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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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Category Archives: Mobility
Worldwide and US mobile subscriber penetration (Dec 2008)
Worldwide Mobile Subscriber Penetration With 42% penetration in 2008 and 53% penetration by 2014 worldwide. US Mobile Subscriber Penetration With 88% penetration in 2008 and 104% penetration by 2014 in the United States. The above numbers for the US matches … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, Frost & Sullivan, mobile, penetration, subscriber, US, Worldwide
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On Texting Usage in the USA (PEW Internet Project)
A recent report by the PEW Internet Project titled Networked Workers reveals a couple of interesting numbers on texting usage in the USA: General Numbers on Technology Usage by “Networked Workers” 93% own a cell phone, compared with 78% of … Continue reading
Gartner: Worldwide Smartphone Sales Reached Its Lowest Growth Rate, Nokia #1 Smartphone Company in Q3 2008
According to Gartner, worldwide smartphone sales reached its lowest growth rate with 11.5% increase in 3rd quarter of 2008. It also says that Nokia is the #1 smartphone manufacturer/seller: Worldwide smartphone sales to end-users totalled 36.5 million units in the … Continue reading
Goodbye 2008 and welcome 2009 and some predictions on mobility
2008 was a very interesting year for me, with both failures and successes and tons of lessons learned. But life is good. 2009 will be a very interesting year for mobility and handsets and applications. An example of this was … Continue reading
Mobile Consumption Numbers for 3 Months Average Ending August 2008 (M:Metrics)
Interesting numbers from comScore M:Metrics on mobile consumption/usage for 3 months ending August 2008; see press release: comScore Mobile Benchmark Study of Mobile Media Consumption Three Month Average Ending August 2008 vs. Same Period in 2007 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers … Continue reading
Mapping BlackBerry Software Version to Device Model
When writing software for the BlackBerry platform, one of the common questions that come up is “what BB software version (and related JDE) should I be using?” The following helps answer this question: (Source: Introduction to BlackBerry® Java® Development) Not … Continue reading
T-Mobile says Double Opt-In No Longer Required
One small step for T-Mobile, a bigger step for end-users… It would be great if all network providers dropped the “double opt-in” requirements that makes campaign certification (and re-certification over time) a pain in the neck, not to mention expensive. … Continue reading
The gods are being good to Network Operators
…or, the Network Providers/Operators must be having a blast. The network providers are doing just fine… new cool handsets here and there, handset exclusivity on certain networks, message usage is up, data consumption is up, new services are coming up, … Continue reading
The iPhone and Android Platforms as Validators
The iPhone and Android platforms have validated a number of things; below is a list with some of such things: iPhone: Applications are at the center of next generation of handsets. That software, not hardware, is the main driver and … Continue reading
App Stores are the New Deck
Andrea Trasatti wrote that Everyone wants an App Store these days. Yes, very true. I was talking about this with Brian Fling at Mobile 2.0. Apple, Google, BlackBerry. The number of independent vendors. Next, network operators… App Stores are the … Continue reading
The Problem with OTA Updates
Over-the-Air (OTA) updates make sense; no need to connect to the PC to download needed updates. At least that is the theory… In practicality, OTA updates translate to delays, sometimes for weeks. Because OTA updates burn resources, here I refer … Continue reading
Motorola, the Recession, Android, what about MIDP3, and the potential for good things to come
From Recession Delays Motorola Cellphone Spinoff, More Cuts Coming (MOT) (Sillicon Alley Insider): 8:24 Have had too much complexity. Today over 20 combinations of software, silicon, and UI platforms. This has resulted in high costs and portfolio gaps in 3G, … Continue reading
Mobile 2.0 Event on Nov 3rd in San Francisco
A reminder that next Monday Nov 3rd is the 2008 Mobile 2.0 event in San Francisco. The event has two tracks, a day long Business/VC-oriented track and a Builder Track in the afternoon. I’ll be charing the first panel of … Continue reading
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Two quotes from Texas Wireless Summit that I can’t disagree with
Following Dean Terry (therefore) via Twitter, two interesting quotes caught me eye… as I couldn’t agree more: Mark Louison (Nokia): …user friendly, useful, beautiful applications will drive the entire mobile space – not hardware, bandwidth, etc. Roland Shah (Ericsson): …the … Continue reading
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Texas Wireless Summit 14-16 October 2008 – Register now and get $200 off
The Texas Wireless Summit, organized by the Austin Wireless Alliance is in two weeks, October 14-16, 2008. You can register at http://www.twsummit.com/register/ to attend and interact with industry leaders and learn about the future of the wireless industry. As a … Continue reading
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