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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Archive of posts published in the specified Month

Mobile World Congress 2009

After so many years in mobility, 2009 was my first 3GSM/Mobile World Congress. I always wanted to attend, but couldn’t justify the expenses at the time (being a small startup). It was my first time in Spain as well, “La Madre Patria” as…

Great MobileMonday Austin Feb 2009 – thanks to our sponsors and speakers

Last Monday Feb 23rd we had our MobileMonday Austin meeting. The topic was “Rich Local Applications and Applications Stores”. The meeting started with David Gill of Nielsen Mobile who gave an excellent presentation on industry metrics on mobile applications and usage. This was…

Carnival of the Mobilists No. 160

If you haven’t yet, check out this week’s Carnival at AllAboutiPhone.net. Great set of posts, including Tomi Ahonen’s great post on the size of the mobile industry. Thanks to the hosts for including my entry on NFC. ceo

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On Nokia’s App Store Strategy

As you may know, there are rumors of Nokia getting ready to launch their very own app store. This is an interesting (but necessary) move by Nokia, a company that traditionally has been very careful about not “crossing the line” into their customers…

Updated Near-Field Communication (NFC) Page

In response to @AjitJaokar at ForumOxford, I’ve updated my page on NFC to further explain NFC vs. RFID as well as the elements of a Java-based NFC mobile application; see NFC/Touch Page. “RFID” is a broad term that refers to Radio frequency ID.…

MobileMonday Austin – Feb 23rd – Rich/Local Apps and App Stores

Mark your calendars… Please register for the event at http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/web/event-feb-23-2009 (so we have a headcount to go by). The next MobileMonday Austin is scheduled for Feb 23rd. The topic is on rich/local applications and App Stores. We will have industry/market and information on…