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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 plans (which I…

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 today I was pleasantly surprised to see in the news the software I wrote for them, Edigo, an…

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 Vegas. TSSJS is a premier developer conference that focuses on enterprise Java technologies. Michael will be there…

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 (JSR 248), as well as a number of Opera-browser goodies, and new messaging-oriented additions. From their annoucement: Focus…

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%…

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 Faraz, who was Geoffrey Frost a personal adviser during his days as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing…

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 CTIA 2008. Debi will be producing LIVE content from CTIA using her N95 over Sprint’s EVDO network at…

Rudy De Waele on Mobile 2.0 revisited

My friend Rudy De Waele has published a revised presentation on Mobile 2.0. It’s a great summary, check it out below. | View | Upload your own ceo

M:Metrics 3 years anniversary, and some good metrics with it

Earlier this month, M:Metrics celebrated their 3rd anniversary; happy birthday M:Metrics. With it they released an interesting set of metrics that compares the last three years of device capabilities and growth: At launch, the mobile content sector was young and promising, with expectations…

On 2D navigation on a mobile screen

Morten Hjerde (Sender 11) wrote a very good piece on 2D navigation on a mobile screen: Navigating large information spaces can be disorienting even on a large screen. On a small screen it should ideally be avoided, but that is not where we…