Near-Field (Proximity) Communication in late 2009

Written on Nov, 17, 2009 by ceo | 3 comments

It almost is the end of 2009. And where does near-field proximity communication-based applications stand? From mobile marketing, to customer loyalty, payments and authentication, to information exchange, transportation and health-care. Well, it still stands very far from its full potential. Due to its…

Will the iPhone trigger the Mobile RFID/NFC revolution?

Written on Nov, 13, 2009 by ceo | 1 comment

Will history repeat itself? There was/is the 12 keys keypad cellphone. And few care about Touch. Then came the iPhone. Now everyone loves Touch. There was the operator Deck. Everyone hated the Deck. Then came Apple. And created the App Store. Now everyone…

On-bill App Store Purchases – finally, an operator leveraging their own infrastructure in new ways, on the new era of app stores

Written on Nov, 05, 2009 by ceo | 2 comments

Operators have so much infrastructure already in place and it has taken them so many years to take advantage of it in news ways — to leverage such infrastructure for their own benefit and the benefit of the ecosystem, by repackaging and offering…

Navigation (and maps) the killer app for LBS and Google Maps Nav potential to disrupt the whole Nav systems market

Written on Oct, 29, 2009 by ceo | 3 comments

Yes, navigation and maps is the killer app for LBS. Now it seems that Google Map with support for navigation has the potential to disrupt the whole Nav systems market. And if Google decides to make this new app available…

Motorola announces DROID, the world’s first smartphone powered by Android 2.0

Written on Oct, 28, 2009 by ceo | No comments yet

Today I received this from the Motorola marketing folks, here for your reading pleasure: Motorola today announced DROID, the first device powered by Android 2.0 and features the brainpower and breakneck speed of a modern smartphone. DROID is designed to outperform where other…

RIP my good friend Alberto C. Rafols

Written on Oct, 20, 2009 by ceo | 9 comments

This past weekend was very hard for me. I learned that my very good friend Alberto C. Rafols had just past away. Rest in Peace my good friend… Alberto was more than a good friend, he was my best friend, like a brother,…

On Android, Distribution, Buzz, Pre-insalled apps and Crapware

Written on Oct, 19, 2009 by ceo | 1 comment

Responding to Tomi‘s thread on ForumOxford, where he wrote: “The best phone in the world cannot take the mobile phone market, unless there is distribution.” Yes. Which is exactly why Android seems to me that it will be widely adopted. And it will…

On the the rise of open mobile

Written on Oct, 16, 2009 by ceo | 5 comments

While looking for information on how CTIA 2009 in San Diego went, I found an article by Richard Wong (who is a venture capitalist with Accel Partners) titled on “The rise of open mobile (and congratulations Android team)“. A good article by Richard,…

On Physical and Web Interactions

Written on Oct, 11, 2009 by ceo | 2 comments

I’ve updated my page on Physical and Web Interactions… …where the topic that “Everything around us can be made interactive (and thus is data) and at the center of this is the mobile handset”. See Physical and Web Interactions. ceo

Concepts and Technologies behind Real-time Demand Data – A Consumer, Mobile and Business Perspective

Written on Oct, 09, 2009 by ceo | 3 comments

A continuation of one of my favorite research topics, the mobile context and the meaning of interactions, below is my latest as presented at the 2009 Demand Analytics conference — this time with focus on real-time demand data, the consumer and businesses. The…