According to the BMRB Internet Monitor 49% of 20 – 24 year olds in the UK have used the internet on their mobiles and 21% of all users have bitten the bullet. This is pretty amazing considering: – Many, many phones still come with the wrong settings. This means that the purchaser either has to [...]
Archive | October, 2005
Cleaning Out The Links Drawer
Time once again to clean out some links that have piled up again. Here goes: TechFaith: A Firm Grip On Handset Design – A short BusinessWeek article that’s interesting reading about TechFaith, one of China’s leading handset design companies. TechFaith employs about 1,800 designers and engineers (that make an average of $1,000 a month) that [...]
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New Toy
I got a new phone last week, a Sony Ericsson K750i. I thought maybe it was time to stop using smartphones for a while and go back to a featurephone. I’ve been really impressed with the UI on the phone, and for mass-market I really like it a lot better than Nokia’s Series 40. The [...]
Gizmondo’s Launch Package
A while ago, we looked at both handheld gaming wannabe, Gizmondo, firstly questioning their strategy and then looking at some very dodgy goings on in terms of management remuneration and benefits. On the eve of their US launch on Saturday, Chris Morris at CNN has got his hands on a device and is singularly unimpressed [...]
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The Secret To Mobile TV? Bigger Bullet Holes.
A couple of posts over at MocoNews this week caught my eye and joined up in my head. The first mentions how a prominent media figure in the UK is starting a company to buy up rights to distribute TV and video to mobiles, even though he’s got no idea what the business model will [...]
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Ads on 3
Continuing the “ads on devices” theme, Tom Hume writes that 3G UK network operator, 3, are planning to become an advertising channel as part of their new strategy, in addition to the See Me TV move that Carlo reported yesterday. The idea is to open up their 3.2 million users to targeted advertising, which might [...]
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Ads on the iPod
There’s been tons written about the launch of the iPod with video and especially the deal with ABC to sell popular TV programmes via iTunes for $1.99. You can download episodes like Lost and Desperate Housewives the day after broadcast. On the surface, this seems like a clever move for ABC. They can make the [...]
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That Didn’t Take Long
I pointed out last week a company’s new offering that tracks users’ content on mobile networks and gives them rewards if it gets passed around by other users. Today, as part of its “new strategy”, 3 UK announced See Me TV that pays users 1p every time their video gets downloaded by another user. Users [...]
“Now” You Can Respond To Mobile E-Mail With A Voice Message
Mobile e-mail company Visto says that it will add the ability for users of its mobile e-mail service to respond to messages with a recorded voice message. “Voice is the next logical step in the progression of mobile email, providing mobile professionals with the freedom to choose how to communicate, depending on the situation and [...]
ShoZu Your Photos to Flickr
I’ve documented the problems of MMS many times and two of the central problems always come back to ease of use and cost. ShoZu might just solve these issues, making it much easier to upload your photos as you take them on your camera phone and share them with friends and family. ShoZu is a [...]
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