Mobility

Shawn from Intercasting has a very nice piece where he summarizes his trip to Europe. One of the excellent points that he makes on his blog reads: “Communication and Community are the future of data apps” and “Carriers and customers want applications that extend and enhance communication” Man, and he is so right. He is … Read more

The much anticipated Mobile Operational Management (JSR 232) early draft has been published… Well, hm, I knew it was going to leverage OSGi, but I was not expecting for it to be 100% OSGi!!! In other words, MOM is OSGi Mobile R4!!! Not sure yet if that is a good or bad thing for mobility … Read more

For a while I have been writing that mobility and handsets is first and most about communication… And even yesterday I wrote about this, and about taking messaging to the next level – there is still a lot to innovate on this area. Today I read about BubbleTalk… and this is the kind of things … Read more

Interesting article Cellular Industry Insiders Indifferent To Mobile Data, about how people who work in the wireless industry is not putting in practice what they preach… i.e. not downloaded data (or consuming data services). David Haskins in his blog goes on expanding on the same topic — Surprise! Nobody Cares About Mobile Data. And I … Read more

There is a short but neat article on Mobile Pipeline by Reno Rossetti of Fairchild Semiconductor titled Truly Mobile Devices Need Cordless Power. I have read/studied Nikola Tesla's vision on wireless power – Nikola was ahead of everyone else, ahead of his time, a true genius; much we owe him for his research and work … Read more

“Palm Teams With Microsoft for Smart Phone”… Doesn't that sound just wrong? Palm, one of the innovators on the mobility and PDA space, is an example of bad execution. Execution is what makes or breaks a company… By now, Palm should have been one of the leaders, with their own hardware and software and OS… … Read more

Today I finally hooked-up with a friend, a serial founder and CTO of mobility startup companies, who I haven't talked to for some months now. So I said “hey, so how are things going?” His response “I hate handsets”… And I understand his frustration. Note that he is a very experienced mobility technologist and entrepreneur, … Read more