disruptive wireless |
4 hours ago
OK, I know this is just a lone example, but to me it's an interesting illustration of what's going on in the notebook / 3G marketplace at the moment.I've had a look at the UK prices of Dell's new Inspiron Mini-9 netbook, together with mobile broadband. It's available through two different routes at the moment:PC bought from Dell.com, used with an added 3G dongle and standalone mobile broadband subscription. Dell also offers a consumer finance package of its own, with 3 [...]
MEX |
5 hours ago
Turning our attention to the 5800, we’ll start once again with the price, because it is remarkable: just EUR 279 (about GBP 220) without subsidies. It is testament to the scale of Nokia’s purchasing power, the efficiency of its supply chain and its manufacturing expertise that it can afford to market a device with these specifications at such a price. By comparison, the first iPhone cost more than 2.5 times as much when it launched in the UK for GBP 599. [...]
Sender 11 |
5 hours ago
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin appeared on rollerblades at the G1 announcement. Being true nerds, this is of course not random. Maybe a bit far fetched, but my guess is that it’s probably a poke at Apple, saying “You have turned into a bunch of elitists. Android is the phone for ‘the rest of us’”. Bill Verplank tells this story: 25 years ago we asked Apple: If the Macintosh was a car, what kind of car would [...]
textually |
12 hours ago
Dwango, a Japanese firm, aims for a Guinness big book of records with the world's longest ringtone, lasting 61 minutes and 40 seconds. [via TechRadar]
textually |
12 hours ago
Hewlett-Packard Co., aiming to grow its device business beyond corporate users, is preparing to release a new smart phone that will also be marketed to consumers, reports the The Wall Street Journal. The new phone will likely be released in Europe within the next two months and will be sold and sold through a mobile carrier's retail stores.
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
12 hours ago
An interesting briefing just now, with not one company but two. At one end of the sofa, mobile social networking firm Moblr. The company has 160,000 registered users, but according to CEO Christophe Hocquet, is currently attracting around 600,000 unique users per month to its site, most of whom don’t register. There are no membership fees, in the absence of which, it has two revenue streams: virtual gifts that members can buy to give to each other. And advertising. Which is [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
13 hours ago
Regulus Communications has announced the release of YAMweb Interactive 1.0s, which enables social networking via interactive text messaging. The service enables individuals to send text messages in real-time over a private and protected environment via the mobile web. As such, there are no fees for sending individual text messages, though there is a monthly subscription fee, which starts at $2.95 (£1.70). Each private network is managed by an administrator from a web-connected PC or Smartphone. According to Nielsen Research, US mobile [...]
A New Mobile Website Every Day |
14 hours ago
Business social networking site LinkedIn launched a mobile version of its service earlier this year. The mobile version will be best used while at a conference or in any networking environment. Enjoy! Mobile Website: m.linkedin.com
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
14 hours ago
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, has launched the iPhone 3G in Russia. The company began offering iPhone 3G for sale at midnight on Friday in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg, followed by other major cities in Russia later the same day. MTS will sell the iPhone 3G in around 1,400 MTS-branded retail stores, and through its dealer network. The 8GB model sells for RUR 23,000 (£500), the 16GB version for RUR [...]
Open Gardens |
14 hours ago
This is a fascinating development which I am watching with interest - Music stars unite to seek control of their music under the featured artists coalition As per the campaign of the featured artists coalition >>> Why change is needed Featured Artists, those credited on recordings and who are the primary named performers, are responsible for the majority of income in the music industry. Their interests need to be properly represented. Digital technology has transformed how we buy and listen [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
16 hours ago
Mobile entertainment company ROK Entertainment Group has announced the "imminent" worldwide launch of GeeSpark, which it claims is the world’s first mobile viral messaging service. GeeSpark will enable users to chat, and share messages, images and YouTube videos on their mobile phones and forward these to their friends and groups, in a viral fashion.According to analyst predictions, says ROK, the mobile social networking market is forecast to grow from 54 million users in 2008 to 730 million users over the next [...]
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
17 hours ago
Speech solutions provider Nuance Communications has closed the acquisition of SNAPin Software, which provides on-device self-service software for mobile operators. The SNAPin software solution mobile allows operators to interact with their subscribers in real-time and in the context of current mobile behavior. The company says its handset-based SelfService product suite enables the delivery of interactive promotions, the resolution of most customer support problems, and allows operators to deliver a branded service experience to their subscribers. “The combined capabilities of Nuance and [...]
disruptive wireless |
18 hours ago
A post by Ajit Jaokar over at Forum Oxford (sign up if you're not a member - it's really useful) on low-cost LBS (location-based services) applications for the iPhone has chimed with something I discussed at last week's IMS 2.0 Rich Communications conference in Amsterdam.Ajit mentions something called Vicinity:"Vicinity (£1.79): Takes advantage of the iPhone 3G's GPS to provide one-tap access to information about local services and amenities. It will even pull in relevant Wikipedia entries and Flickr photos."And he comments [...]
