Glen Shires is a Principal Engineer and Chief Architect of Speech Technologies in PC Client Group. He specializes in the integration of internet, speech-recognition, video and voice-communications. Glen brings a system-wide approach to architecting platforms with extensive development experience at … Read more
The Intel® Reader was named one of the Top 10 Cool New Toys from CES by CNN and a Top 10 Gadget by Last Gadget Standing. With this new mobile device, you can take a picture of printed material, like … Read more
If you’ve got a new PC with Windows 7, you’ve already got speech recognition installed. To get started, just go to Control Panel and click “Speech Recognition”. (If you don’t see it, click “View by > Large icons”). A really … Read more
First, let me take a moment to comment on my post earlier this week in response to an article written about WiMAX’s momentum. We are all professionals, but occasionally, the passion for our various positions does spill over. I was … Read more
There is a lot of talk these days about Telco’s deploying LTE, etc, etc…. Let’s ignore the fact that LTE remains ‘Vaporware’ today, (all talk, and no product in sight, not even an IEEE standard in sight). So, if and … Read more
The most recent attempt at ‘drive by kneecapping’ is from Gartner. The ‘analysis’ by Phil Redman of Gartner, is so thoroughly devoid of reality, it leaves me uncertain where to begin to debunk it. Since Gartner’s entire argument hinges on … Read more
See the full 90 mins of my recent press briefing As Intel celebrates it
Part 2: Subscriber Economics 101 Year 1988, Cost of electronic communications/information = approx ($60 to $80+) Phone line: $20/mo, + long distance: $10-$30/mo, + cable: $30/mo Year 2008 – Without WiMAX, Cost of electronic communications/information = approx ($150 to $450+) … Read more
After seeing all the new pocket-sized internet devices at IDF, I started wondering what people were carrying in their pockets on the streets of Shanghai. So on the last day of the event, with Josh videotaping and Helen providing the … Read more
Back home from Shanghai with Bronchitis and feeling pretty bad but I did want to share some low-res photos of the new mobile Internet devices we photographed while in Shanghai. As my colleague, Josh Bancroft, pointed out in his blog, … Read more
