IBM stepping in the mobile game

IBM recently announced a $100 million investment pool devoted to mobile phone research.  With this large investment sum, IBM hopes to become more involved in the future of smartphone technology.  I wouldn’t expect to see IBM phones or anything, but a lot of the innovations that IBM will develop will definitely be folded into future smartphones.  In particular, IBM is aiming to improve user interface functionalities, mobile phone security, and the enterprise use of mobile devices.

More than anything, this signals IBM’s vision as being a major player in the mobile space.  IBM has the capacity and capabilities to bring many innovations to mobile devices and could possibly develop the processors that power our phones just like they have developed the processors that power our video game consoles.

Looking at the telecom section of IBM’s smarter planet initiative, IBM lays out their vision for what they hope to accomplish and this $100 million investment is one of the first steps toward getting them and by extension us there.

This research will be taking place across IBM’s eight global research facilities.

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