Back in 1995/6, loads of brand managers suddenly realised that they needed to commission one of those web things. And many paid through the nose for the privilege, as the “right” price wasn’t really known. Fast forward 10 years and many brand managers are equally suddenly realising that they need one of those mobile web [...]
Archive | April, 2007
How To Shoot Your World-Beating Mobile Phone In The Foot
Back in September, when it was announced, I was pretty excited about the Nokia N95, and I stand by my assessment that it’s the most fully-featured device to come out outside Asia — yes, I think it’s better on paper than the iPhone. What’s pretty interesting to me is that lots of people here in [...]
Bluespamming Debate Rages On, Online and at Swedish Beers
We’ve written plenty about Bluespamming in the past, and it never fails to evoke some passionate responses from people on both sides. Helen Keegan’s going over it again on her site, focusing on yet another story touting the success of Bluespamming in apparent conflict with the comments of the people hit by the messages. The [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists 68 Up
Chetan Sharma’s got the 68th edition of The Carnival of the Mobilists up at his Always On Real-Time Access blog, so be sure and check it out for the week’s best writing about mobile. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
Mobile UI Trends: Is More Better?
A couple weeks ago, a couple of new pieces of mobile phone software debuted, both (coincidentally, I think) connected to Microsoft. ZenZui, a company spun out of Microsoft’s research labs that’s developed a new interface for mobile content browsing, and Deepfish, a mobile browser also from the company’s labs. In addition to the Microsoft connection, [...]
China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population
In case you were still wondering why people in the mobile industry remain fascinated with China, here’s a hint: China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population: China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, recently announced that its subscriber base grew to 301 million, surpassing the total population of the United States. Julie Pohlig, senior analyst [...]
Didn’t See This Coming: User-Generated Mobile Porn, With Revenue Sharing
This was pretty inevitable, wasn’t it? MocoNews: User-Generated Meets Mobile Porn, Watch For “Citizen Pornography”: If you’ve got it, flaunt it, so they say. And now PixMeTV gives users a way to earn money for showing it all using their mobiles. The company has launched what it calls a “citizen pornography mobile phone movie platform,” [...]
Off-Portal – There Be Dragons
mBlox, the world’s largest mobile transaction business,¬†have just published some interesting research¬†(registration required) about the world of off-portal, based on questioning 340 mobile users in the UK, France and Germany. An incredible 72% of people, who had previously purchased mobile content, didn’t know they could purchase it anywhere but from their operator. In other words, [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists #67
Wap Review is this week’s host for the Carnival of the Mobilists. Head on over there¬†for the best writing in the last week about all things mobile. If there’s one thing you should read this week, this will be it. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
What is it about Starbucks?
One of the enduring myths about Location Based Services is the so-called “Starbucks Scenario”. You know the one – people write about how you’ll be going down the street and your phone will beep and you’ll see a Starbucks promotion offering you a half price latte if you pop into the store right next to [...]
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