Mobility

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 think it is a “realistic” number, still inflated number for the U.S.), … Read more

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 application that has the potential to help break the communication barrier millions … Read more

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 on enhanced support for operator acceptance – UIQ enables phone manufacturers to … Read more

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 music 6.7% 16.9% 14.7% 15.9% 13.9% … Read more

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 Officer of Motorola. A great, touching, honest letter by Numair. I know … Read more

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 1MBs+ uplink. Live she will be interviewing folks including MTV and MTV … Read more

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

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 high but device capabilities low. For example: United States Subscriber Penetration: Device … Read more

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 are headed. Increased storage capacity and higher bandwidth mean that you can … Read more