Archive for the 'Mobility' Category

Multi-modal and iPhone presentation slides from last MobileMonday Austin

A number of people have been asking for Michael's slides from last MoMo Austin event titled Multi-modal and iPhone; how to adapt web applications in ...

60% of Americans feel uneasy about Web site personalization

I stumbled upon an interesting article that while I'm not surprised by its findings, it is relevant to recent discussions on personalization and critical mass ...

Upcoming SymbianOS Bootcamp in Austin, TX

For those who would like to learn about the SymbianOS, the operating system that powers the advanced handsets from Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson, Austin-based ...

Tomi T. Ahonen on Data-mining, identity, digital footprint, and social context

If there is a person who truly gets mobility today, and where it is (or should be) headed to, that is Tomi T. Ahonen, best-seller ...

Google’s Android ‘designed to drive fragmentation’

According to Sanjay Jha, chief operating officer of Qualcomm's chipset division QCT: "Google wants fragmentation in the industry [and] is putting a lot of resources behind ...

On Personalization and Critical Mass

Image Source Fox news Ajit Jaokar wrote an interesting piece titled Personalization is not a substitute for critical mass - from Zagme to Blyk, where he ...

Reasons Why The Mobile/Wireless Usage Boom Is Underway

The Motorola Dyna-Tac, 1973. Specs: 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches, 2.5 pounds, 35 minutes of talk time. While not fully consumed, a transformation that started ...

Rumor: Citigroup developing branded NFC phone

It's all over the web, that according to a report filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Citigroup is working on Citi-branded NFC mobile phone... The ...

Estimated Total U.S. Subscriber Growth 1985-2007 According to CTIA

Below is very interesting data according to CTIA as of December 31, 2007. Impressive U.S. subscriber growth! YEAR SUBSCRIBERS 1985 340,213 1990 5,283,055 1995 33,785,661 2000 109,478,031 2005 207,896,198 2007 255,395,599 If we assume 20% of 2007 subs have data ...

Phone program helps break communication barriers

When I started eZee, to survive pay the bills, I helped (consulted for) other startups with their products. One of those companies was Edioma. And ...

Michael Yuan at TheServerSide Java Symposium (TSSJS)

Michael is presenting (today) at TSSJS! eZee inc. developer Michael Yuan is giving a technical presentation at the TheServerSide Java Symposium (TSSJS) this week in Las ...

UIQ Technology continues to push forward

UIQ continues to push forward, with its latest version UIQ 3.3. UIQ 3.3 based on Symbian OS v 9.3, includes support for Java MSA platform ...

Mobile Content Consumption: iPhone, Smartphone and Total Market for January 2008 (M:Metrics)

Earlier this month, M:Metrics released some interesting numbers on Mobile Content Consumption: iPhone, Smartphone and Total Market for January 2008: US EU FR DE IT ES UK Total mobile subscribers (13+) 219m 220.5m 45.5m 48.5m 46.5m 33.5m 46.5m Watched video 4.6% 5.5% 5.3% 2.8% 6.7% 8.1% 5.6% Listened to ...

Motorola, the split, and an open letter by an insider

Earlier today William Volk shared a link to the article Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a technology icon, a letter by Numair ...

GoMo News on Wheels at CTIA 2008!

For those attending CTIA 2008, Debi Jones (aka Mobile Jones), who runs the US efforts for GoMo News, is producing GoMo News on Wheels! at ...