disruptive wireless |
5 hours ago
In terms of general market perception, LTE has been stealing much of WiMAX's thunder of late. Now obviously we've seen the ascendance of LTE coinciding with one of the periodic nadirs of enthusiasm around WiMAX, and we should start to see the balance redress somewhat when Xohm launches and other smaller deployments also start to come online of the next 4 months.My current expectation is that by 2012/2013, we will see LTE user numbers for mobile broadband approach or even exceed [...]
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6 hours ago
Nokia lowered its third-quarter market-share outlook, citing the weak global economy and management's decision to stay out of a handset price war. The company's stock tumbled. [via WSJ]
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6 hours ago
According to Pocket-Lint, Apple has rejected a recent iPhone application due to it being of "limited utility to the broad iPhone and iPod touch user community." "The application, created by Sam at Air-o-Matic.com, was a fart simulator that worked on the classic, never-gets-old "pull my finger" gag. The developer is currently taking email addresses via the site for those who would like to get hold of the app unofficially: If youd like to be the envy of your friends by [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
7 hours ago
David Murphy catches up with Jeremy Copp, CEO of mobile advertising technology company, Rapid Mobile DM: So Jeremy, there seem to be a lot of mobile advertising firms out there these days, what makes Rapid Mobile different? JC: We have three points of difference. The first is that we are a technology provider. We licence our platform, which fits the needs of the advertising value chain but hides the mobile complexity. So it’s a white-label solution that the publisher takes and [...]
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8 hours ago
A new mobile charger, released by Gadget4all, can add around 100 minutes of charge time. The mobile device, in the shape of a pen - which does work - holds a single AA battery (standard type or rechargeable). The device can then be plugged into a mobile phone when you are on the move, to recharge the handset while you wait. The device also arrives with five different adaptors to cover most popular mobiles such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
9 hours ago
Location-based services (LBS) provider Mobile Commerce has joined forces with three other companies in the European mobile search industry to launch the Open Location Alliance. The Alliance has been formed to respond to the requests from global players for pan-European location, location-enabled applications and Point of Interest (POI) information targeted at the mass market, from mobile devices. The initial partners in the business alliance with Mobile Commerce are MECOMO, which covers Germany and Austria; Swedish based Visibilly, which covers Sweden, Norway [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
10 hours ago
Idle screen media company Celltick has released results from the first implementation of the new Response-based Segmentation (RBS) feature for its LiveScreen Media platform. The segmentation process tracks user interaction with content displayed on the idle screen and automatically creates a profile which allows Celltick to target users according to their areas of interest and demographic characteristics.In a deployment with a Brazilian operator, Celltick says the results demonstrate a 60% increase in the number of users responding to teasers on the [...]
disruptive wireless |
12 hours ago
Regular readers will know that I'm a big fan of cellular business models in which upfront device purchase cost subsidises the service element.I've also also talked about the challenges of getting prepaid subscribers to use data plans, something which has developed very quickly over the past 6 months.And, lastly, I pondered about how the Apple's iPhone commission model would fit with prepay-centric markets.Taking all this together, at first glance I'm pretty impressed with the way in which O2 UK is pitching [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
12 hours ago
O2 has confirmed details for the launch of the Pay & Go version of the iPhone 3G. The handset goes on sale to non-contract customers on 16 September priced at £349.99 for the 8GB model and £399.99 for the 16GB model (just like the good old days – Ed). iPhone 3G Pay & Go customers will also receive inclusive unlimited data and wi-fi for 12 months following activation, which O2 notes is worth £120. The unlimited data package includes browsing over [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
12 hours ago
Digital entertainment company Buongiorno has reached an agreement with Telefónica Latinoamérica for the exclusive introduction and management of an SMS competition initiative called ‘Superconcurso SMS’, in Latin America. The agreement will allow Buongiorno to introduce Superconcurso competitions in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala and Uruguay over the next year. Buongiornos says this is the largest business initiative it has undertaken in the region.The growth in SMS traffic for this region is forecast to be [...]
mTrends |
12 hours ago
Ajit Jaokar informed me this week at MobileMonday Amsterdam he is organising the Mobile Web Megatrends conference in the Pacific Film Archive Theater, University of California in Berkeley on September 8. If you’re in the neighborhood and/or attending CTIA San Francisco, this will definately be an interesting conference looking at the topics and speakers participating, including mobile illuminates such as Michael Mace, Mike Rowehl, Barbara Ballard and many others. Some of the topics covered * The Mobile Web evolution and [...]
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Sep 04, 2008 11:45PM
KDDI and Kyocera have announced the W64SA, a phone that is designed to offer "color therapy" to users via embedded LEDs. "The light is available in five colors, red, blue, pink, yellow and green. Users can select two colors for illumination, which is displayed when the handset is folded, opened or recharged, etc. The handset is also illuminated when the handset is quickly shaken because the illumination function works in concert with an acceleration sensor." [DVICE via Tech-On]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
Sep 04, 2008 11:31PM
Conference organiser Strategy Institute is staging a 2-day ‘Mobile Media Investor Conference’ in San Francisco. The event will be held from 9 – 10 December 9 at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. “The goal of the event is to bring forth the realities and economics of mobile media, educate the investment community, and to create a forum for emerging growth mobile media companies to connect with other key players in the mobile ecosystem,” says Conference Chair, Vijay S. Chattha. The conference [...]
