops, PDA, Game Boys and so on consume much of our daily lives. These devices and their corresponding media technologies and play an increasingly important role in the everyday lives of millions of people world wide. Media can be downloaded onto the device by podcasting
or can be streamed over the web
. Digital applications include gaming, video, audio, downloadable ring tones and mobizines. A number of mobile operators are also investigating the viability of Mobile TV.
MediaFLO a division of Qualcomm is already offering broadcast Mobile Media on UHF digital channel 55 across the United States. AT&T and Verizon are offering this fee based service in their handset packages.
Mobile media includes a number of portable media devices;
Mobility
Mobility may refer to:* Mobility * "Mobiliy" , a song by Moby* Mobility * Mobility , the ability of military units or weapon systems to move to an objective-See also:* Academic mobility* Apprentices mobility...
and portability
Portability
Portability may refer to:*Portability , the portability of social security benefits*Software portability, the portability of a piece of software to multiple platforms...
of media, or as Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson is an American author and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. Levinson's novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into twelve languages....
calls it in his book Cellphone, “the media-in-motion business” has been a process in the works ever since the “first time someone thought to write on a tablet that could be lifted and hauled – rather than on a cave wall, a cliff face, a monument that usually was stuck in place, more or less forever”. Today, mobile media devices such as mobile phones and PDA’s are the primary source of portable media from which we can obtain information and communicate with one another.
While mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
and PDA
PDA
A PDA is most commonly a Personal digital assistant, also known as a Personal data assistant, a mobile electronic device.PDA may also refer to:In science, medicine and technology:...
’s independent technologies and functions may be new and innovative (in relation to changes and improvements in media capabilities in respect to their function what they can do when and where and what they look like, in regard to their size and shape) the need and desire to access and use media devices regardless of where we are in the world has been around for centuries. Indeed Paul Levinson remarks in regard to telephonic communication that it was “intelligence and inventiveness applied to our need to communicate regardless of where we may be, led logically and eventually to telephones that we carry in our pockets”. Levinson in his book goes on to state that the book, transistor radio, Kodak camera are also bearers of portable information. And that it is thanks to the printing press that information became available to a mass audience, the reduction in size and portability of the camera allowed people to capture what they saw no matter where they were and the internet meant that people could talk to anyone and use on demand information.
Mobile phones, digital cameras, ipods, walkmans, laptops, PDA, Game Boys and so on consume much of our daily lives. These devices and their corresponding media technologies and play an increasingly important role in the everyday lives of millions of people world wide. Media can be downloaded onto the device by podcasting
Podcasting
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
or can be streamed over the web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
. Digital applications include gaming, video, audio, downloadable ring tones and mobizines. A number of mobile operators are also investigating the viability of Mobile TV.
MediaFLO a division of Qualcomm is already offering broadcast Mobile Media on UHF digital channel 55 across the United States. AT&T and Verizon are offering this fee based service in their handset packages.
Mobile media includes a number of portable media devices;
| Device | Digital Video Media Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Phone | "Within 3rd generation (3G) phones (the ones best enabled for media content currently) there are two competing standards of media format; 3GPP and the confusingly named 3GPP2." | Many mobile phones are now being equipped with web browsing so would be able to also view a Web film Web film A web film is a film made with the medium of the Internet and its distribution constraints in mind. This term aims to differentiate content made for the Internet from content made for other media, such as cinema or television, that has been converted into a World Wide Web-compatible format... . |
| PlayStation Portable PlayStation Portable The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004... |
Uses MPEG-4 video but needs to be encoded and placed in the correct directory to run. Also runs Universal Media Disc Universal Media Disc The Universal Media Disc is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on their PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia platform... (UMD) disks with feature films. |
MPEG-4 and AVC video formats are also compatible with PlayStation Portable. |
| Web Film Web film A web film is a film made with the medium of the Internet and its distribution constraints in mind. This term aims to differentiate content made for the Internet from content made for other media, such as cinema or television, that has been converted into a World Wide Web-compatible format... |
Films made with the medium of the Internet Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide... and it's constraints in mind; AVI, streamed media, Flash |
An example of such a film would be the short film 'Distance Over Time' |
See also
- July SystemsJuly SystemsJuly Systems is a business that makes software for mobile telephones. It was co-founded in 2001 by the Indian entrepreneurs Rajesh TS Reddy and Ashok Narasimhan. Rajesh and the executive team built the first internet to mobile platform . This Platform was the first internet to mobile social...
- Location-based media
- Comparison of portable media playersComparison of portable media playersThe following comparison of portable media players compares general and technical information for notable digital playback devices.- General :- Technical specifications :- Syncing and transfer :- Wifi Connectivity :- Audio formats :...
- Web filmWeb filmA web film is a film made with the medium of the Internet and its distribution constraints in mind. This term aims to differentiate content made for the Internet from content made for other media, such as cinema or television, that has been converted into a World Wide Web-compatible format...
- Documentary PracticeDocumentary PracticeDocumentary practice is the process of creating documentary projects. It refers to what people do with media devices, content, form, and production strategies in order to address the creative, ethical, and conceptual problems and choices that arise as they make documentary films or other similar...