The home phone is dead: Long live the home phone

Dilip KenchammanaChief Technologist, VoIP Products

Trolltech

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More consumers go without a home phone today than just a decade ago

• Mobile phones

• VoIP on a laptop

• Freedom from hassle of monthly landline phone bill

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But the “Use-Case” for a home phone is more relevant than ever!

• Talk is cheap (so is messaging and web access)

• Families are geo-fragmented

• Want more: Video calls, 3-way calls, video messaging

• Human factors haven’t changed: big hand, fat finger

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• The central communications hub, not the only phone

• Easy video calling

• Allow families to exchange messages and get shared info from the Web

• A sharing medium for family photos and videos

Trend #1: The home phone is reincarnating in new roles

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Trend #2: The home phone is reincarnating in new form factors

• VoIP-Photo-Frame, Video-Desk-Phone

• Powerful chipsets, competitive price-points

• HW specs: e.g. 9” WVGA Touchscreen, BT/DECT/WiFi, VGA webcam, hi-fi speakerphone, multimedia co-processor, 128MB RAM/ROM, 2GB external memory card

• SW specs: e.g. “SmartSimplicity” Finger-touch UI, Unified IP Communications, Web, Photos, Videos

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Concept Demo

• Email dilip@trolltech.com for a copy of the video

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2009 is shaping up to be the year of the new home phone

• Chipsets and peripherals are available today at attractive price-points

• Software companies, e.g. Trolltech, are launching products for this segment

• Service providers are aiming to launch these devices in the next 12 months

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Long live the home phone(s)!

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