I just read about a new service on SlashDot, which sounds like it might be pretty useful, although I find the positioning strange – maybe a cultural thing. The service is called SlyDial and you use it to connect you straight to someone’s voice mail, when you don’t want to speak to them in person. [...]
Archive | July, 2008
Advertising Social Contract
I was speaking on a panel a few weeks back, which was an odd mix of folk really, so it was hard for the Chair Lady to involve everyone and maintain some kind of coherence to the discussion. But one of my fellow panelists was some kind of sales person for a tech infrastructure vendor. [...]
Motorola Finds A Scapegoat
Bloomberg.com: Technology: Motorola Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone maker, sued a former executive now working for Apple Inc., accusing him of disclosing its trade secrets to aid in the marketing of Apple’s iPhone. Michael Fenger in March ended an almost six-year career at Motorola where he was a vice president for the company’s mobile- device [...]
You Know You’re A Dork When…
…you go see a great movie (The Dark Knight, in this case), and the most exciting thing you see is a Nokia touchscreen handset. And then you laugh when you see a main character with a years-old 6630 and feel like you’re part of an inside joke, ’cause, damn, what self-respecting movie badass police lieutenant [...]
It’s Not What You’re Selling, It’s How You Sell It
MocoNews has a post on a new report from In-Stat about Google and Apple’s efforts in mobile: First, he said Google is primarily using Android to push its agenda of doing location-based search, and second, the two Bay Area companies are implementing change by marketing and merchandising better, not developing more advanced technology. Let’s focus [...]
Google To Help Solve The Sync Pain Point?
Even though it’s 2008, syncing contacts and other info still sucks. Various pieces of the puzzle are there, but it seems like they rarely all come together. SyncML is great, if you can use somebody like Zyb, and your handset is supported. But there are still far too many handsets that don’t support SyncML, or [...]
Credit Where Credit Is Due… And Where It Isn’t
The iHype continues this morning, with the world’s press breathlessly repeating the Apple PR saying the company sold 1 million iPhones over the weekend. That’s a decent number, and eclipses by far the first-gen model, which El Jobso is keen to remind us took 74 days to hit that model. Of course, selling the new [...]
Mobile Internet For Dummies Now Available
Russell mentioned the book Mobile Internet for Dummies back in May, noting that its release showed just how this mobile thing was taking off. One of the book’s authors, Dan Appelquist, notes that the book is now available. So, to echo Russell’s message from a few months ago, go buy a copy. You can also [...]
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Successful UIs of the Future: Those With The Best Internet Experience
I’ve mentioned before about how I think a key aspect of mobile operating systems of the near future will be the degree to and ease with which they can be customized with user interfaces. I think this is part of what’s behind the recent Symbian move, for instance. But what will also be key will [...]
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