As we move into that Predictions time of the year, it’s worth just reviewing how I did on my thoughts of what 2008 would hold. It’s worth just saying that these things have a habit of sounding a little bleeding obvious now they’ve happened. But it’s not that easy – go on try it yourself [...]
What Will Happen in 2009?
by Russell Buckley on 02. Dec, 2008 in Predictions
It’s become something of a MobHappy tradition to do our predictions for the New Year and I’m sure we’ll be doing the same thing towards the end of 2008. A quick look at our predictions for this year also indicates that the boys have done good again, but we’ll be reviewing them in due course [...]
Mobile Will be Big (Official!)
by Russell Buckley on 26. May, 2008 in Predictions
I meant to post about this last week, but a hectic schedule prevented me. So, sorry if you’ve read about it already. The Churchill Club, is a prestigious Silicon Valley tech forum, well known (among other things) for its Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Debate. This year, the panel consisted of VC luminaries Steve Jurvetson, [...]
2008 Predictions 7, 8 and 9 and 10
by Russell Buckley on 03. Jan, 2008 in Predictions
I realise that I scarpered off to enjoy the holiday season, while leaving you on tenterhooks about my final 2008 predictions. So here goes: Prediction 7 – Mobile Video Take Off I’m not suggesting that Mobile TV will happen this year (far from it) or that we’ll be watching full length movies on our phones. [...]
2008 Predictions 4, 5 and 6
by Russell Buckley on 21. Dec, 2007 in Predictions
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 [...]
2008 Predictions 1, 2 and 3
by Russell Buckley on 20. Dec, 2007 in Predictions
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 [...]
Predictions for 2008
by Carlo Longino on 19. Dec, 2007 in Predictions
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 [...]
Predictions Reviewed
by Russell Buckley on 18. Dec, 2007 in Predictions
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
by Carlo Longino on 18. Dec, 2007 in Predictions
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 [...]
Privacy Backlash
by Russell Buckley on 07. Dec, 2007 in Analysis, Predictions
At the German Mobile Monday Summit this week, I was asked to preview MobHappy’s predictions for 2008. Watch this space for the full gamut in due course, but one of them was that a big Buzzword next year would be “Privacy” as people suddenly wake up to what’s actually happening in our world. To be [...]

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