Continuing my Predictions for next year….
4. First Projection Phones Launched
2008 should see the first projection phones being launched, which will allow you to project whatever’s on your phone screen onto a nearby surface.
As well as being very cool, this is important for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, it might sound odd, but it’s going to [...]
Archive | December, 2007
2008 Predictions 4, 5 and 6
links for 2007-12-21
Mowser: Stop letting Google transcode your content!
(tags: google mobile-web mowser)
Safety top reason for buying children cell phones – Yahoo! News
(tags: stats)
N95 struggles to find itself | The Register
Nokia giveth, Nokia taketh away
(tags: nokia n95)
Nokia wins hearts, minds with breakthrough mobile | Reg Hardware
it’s the 6310i, in case you were wondering
(tags: nokia 6310i)
Europe’s Top [...]
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Keeping Up With The Kids
I’ve come across a couple articles about American kids and their mobile/online behavior. The first comes from USA Today and talks about how young people are using their handsets for shopping. There’s a lot of stuff in there that sounds like vendor hype, but some of the behavioral stuff is worth noting — in particular, [...]
2008 Predictions 1, 2 and 3
Unlike Carlo’s all-at-once approach, I’m splitting my 2008 predictions into bit sized pieces across a few days. Last year, I got 7 out of 10, revised to 8 out of 10 by one generous reader. Let’s see if I can do better.
1. Privacy
I already wrote about this a couple of weeks back if you missed [...]
links for 2007-12-20
Up to ten times faster mobile broadband data rates a step closer to reality
Nokia Siemens Networks has completed the world’s first multi-user field trial in an urban environment using the new Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology that offers mobile data rates up to 173 Megabits per second.
(tags: 4g lte)
Glitches Bug Google’s Android Software – WSJ.com
(tags: [...]
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Predictions for 2008
Hopefully I can do better than 6 out of 10… in any case, here are my predictions for the coming year. Be sure to leave yours in the comments, or link to them on your own blog.
1. Apple won’t grow organic market share by much.
Sure, Apple will sell more phones as it expands the [...]
links for 2007-12-19
SMS Text News » Archives » Bluetooth Car Stereo Offers More Than You Think
(tags: bluetooth mobile-music)
Taptology РTaptu Mobile Search Engine » Blog Archive » Do promotions, coupons and incentive programs have any value on mobile?
(tags: marketing)
Cell phone spending surpasses land lines – Yahoo! News
(tags: stats USA)
Are clicks, inventory and CPMs the new minutes, messages [...]
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Predictions Reviewed
It’s that time of the year again. As we move into the holidays, Carlo and I pick ten predictions for the year ahead for your delight and edification. Even more foolishly, we first review how we got on last year, which is unique, to my knowledge. For instance, even professional analysts aren’t that brave as [...]
It’s Prediction Time Again
It’s nearly the end of the year, which means it’s time yet again for Russell and I to do our now world-famous predictions for the coming year. I’ll kick things off by going over my predictions for 2007, then we’ll follow with our thoughts on 2008 later in the week. I scored 7.5 points out [...]
links for 2007-12-18
Techworld.com – Linux best for smart phones says Torvalds
(tags: mobile-linux mobile-os)
Vodafone Orders Mobile Web Formatting Tools from Openwave
will Voda Spain balls things up like Voda UK?
(tags: vodafone transcoding)
Beyond iPhone, gadgets led year’s mobile developments – Yahoo! News
maybe next year will be “the year of mobile music”… again
(tags: mobile-music)
BlackBerry Maker Picks US Headquarters – washingtonpost.com
setting up [...]
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