You get down to the DVD rental shop (I’m assuming you remember those and haven’t all changed to Netflix or a Netflix rip-off) and are quietly browsing that evening’s entertainment. When someone else wonders in, whips out their mobile phone and starts commentating to their partner/child/friend what’s available. And they go on…and on….and on discussing [...]
Archive | October, 2004
Comedy on Your Mobile
Zoo42 Productions are launching a service that I think is perfect for mobile phones. Funnybone allows you to download comedy clips to your mobile. But the clever part is that the clips are original, exclusive to the mobile channel and produced by top, established comedy writers and performed by comedians. writers and comedians, such as [...]
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Integrated Doggie Communication
A nice quote via Tom Hume’s website from DoCoMo (via i-mode Strategy: Emerging initiatives will be launched very soon to connect pets in both location, in video and in ‘language’ translation services. The bowlingual dog translator and its cell phone version, and the Meowlingual cat translator were big hits in Japan. So, you’ll be able [...]
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Siemens Bails out of China
Symbian One reports that Siemens Mobile Acceleration (Siemens’ VC arm) has sold its stake in Chinese developer Magus-Soft to newly enriched Mforma. SMAC’s CEO is quoted as saying: ÏThe transaction underlines the importance of the Chinese market for anyone involved in mobile entertainment. I am sure that Magus-Soft will profit greatly from MformaÌs leading role [...]
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Mobile Content Complaints
TelecomAsia.net says that mobile operators just don’t understand the content market, much to the irritation and frustration of content creators. “Don’t talk to us about operators” say the content creators: “They are greedy, demanding too much revenue share They are protective, to the point of paranoia, of ÏtheirÓ customers They are cumbersome and difficult to [...]
Mobile Price Comparison
Back in May, I blogged about Scanbuy and their mobile price comparison tool. Well, according to Engadget, it’s now launched for a range of 16 phones including the Treo 600, Nokia 6600, 6620, 7650, 3650, and 7610, and Sony Ericsson P800, P900, and P910. ScanZOOM is a software app for camera phones that letÌs you [...]
Yet Another Java Portal
It seems hardly a week goes by without some big media brand announcing that they’re launching a YAJP. This week, it’s GMTV, the UK morning TV programme, according to Moco News. Due to the storage space, these portals are going to be competing with each other to stay on a handset. So, not only is [...]
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P2P is the Future
John Naughton wrote a very interesting article in The Observer yesterday, following the news that the “quaintly named” British Phonographic Society (BPS) is following the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in suing P2P file sharers. The RIAA is claiming its legal actions (which included busting grannies and 12 year olds) are working, despite evidence [...]
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Control your Children
The New York Times has a review of different Instant Messaging apps with a view to controlling kids’ IM habits. I was asked recently to give a talk on this whole area to parents at my kids’ school. There had been some (normal) abuse of IM among some kids – impersonating others, rudeness, getting inappropriately [...]
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How a Politician Can Show How Out of Touch They Really Are
Textually has a story (via Expatica) about German President Horst Koehler urging the youth of today to “write more love letters” instead of e-mails and SMS’s. “It is a sad comment on our times when we hear that young people spend hours every day text-messaging each other on their mobiles instead of talking face-to-face,” he [...]
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