Comments on: Bosworth on the Network’s Value http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2004/09/29/bosworth-on-the-networks-value/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2004/09/29/bosworth-on-the-networks-value/comment-page-1/#comment-85 sogrady Sat, 02 Oct 2004 15:21:03 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=99#comment-85 the lack of synchronization in general amongst networked devices is really pretty shocking. my cell phone (no blue tooth, only IRDA) can't talk to my PC which can't talk to my ipod which can't talk to exchange which can't talk to my gmail and so on. so now i have playlists, contact DBs, and email stores that are tied to a single location or device. i would love for someone to remedy that for me. the challenge is there - particular on the device end - but not insurmountable. technologies and standards exist for each one of those problems. but beyond the technical issues are those of trust. who will be doing that syncing for me? how much control will i have? will i be able to switch to a competing service? etc. all questions i'm hoping Google is spending some cycles on. the lack of synchronization in general amongst networked devices is really pretty shocking. my cell phone (no blue tooth, only IRDA) can't talk to my PC which can't talk to my ipod which can't talk to exchange which can't talk to my gmail and so on. so now i have playlists, contact DBs, and email stores that are tied to a single location or device.

i would love for someone to remedy that for me. the challenge is there – particular on the device end – but not insurmountable. technologies and standards exist for each one of those problems.

but beyond the technical issues are those of trust. who will be doing that syncing for me? how much control will i have? will i be able to switch to a competing service? etc.

all questions i'm hoping Google is spending some cycles on.

]]> By: Adam Bosworth http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2004/09/29/bosworth-on-the-networks-value/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Adam Bosworth Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:11:29 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=99#comment-84 Yes especially to the email. I'm amazed that the mobile vendors who support lists haven't just let you attach phone numbers/email addresses to them and then quietly used these addresses to keep the lists in sync across the mobile devices. Like playlists. Yes especially to the email. I'm amazed that the mobile vendors who support lists haven't just let you attach phone numbers/email addresses to them and then quietly used these addresses to keep the lists in sync across the mobile devices. Like playlists.

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