Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
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 and businesses. The audience was mainly category and brand managers for big consumer packaged goods … Read more
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) than ever. When it comes to mobile handsets the rate of innovation introduced via hardware … Read more
Mike Rowehl and Gregory Gorman are putting together the 4th Annual Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley on October 15-16, 2009: Day One: Business Day: Oct 15, 2009, 08:30am – 07:30pm Grand Hyatt San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Day Two: Developer Day: Oct 16, 2009, 8:30 – 5:30pm Microsoft Conference Center, Mountain View, CA, USA MOBILE … Read more
This week guest post is by Dr. Kiran Mudiam, a long time mobile technologist and a researcher. Here is my take after reading all the letters sent to the FCC. We all know that there are positives and negatives to open and closed App Stores. And not everyone is happy with both models. For example, … Read more
Ajit and team have been organizing The Mobile Application Stores, Strategy and Deployment conference to happen during CTIA WIRELESS I.T. and Entertainment on October 8th 2009, in San Diego. Featured speakers for the event include: William Volk, CEO, PlayScreen Chetan Sharma, CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting Tim Haysom, Chief Marketing Officer,OMTP George Linardos Vice President, Product … Read more
Niklas Zennstrong and Janus Friis, Skype, eBay, Joost, Index Ventures, Volpi, Joltid, investors… There are many opinions floating around the Web, but this case is of interest to me because of the following: 1) Buy vs. License, 2) Due-diligence process, and 3) Core-IP vs. Solutions. What a mess. A mess that could have been avoided … Read more
First, let me acknowledge the last 3 Carnival of the Mobilists: Carnival #189 (Peggy Anne Salz at MSearch Groove), Carnival #190 (Caroline Lewko at WIP JAM) and Carnival # 191 (Phil Barrett at BurningTheBacon.com) for hosting great editions of the Carnival, and for including my entries; I was very happy to see my entry selected … Read more
I put together a SIM Card Overview. It provides quick introduction to SIM Cards, standards, some industry numbers, Java Card, and the Smartcard Web Server, and links to Gemalto tools. SIM Card Overview View more documents from C. Enrique Ortiz. ceo
I’ve written a quick analysis on the Google App Market situation… Looking forward to your feedback/opinions! You can download this article in PDF format. Download The Google App Market – An Analysis (PDF). The Google App Market – An Analysis September 6, 2009 | © 2009 C. Enrique Ortiz — http://CEnriqueOrtiz.com This article is about … Read more