Mobility

This blog was written back in 2007 — before the days of App Markets. These were the days when Operators totally controlled the Device/Smartphone experience. Android and iPhone were just coming out. One of the next “battlefronts” for mobile application vendors will widgets and the home/idle (standby) screen – who gets to deploy to it, … Read more

Pictured above are, from left to right, Dwipal Desai of youtube.com, Carlo Longino of Techdirt / MobHappy, Michael Sippey, VP Prod at Six Apart Ltd, Daniel Appelquist, Sr Technology Strategist at Vodafone, and Bob Morgan, VP North America at Cognima/ShoZu. The panel discussed their views on the Mobile Web, what is it, challenges and expectations, … Read more

The Bluetooth 2.1 is incorporating NFC. This is a very interesting and smart approach. The core concept is the use of NFC during the “authenticate” pairing interactions, vs. the use of passcodes over Bluetooth itself… the result, a much better and faster usage experience. Very smart indeed. I love it. This is not about Bluetooth … Read more

The wireless networks are carrier-controlled in many facets: access to the networks, the handsets, the pricing, the deck, the mobile user experience. I kind of “laugh” when I read about debates on mobile/wireless networks vs. network neutrality, as I believe that battle was lost on day one; well, that battle was never started, it has … Read more

Pictured above are the LG Prada, the Apple iPhone, the “Google Phone”, and the Meizu M8. Will Palm follow the same trend? I've always been a fan of programmable, dynamic, and reconfigurable user interfaces – flexible graphical user interfaces with touch-screen that allows the display itself to become the center of user interactions; it is … Read more

At the center of mobility is the individual itself. At the center of mobility is what I called People-Centric Computing (PcC). The mobile handset is first and foremost a social artifact: “The mobile handset is, by its own nature, a social artifact; an object made, and used by people to connect with people. This is … Read more

If I were to write a true Mobile 2.0 application, where the mobile and social contexts are at its center, it would be something very similar to Jaiku… If you follow my blog you have seen the importance that I put on the mobile and social contexts within the overall mobile user experience. I've been … Read more

In the The Future of the Web and Mobile, I introduced a viewpoint on the future of mobility in general with respect to its elements (vs. applications). To get “there” we must understand the elements that comprise the “next” generation of mobility, and how to transition to it. In that same piece, I wrote about … Read more

The other I was talking to an old peer of mine… we worked together at AGEA back in 2000-2002, where we had created (web) content adaption technology. We were too early back then. Then the Bubble burst. So I was talking to my buddy about how important content adaption is today, actually more important today … Read more

This is my first attempt using Claims by Jyte. My blog has been notorious for choking when including iframe tags inside the body of a post, so let's see if this go through. Update: Woohoo, it did! Neat. Update2: I wonder if the reason there is such a low participation on this Claim is is … Read more