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16.% "innovators" & "early adopters" 34% "early majority" or "pragmatists" 34% "late majority" or "conservatives" 16% "laggards" MVNOs typically target specific demographic profiles. For example, Amp'd and Helio both target young people, Mobile ESPN targets sports fan, and Disney Mobile targets kids and their families. Targeting a specific demographic profile enables focus, but not without … Read more
Cost of Ownership and Walled-Gardens… not a good thing. I previously wrote about how Cost of Ownership (COO) is a stumbling block for the mass adoption of advanced handset services (services beyond text messaging). Combine COO with a closed (walled garden) offering, and the problem is now a compound problem. MVNO Mobile ESPN is a … Read more
This week's Carnival is at Xen Dolev's Xellular Identity. Lot's of topics. Great compilation of entries by Xen… This week also is the Gathering Of The Mobilists @ 3GSM – boy, I wish I could be there with the rest of the gang! Enjoy the Carnival!
I love widgets… they are fun, useful, and when designed properly, very good at what they do, at their specific function. While I personally run Konfabulator, today Yahoo! Widget Engine, I just learned about Opera Widgets… And there are widgets on the Mac, and there will be in the upcoming version of Windows, and there … Read more
The Digital Convergence Initiative Mobile Content Festival is an experiment in film, gaming and application development for mobile devices. Austin, Texas, March 14th, 2006. The DCI is looking to address the current influence of mobile devices on our culture. Mobile devices have had a tremendous effect on our society and we are interested in how … Read more
This week's Carnival is at the Mobile Enterprise Weblog. The Carnival is in its fourteenth week, and this week's topics include: The Gathering of the Mobilists Industry Trends Mobility & Web 2.0 User Behavior Mobile Applications Enjoy the Carnival!
What is keeping users from really taking advantage of the handset's and the network's full potential? What is preventing mass adoption of handsets and related services? It is not the technology… It is not the users… It is not the developers… It is the cost of ownership! For example, today I went to Cingular to … Read more
M:Metrics reports that in the battle of portals in the Mobile Domain, YAHOO! HAS EARLY LEAD… OK, it is very early, early, but today, Yahoo! is the winner… The report also contains other good information/metrics, includng metrics that shows that messaging is still the #1 use/service for mobility handsets (in the U.S.) — no suprises … Read more
This week's Carnival is at Blethers.com. This week's Carnival is packed with great entries, and is definitely growing in size… So join the carnival… The Carnival of the Mobilists is about the best submitted writing on wireless and mobility. The Carnival is hosted at a different mobility website every week. If you’re a blogger, you … Read more
Back in the early and mid 1990s, when I was a young developer, Steve McConnell published some great books: Rapid Development, and Code Complete, both excellent references on writing good, solid code and best practices — these were and still are books that all developers should read… Today I learned about Steve's new book, Code … Read more