Jump! Mobile |
19 hours ago
A QR Code is spotted on the back cover of a new book titled Buying Good Products by Hui-Fang Chu (link). The book is about how to pick/buy healthy food products. The QR Code contains a link to a short video by the author sharing more information on the topic.
Yesterday
Mobile Marketing Magazine |
Oct 05, 2008 10:46PM
Publicis-owned mobile marketing firm Phonevalley has expanded its global footprint to the Asian Pacific (APAC) region, with the opening of a hub in Singapore and offices in China and India. Phonevalley says its APAC presence will help the agency offer regional brands and advertisers mobile campaigns that are more adapted with their local marketing objectives and client requirements.“We are committed to delivering the best in class mobile advertising campaigns in the APAC region,” says Phonevalley CEO and Publicis Groupe Head of [...]
MobilOpen |
Oct 05, 2008 10:31PM
Nokia's got a plan to sway a few potential iPhone buyers and it's called the 5800 Xpressmusic. With touch screen technology, the 5800 XpressMusic introduces the Media Bar, a drop down menu for access to music and entertainment such as tracks, videos and photos. With a single touch,...
Wap Review |
Oct 05, 2008 05:15PM
Remember the $19.99/month unlimited MediaNet data add-on for AT&T's GoPhone Pay as You Go (PYG) plans that the carrier launched in April? Well, it looks like the party is almost over. Phonenews.com has confirmed that the widely rumored demise of the plan is true. November 11th or 12th is the last day that you will be able to purchase the feature. You can currently stack up to three $19.99 packages for 90 days of service. Assuming that that Nov 11 is [...]
Sender 11 |
Oct 05, 2008 12:30PM
At the Design for Mobile conference last week Mike Lundy, Design Lead for the Sprint Instinct, talked about the design and development process for the phone. He had some pretty interesting things to say. (This is my takeaway from the talk, any factual errors are mine, etc.) The Instinct has become the most successful device launch in Sprint history. The Instinct represented a change in the design relationship between a carrier, an OEM and application providers. More importantly, it [...]
dw2-0 |
Oct 05, 2008 03:31AM
Last Wednesday, Apple co-Founder Steve Wozniak addressed a gathering of several hundred business people in London's large-format IMAX cinema, as part of a series of events organised by the London Business Forum. The theme was "Apple Innovation". Since the IMAX is just 15 minutes walk from Symbian's HQ, this opportunity was too good for me to miss. I hoped Wozniak's account of Apple culture might shed some new light on the all-conquering iPhone. I was not disappointed.Wozniak spoke for more than [...]
mTrends |
Oct 05, 2008 03:30AM
As mentioned in my previous post, last week I spent a couple of days in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, for the Digital Leaders Forum at CHEIL Worldwide HQ (view the presentation I did on Mobile Digital Storytelling). It is well-known that South Korea - together with Japan - has one of the most advanced mobile cultures in the world, it was thus a privilige to have a closer look on anything mobile there. One of the first real mobile beahviour differences [...]
textually |
Oct 05, 2008 02:45AM
T-Mobile USA issued a statement Friday updating customers on how they can be one of the first people to get their hands on the first Google Android phone called the G1. [via mocoNews.net] "A spokesperson said: "Given the great anticipation and the heavy pre-sale demand for the T-Mobile G1 with Google, we nearly tripled the number of phones initially available for delivery on our Oct. 22 launch date, and have sold through them all." How to get one.
textually |
Oct 05, 2008 02:30AM
Governor of Alaska and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's media sound bytes have been mashed byFun Mobility into six free ringtones. Sarah Palin Tones Include: -- Foreign Policy Experience -- Lipstick on a Pig -- Quiz Show: Palin's straight talk on the Bush Doctrine -- Shore up the Economy -- VIP Nominee -- Blizzard of words [via Wireless and Mobile News]
textually |
Oct 05, 2008 01:45AM
Agence France-Presse will add mobile phone information services in Arabic, German and Portuguese in 2009 as it seeks to further boost revenues from the key new sector, agency chairman Pierre Louette said. "Turnover in the mobile sector has doubled in 24 months," Louette said. "Our aim is to provide services associated with our content" so the agency can generate new revenues, he told a press conference Thursday. AFP proposes a specialised news journal for mobile phones, text alerts and multimedia [...]
October 4 2008
Open Gardens |
Oct 04, 2008 10:45AM
Last week's Carnival of the mobilists no 143 at the Phones show . I am delayed with this again .. but the carvnival is such a great read(as is this one) and better late than never!
Open Gardens |
Oct 04, 2008 10:45AM
This is interesting .. and makes me think .. Just because we WANT people to pay - does not mean that they WILL .. If the observation in this blog is true, it means that many a business plan based on paying for Context will also hit rough waters (considering that location is one of the most important elements of the Mobile context) Consider some of the paid iPhone apps from the telegraph. Vicinity (has got good reviews etc and also [...]
