One of the big issues facing technologists is that most people donǃÙt use most of the inbuilt features, most of the time. As an example, the vast majority of mobile owners, tend to restrict their network use to simple voice and sms (and a few non-network apps like the clock and calculator). Similarly, 70% of [...]
Archive | November, 2005
Worst Technology for Girls
Nicolas at Pasta & Vinegar has a great posting, about a paper written by Wendy March (Intel Research) and Constance Fleuriot (Bristol University). Their research has been looking at privacy issues raised by new technologies and the reaction of some of the kids who might be on the “receiving end”. They explored the concept by [...]
A True Party Popper
Sometimes you come across a gadget that you just have to blog about – while acknowledging it’s got nothing to do with mobile whatsoever! But how cool is this? You attach it to the cork in a bottle of champagne, (or sparkling wine, if you’re a cheapskate) pop the cork and watch it float down [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists 7
This week’s Carnival is at Smart Mobs. Make sure you check it out. Some fine, fine posts as usual. Shame about the editor. Have a good weekend y’all. Russell —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
MMA Finally Condemns Bluespamming
Justin Pearce* writes in New Media Age about the UK’s Mobile Marketing Association finally coming out against Bluespamming – 6 months after we wrote that it was illegal. I wonder what took them so long to decide that sending unsolicited messages was in clear breach of European privacy directives and meant to be against everything [...]
Thanksgiving Carnival of the Mobilists
Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers! This week’s Thanksgiving Carnival of the Mobilists will take place at the legendary Smart Mobs – don’t forget to check it out for the best writing about mobile around. If you’re a blogger, you still have time to enter. Send your entry to mobilists@gmail.com. —–>Follow us on Twitter [...]
Phones to Be Distributed Computers – says Nokia
We’ve been saying for some time at MobHappy that the future of mobile is as a thin client, with much of the processing, storage and grunt work being undertaken by the network’s servers. This is to do with speed and power use mainly, as storage gets ever smaller and cheaper. So when this line of [...]
Links for November 23
- Actor berates woman being too stupid to use a silent profile in a theatre (BBC via Mobitopia – Vodafone hangs up on Man Utd shirt sponsorship, backs Champions League (Bloomberg) – You Just Don’t Understand Me, Man, Says 3 (Techdirt) —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
Social Navigation – the Ultimate Mobile Search
Jan Chipchase works on User Research for Nokia and also writes a pithy blog – Future Perfect – posts normally just consist of a photo and a line or two that make you think. Yesterday, he wrote a typical post about Wayfinding, which is finding out from a location feed on your mobile where you [...]
Links for November 22
- Europe’s Mobile Market Penetration is Set to Breach 100% in 2006 or Early 2007 (Business Wire) – FOCUS: 3G Breakthrough In Europe Not Seen This Christmas (Yahoo) – Takara Phone Opener flips your lid for you (Engadget) – Huawei Signs Global Supplier Deal With Vodafone (Cellular-News) – Huawei to fund Smart Telecom’s 3G network [...]
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