Wednesday 2-4, KH 105

1. Wednesday 2-4, KH 105 COMP 446 / ELEC 446 Mobile Wireless Services Project Scott Cutler Professor in the Practice of Computer Technology Department of Computer Science Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering cutler@rice.edu 12/1/10

2. Today’s Agenda • Events of the week • ELEC / COMP 694 • Offsite • Final project submission • Final project presentations • Course feedback COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

3. Events of the Week • Why Solid-State Storage Disks Are Rapidly Replacing HDDs • "Call of Duty: Black Ops" generates $650 million in 5 days • Where does Google TV go from here? • Facebook's new messaging system: More than just email? • Why film studios are betting on Web again • Hacked Microsoft Kinect now works with Mac OS X • The Beatles come to iTunes at last • Why Google Voice on the iPhone Is a Major Victory • How Apple's iOS 4.2 Update Will Change the iPad • Unsealed documents reveal extent of Dell woes during 2003 - 2005 • Best deals for Black Friday COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

4. Events of the Week • WikiLeakshas U.S. scrambling to plug holes • HP revenue up 8 percent at $33 billion • Top 10 Google Employee Defections to Facebook • Apple, News Corp Reportedly Preparing iPad Newspaper • Jury slams SAP $1.3 billion in TomorrowNow lawsuit • With Groupon, Google could go beyond engineers • Apple Poaching RIM People for Enterprise iPhone, iPad Sales • Microsoft Appeal in i4i Case Gets Supreme Court Hearing • Level 3 takes spat with Comcast public • The Race to 5M: Will iPad or Kinect be the Holiday Season Darling? COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

5. ELEC / COMP 694 – Spring 2011Future Personal Computing Technology • How to be a Chief Technology Officer • Wednesdays 9:30 – 11:00, 3CR • Each student gets to pick a personal computing technology topic which they will learn over a 5 or 6 week period • Weekly one-on-one meetings to rapidly learn topic • Session with presentation expert • Student presents topic to the class • Course gets very high ratings based on unique approach and current topics. • Desired class size of 10. Hard limit of 12. COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

6. ELEC694 Students from COMP446 • Six students with 446 Connections • Catherine Elder • Jash Guo • Richard Latimer • Kevin Lin • Elliot Ng • Norman Pai • + 6 others • Looking for a couple of early presenters COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

7. Main Stream Processors and Chipsets / Parallel, multi-core technology for consumer uses HTML 5, Silverlight, Flash 10, and other next gen app development platforms. Tablet computing Andriod vs. iPhone vs. Windows Phone 7 (not for COMP446 students – difficult topic) Advanced Game Controllers – Kinect, Wii, Playstation Move Gaming Computers and Game Consoles – PS3 v. Xbox 360 v. Wii v. Alienware, Cell v. nVidia Low power wireless emersion / Ultra low powered computing Internet Video / Netflix / Google TV Virtualization Storage –SATA, SSD, Flash, RAID, Backup, disk in the clouds eBooks Digital Living Room including Game Computers, HDMI, Apple TV, TiVo, Home Servers 3-D Television, Movies, etc Digital Cameras, HDR, Photo Printing, Digital Video Processing, DVD and solid state media 64 bit computing Digital Rights Management Automotive Electronics beyond the engine including GPS, XM audio, XM data, cellular data Consumer Medical Devices Preliminary Topics – Spring 2011 COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

8. COMP 446 Offsite • Sunday, 12/05/10 • 12:00 – 4:00 • The Woodlands, TX (directions to be provided via email) • Figure it will take an 50 to 60 minutes to get there from Rice. • A good lunch will be provided • Count? • Vegetarians? • Technology: • Xbox 360 with Kinect • Beatles Rock Band • Nintendo Wii • PS/3 • Boat rides (weather permitted) COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

9. Final Project Submission • Final submissions required by end of Class Finals Period. • Class Finals Period isis 2:00 – 5:00 on 12/8/10. • No exceptions or extensions. May submit any time up to 12/8/10 5:00pm • Submit code via www.comp446.com assignment submission site. • One submission per team is fine. Submitter should send confirmation to team-mates for their records. • Submit Documentation via www.comp446.com • Update project proposal as needed • One submission or multiple submissions. • Individual submissions clearly stating your responsibilities on the project • Be upfront about what is and is not working to your satisfaction COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

10. Last Minute Checks • Loaned devices to be returned preferably at off-site, but no later than 12/8/10 so I can hand out grades • Check your assignment status on the course website and let me know if anything is not accurate. • Assignments “Hello Rice” through the Paparazzi (1+2) impact course grades. COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

11. Final Project Presentations • Augmented Reality Geocaching • Rick Manning • Hey Rice! For Android • Jesus Cortez • Pirates • Sid Byrd, Elliot Ng, Kevin Lin • Extreme Bop-It! • Jason Xu • Virtual Tour Guide – Rice Campus • Jin Kim, Jash Guo • My Personal Library • Ashley Herron, Henry Zhang • PhotoMap– Android • Eric Cheng, Michael Lo • IMPoast • Vic Hu, Marcos Hung • Polytone! • Julia Botev, Robyn Moscowitz • OBDPhone • Graham De Witt, Josh Rykowski • Mahjong – iPhone • Catherine Elder, Ivan Van • Mahjong – iPad • Jeff Yeh, Aron Yu COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15

12. Course Feedback • Next year class needs to be smaller • Events of the week and class participation challenging with class this size • Need more one:one sessions at beginning of course. • Other comments? • iPhone only? More Android? • What to add? What to give up? • Effectiveness of CS193p videos – particularly early ones? • Effectiveness of TA and TA review sessions? • What should the pre-reqs be? • How to reduce peak homework load while still covering topic? • Better name for the class? COMP 446 / ELEC 446 - Week 15