Mobility

Below are interaction triggers (i.e. initiate an interaction) from within mobile applications. These interaction triggers (or the technologies behind them) show a path or succession, which also implies technology gaps and time-frames to be dealt with, meaning that short-term alternative(s) to “ideal” approaches must be considered. (a) +-> Dial + Voice | (b) +-> Texting … Read more

RIM is sponsoring a party during the Texas Wireless Summit (TWS) and MobileMonday Austin members are invited to attend; click below to see the party’s information: Click to enlarge. You don’t have to be attending the TWS to attend this RIM party, but: You must RSVP to attend. To RSVP send an email to tws@kennedycreative.com. … Read more

I am back to Austin from my trip to the Mobile 2.0 Event in San Francisco… It was a great event overall: the speakers, the attendees, the atmosphere. I enjoyed it very much. Congrats to the organizers! It was great to finally meet many of my peer Mobilists, many who are the mobile practitioners who … Read more

Interesting announcement on Motorola co-owning UIQ together with Sony Ericsson. See the announcement. ceo

I am off to San Francisco for the Mobile 2.0 event. See Rudy’s entry Off to Mobile 2.0 Conference for a good description of the event. I’m looking forward to meeting with my fellow Mobilists while there. ceo

The Argument The argument is that from the user’s perspective, having to download an application kills the experience, and that people just won’t download. Yes, it is a pain to download, but it is not a killer. People will download applications as long as the application brings the right value or makes a difference. A … Read more

(If you don’t see the poll below, please go to the poll in my blog: Poll: I’ve or will have unlimited “texting plan”) You must enable JavaScript to vote in this poll from Pollverize. Update: I changed this poll from Jyte to Pollverize, as Jyte requires to login (I had forgotten that part), making the … Read more

(If you don’t see the poll below, please go to the poll in my blog: Poll: I’ve or will add a “data-plan” to my phone so I can access to Internet or web on my mobile phone) You must enable JavaScript to vote in this poll from Pollverize. Update: I changed this poll from Jyte … Read more

Voice is the primary medium and use for cellphones; no surprise there. It is the primary medium for communication purposes. While voice has great potential as a medium for delivering information, voice is also more intrusive, and linear in nature, thus slower, than the visual representation of the same information. Opposite to this, voice as … Read more

As I look at the landscape today vs. where we are going, the next generation of mobile applications (called it Mobile 2.0) is less about emerging technologies, and is more about emerging uses/applications, and the related business models. There are few “emerging technologies” per se, yet, by bringing many of the current technologies and concepts … Read more