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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.
All opinions you read here are my own and are not necessarily those of my employer. See my About and my Legal pages.
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Category Archives: Mobility
Follow up discussion on Apple and NFC; Oh and Nokia
Back at Forum Oxford a lot of interesting debates occur. The topic on Apple and NFC is no exception. Being a European forum is no surprise how many Nokia fans get all ticked off about Apple, because things like NFC … Continue reading
Apple and NFC — iPhone will trigger the Mobile RFID/NFC revolution
There is a lot of noise/rumors about Apple and NFC after Apple’s hiring of NFC expert sparks digital wallet rumors. NFC is one of those technologies that I have written quite a bit about (see my NFC/Touch page) and that … Continue reading
Guidelines and Best Practices for Handling Sensitive Data
Back in 2003-2004 I helped create one of the firsts location-based solutions for mobile called WorkTrack (San Francisco startup Aligo later acquired by Corrigo). Such experience helped raise my level of awareness when it comes to location (and any sensitive) … Continue reading
The BlackBerry Ban Debacle and General Implications
And the world has suddenly gone paranoid and/or Big-Brother with RIM: In the UAE where “The issue … against BlackBerry’s super-secure encrypted services” (Reuters); In India where “Indian officials say they need to be able to intercept BlackBerry messages” (Information … Continue reading
What is next and a continuation on the theme of convergence and reasons for a mobile boom
On my previous post, Looking back — Local faster, fresher, better…, a flashback, I wrote about after how in the last 3-4 years Mobility has reached a state of adoption and commoditization that many of us have been preaching for years now. Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, convergence, future, Handsets, innovation, lifestyle, mobile, networks, next, smartphones
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Looking back — Local faster, fresher, better…
While cleaning up my blog I encountered an old blog of mine from 2007 and 2008, before iPhone native apps became mainstream. And I am not surprised at all about how things had turned out — exactly as I was … Continue reading
So what is or should be Microsoft’s strategy for mobile?
So it has begun, Microsoft announced that slowing (killing) the KIN product: “We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating … Continue reading
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists: COM #227 — Smartphone Stats; Android’s Lead; Mobile Future Event; Developer Issue Survey & Voting Campaigns For Impact
Read this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists at MSearchGroove (MSG), this week’s topics are a balanced mix of must-read posts and rants that include Smartphone Stats, Android’s Lead, Mobile Future Event, Developer Issue Survey & Voting Campaigns For Impact… Enjoy! … Continue reading
Posted in Mobility
Tagged carnival of the mobilists, Events, Mobile Content, Mobile Social Networking, Usability, White Papers
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On the new Java Verified Testing for Java ME Simple Apps
First, let me start by including here the formal definition of the Java Verified program: What is Java Verified? Java Verified is the industry-recognised Java testing and signing programme. Developers take their Java ME apps through a testing, signing and … Continue reading
On App-Specific (Customer) Support | Developer Survey
For many years I’ve been heavily involved on the mobile application aspects of mobility; the app layer and the network layers. Most recently I’ve been spending quite a bit of time managing the development of a new product called Mobile … Continue reading
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Tagged application, burden, chetan sharma, costs, customer, developers, mobile broadband, support
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Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Conference and AppCircus
Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Conference, the one day event for developers exploring the future of mobile, is approaching fast on June 17, 2010 in Barcelona. Visit dotOpen to buy tickets to the event. Very cool this year part of Mobile … Continue reading
The mobile handset as a platform for solving complex computational problems
Today I saw a short video that shows how powerful the mobile handset continues to become, in this case solving a Rubik’s Cube in seconds by using image capture, advanced algorithms and a powerful mobile platform, a Motorola Droid. The … Continue reading
On Reasons Why The Mobile/Wireless Usage Boom is Underway | Part 2
Back in April 2008, around a year after the introduction of the iPhone and Android, I wrote a piece on my blog on the Reasons Why The Mobile/Wireless Usage Boom was Underway, where I introduced the diagram below that highlights … Continue reading
Three Cool Mobile Events on 1st week of May 2010 | The Mobile Web & Widgets, The Business of Location, ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit 2010
There will be three cool mobile events on the first week of May: May 3rd – MobileMonday Austin | Topic: Mobile Web & Widgets May 5th – Rice Alliance – Austin Chapter | Topic: The Business of Location: Making Money … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Austin, mobile, mobilemonday, readwriteweb, rice alliance, summit
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Calling All Developers | Mobile Developer Survey
Our friends at VisionMobile are conducting a mobile developer survey, sponsored by O2 Litmus. The survey close date has been extended to March 26 and the results will be published in Q2 2010. And there are prizes! All participants will … Continue reading
