Mobility

With this new $20M, it totals $65 million in VC funding since it was founded in 2000. Action Engine is one of the promoters of On-Device Portals (ODP). ODP is a fancy name for an end-to-end mobile application (client on the handset, and services on the Internet) that provides access to information, typically using a … Read more

See Dominique’s Thin and dumb, or fat and smart? Good to see the folks at the W3C Mobile Web Initiative Team understand the future, the importance of the convergence between browser-based and local clients, which is something I have been predicating for a while. As Dominique, I believe the distinction between both will fade over … Read more

Moblin.org is an interesting open source project related to Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). “… an umbrella, open source project focused on the development of Linux for Intel-based devices. To this purpose, moblin.org will host various projects that will provide key elements of community-based projects such as Ubuntu’s Mobile and Embedded Edition*, and Red Flag’s … Read more

On his blog Russ Beattie writes When is Motorola going to get it together?. It is a good write up that I hope the folks at Motorola read. From my perspective, we all know that Motorola is right now going through tough times. We live on an era where cutting-edge technology innovation is key to … Read more

Related to operators dumping i-mode, Jason writes Why i-mode is Bad For The Mobile Internet with a good summary on some of the reasons why i-mode fails to succeed outside Japan today… Another reason is that I believe the success of i-mode in Japan has a lot to do with culture, which is why it … Read more

See: The Mobile Context

On his blog Mike Rowehl wrote Growing and Managing Off-Portal Communities, where he quotes Dave Harper: “If it doesn’t work on 1 billion phones, don’t bother with it. No rich media experience, all through the browser.” Interesting thought it is… What if flip this? By this I mean, about rich (or thick) mobile clients leveraging … Read more

Earlier today I managed to go to the Apple store here in Austin, where I played with an iPhone (and where the iPhone sold out)… While I've decided to wait a bit longer to get one, I have to admit though that I'm very tempted to get one sooner rather than later! Expensive gadget the … Read more

Some of the best resources for mobile developers are the developer resources provided by handset manufacturers and network providers. One of these developer resources is Vodafone Betavine, a website run by Vodafone's R&D group with the goal of encouraging collaboration in the area of mobile and internet communications. The website contains FAQ, forums, resources for … Read more

A very nice introduction video by Jonathan Green on Jaiku… Jaiku gets it and they have done an excellent job on (the more advanced) Nokia handsets, and with their platform. There are not many (successful) vendors on this mobile social space. But we are going to see new vendors coming along. Some will introduce products … Read more