Open Gardens |
Sep 04, 2008 11:15PM
I am at Mobile Web Megatrends on Monday and Mobile Web Strategies on Tuesday. I will be chairing both events. Look forward to meeting you there
Open Gardens |
Sep 04, 2008 11:00PM
Dion Hinchcliffe has been a good friend and a long time associate. Hinchcliffe and Company have brought their popular Web 2.0 University model to London. You can see more at Web 2.0 university London
Wap Review |
Sep 04, 2008 06:45PM
Looking to buy or sell a used car or motorcycle? If you are in the UK, AutoTrader looks like it would be helpful. It started as one of those free shopper magazines that you find on racks at the supermarket but has expanded to include a website and now a mobile site at autotrader.mobi. The mobile version lets you search a database of over 400,000 vehicles for sale by make, model and postcode. The site is free to use for buyers, [...]
Wireless Wanders |
Sep 04, 2008 04:15PM
Thanks to Bob Walsh of 47hats.com for inviting me as a guest blogger to offer some tips for Micro-ISVs considering going mobile with their products. If you’re going mobile with your micro-ISV offering, then stop what you’re doing and think it through first. Make sure that it’s the right thing to do, that it really adds value and that your basic software proposition is strong enough in the first place. You would do well to stop by Bob’s site and take [...]
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Sep 04, 2008 02:15PM
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor, which recently tightened ethical procedures in Bangladesh, still has sub-contractors there using child labour, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus charged on Thursday. Channel NewsAsia reports. "Telenor was forced to review and strengthen its ethical guidelines after Norwegian media last May revealed deplorable conditions for workers, including children as young as 13, who supply antenna towers to GrameenPhone, one of the Norwegian company's subsidiaries in Bangladesh. "They promised that now it's cleaned up ... So you had hoped that [...]
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Sep 04, 2008 02:00PM
gdgt is the new consumer electronics site by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block -- the guys behind Engadget and Gizmodo. The site is not yet finalized, but in the meantime, you can listen to a weekly podcast. In their own words: : gdgt weekly, will will run on Fridays. We'll be discussing the goings on of the gadget world, our thoughts on products, listener feedback and questions, and maybe even sharing the occasional tidbit on gdgt as we continue to [...]
mTrends |
Sep 04, 2008 09:45AM
Here below the slideshare copy of my presentation titled “15 Tips To Create Value For Mobile” I presented at MobileMonday Amsterdam #7 on Value, including a short overview on the evolving mobile ecosytem. Note that each of those tips could be a topic itself for a specific detailed presentation - maybe I should start a series in the future I will update here when the video of my presentation will become available online. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you’d like [...]
mTrends |
Sep 04, 2008 09:30AM
I spend some time in Amsterdam for the Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition for Dutch mobile startups, combined with a presentation I gave at MobileMonday Amsterdam. I have been nicely surprised by the quality of the local startups presenting in the competition, I can’t say much about them yet… the winners will be announced shortly and will present at the coming MOMO event at the PICNIC conference. MobileMonday Amsterdam #7 on Value was a GREAT event. The MOMO team has been building [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
Sep 04, 2008 08:46AM
Vodafone and PC maker Dell have struck a deal to sell Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 ultra-mobile computer with built-in mobile broadband from Vodafone, through Vodafone stores and online, in key European markets. The device will also be available direct from Dell. “The recent acceleration in the take up of mobile broadband has demonstrated just how hungry consumers are for Internet access,” says Vodafone’s Director of PC Connectivity, Andrew Sangster. “Building on our long relationship with Dell, the availability of the Inspiron [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
Sep 04, 2008 06:31AM
Blue Systems the London-based provider of global financial information software, has entered an agreement with US carrier Sprint to offer its real-time financial market data application, blue mobile, to Sprint’s customers. blue mobile provides professional and retail investors with a way to analyze global stock market information in their offices, at home, or on the move, 24/7. The application runs on the web-enabled phones and requires a data tariff. Blue Mobile says that Sprint, with its high speed network, is perfectly [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
Sep 04, 2008 04:46AM
The next Mobile Marketing Forum staged by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) takes place in Budapest from 7 – 8 October at the Novotel Budapest Centrum Hotel. Trailing the conference as “the premier event for mobile marketing in Europe”, the MMA says that regardless of your current level of activity or knowledge in mobile marketing, you and your organization will benefit greatly from attending. The event will include an examination of cross-media integration; case studies on Eastern Europe mobile marketing activities; [...]
dw2-0 |
Sep 04, 2008 03:01AM
Following fast on the heels of the recent attention-grabbing declaration by TechCrunch's Michael Arrington that "Nokia and Symbian are irrelevant companies at this point", TechCrunch has published another piece of contentious analysis on iPhone vs. Symbian OS market share. On this occasion, the author is Don Reisinger.The piece starts with the graph which I've reproduced above. The red line at the top shows six figures for Symbian OS quarterly sales - five of which are as already published by Symbian, [...]
