Monthly Archives: October 2009

Navigation (and maps) the killer app for LBS and Google Maps Nav potential to disrupt the whole Nav systems market

Posted on October 29, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1624 times, 1 so far today

      Yes, navigation and maps is the killer app for LBS. Now it seems that Google Map with support for navigation has the potential to disrupt the whole Nav systems market. And if Google decides to make this … Continue reading →

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Motorola announces DROID, the world’s first smartphone powered by Android 2.0

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1264 times

Today I received this from the Motorola marketing folks, here for your reading pleasure: Motorola today announced DROID, the first device powered by Android 2.0 and features the brainpower and breakneck speed of a modern smartphone. DROID is designed to … Continue reading →

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RIP my good friend Alberto C. Rafols

Posted on October 20, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1282 times, 2 so far today

This past weekend was very hard for me. I learned that my very good friend Alberto C. Rafols had just past away. Rest in Peace my good friend… Alberto was more than a good friend, he was my best friend, … Continue reading →

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On Android, Distribution, Buzz, Pre-insalled apps and Crapware

Posted on October 19, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1202 times

Responding to Tomi‘s thread on ForumOxford, where he wrote: “The best phone in the world cannot take the mobile phone market, unless there is distribution.” Yes. Which is exactly why Android seems to me that it will be widely adopted. … Continue reading →

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On the the rise of open mobile

Posted on October 16, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1852 times, 2 so far today

While looking for information on how CTIA 2009 in San Diego went, I found an article by Richard Wong (who is a venture capitalist with Accel Partners) titled on “The rise of open mobile (and congratulations Android team)“. A good … Continue reading →

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On Physical and Web Interactions

Posted on October 11, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1428 times, 1 so far today

I’ve updated my page on Physical and Web Interactions… …where the topic that “Everything around us can be made interactive (and thus is data) and at the center of this is the mobile handset”. See Physical and Web Interactions. ceo

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Concepts and Technologies behind Real-time Demand Data – A Consumer, Mobile and Business Perspective

Posted on October 9, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 1819 times, 1 so far today

A continuation of one of my favorite research topics, the mobile context and the meaning of interactions, below is my latest as presented at the 2009 Demand Analytics conference — this time with focus on real-time demand data, the consumer … Continue reading →

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On hardware vs. software-based handset differentiation

Posted on October 1, 2009 by ceo | Viewed 2371 times, 1 so far today

Is mobile handset differentiation based on hardware coming to an end? Back in 2007 I wrote a piece on my blog titled: The future of handset design: from hardware to software. And today this is getting more real (and validated) … Continue reading →

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