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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Transitioning to Mobile 2.0
In the The Future of the Web and Mobile, I introduced a viewpoint on the future of mobility in general with respect to its elements (vs. applications). To get “there” we must understand the elements that comprise the “next” generation … Continue reading
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My US$15 Million has been approved
I've just received an email from Dr. Edward Joseph (joseph_1000e@yahoo.co.uk), from the UK telling me: “This is to inform you that your funds of US$15 Million has been approved for immediate delivery to you” Awesome… All I have to do … Continue reading
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Openwave buys WiderWeb
The other I was talking to an old peer of mine… we worked together at AGEA back in 2000-2002, where we had created (web) content adaption technology. We were too early back then. Then the Bubble burst. So I was … Continue reading
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MSA Claim #1
This is my first attempt using Claims by Jyte. My blog has been notorious for choking when including iframe tags inside the body of a post, so let's see if this go through. Update: Woohoo, it did! Neat. Update2: I … Continue reading
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Porting Java (games) to Flash Lite
Anders @ Abiro points to an article by Adobe on Porting J2ME games to Flash Lite. One of the differences pointed out is the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in Flash Lite, which is something that is coming soon … Continue reading
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The number 5,086
For the younger generation, texting is more important than voice calls. 5,086 is the number of text messages sent (and received) last month by my oldest daughter… a new record at my household. Unlimited text and data plans rule… See … Continue reading
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Vinton Cerf of Google says Mobile phones to fuel Internet growth
Yeap, we have been saying that for a while… Mr. Cerf who is chief Internet evangelist at Google says: “Yet, the Internet only reaches a sixth of the world's population… You will get those other 5.5 billion people only when … Continue reading
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The Future of the Web and Mobile
The Future of Mobile Applications is Multiplatform, Multimodal The Future of Mobile Applications is Multimodal, Context-aware and Social The Future of Mobile Applications is exposing and consuming Services on the Web – The Web as the Platform The Future of … Continue reading
Reminder — MoMo Austin event tonight: The Mobile Lifestyle
Reminder… Join us tonight to learn about the most recent mobile metrics, trends and technologies that define and shape the Mobile Lifestyle. Listen to David Gill, Director at Telephia, Jon Werner, CTO at Bones in Motion, and C. Eric Smith … Continue reading
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Blackberry: always connected, higher productivity, higher-pay, personality traits vs. chained to work and unbalanced work/personal-life
ARS Technica published an article on the results of a survey done by Digital Life America that concluded that Blackberry owners are chained to work; not a big surprise here. “The results were split exactly three ways: a third agreed, … Continue reading
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Flash Lite on 200 Million Handsets. Also, Flash Lite to Support Video
Two press releases by Adobe tell that Flash Enabled Mobile Devices Pass 200 Million, and that Adobe Flash Lite To Support Video for Mobile Handsets… ceo
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Jason on The Secrets of Creating Great Connected Java ME Applications
Read a very good write-up by Jason at Paxmodept, where he covers what writing mobile applications is about… While he is talking about Java ME applications, what he describes really applies to (local) mobile applications in general, and not only … Continue reading
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Global Peer Awards go to Switzerland, France and US
The Global Peer Awards have been awarded. And the honors go to Plazes, Realy Eyes 3D and Mobile Complete… Congrats to all. And it is pretty cool to see Mobile Complete win – three months ago I wrote about Mobile … Continue reading
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3GSM World Congress, Mobile Video, and Hype
At techdirt, Carlo writes 3GSM World Congress: What Happened To The Hype?, where he wrote something that caught my eye: “What's interesting, though, is to see non-broadcast video getting a growing amount of attention as smart companies cotton on to … Continue reading
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