App Stores – from exciting to boring (in just one week)

Written on Mar, 01, 2009 by ceo | 10 comments

When app stores first came out, I was very excited. Finally, I said, all the right pieces, all together, all correctly placed: the integrated catalog that allows for easy application discovery, the download over the air that works, integrated billing/payment, the ecosystem, the…

Mobile World Congress 2009

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

After so many years in mobility, 2009 was my first 3GSM/Mobile World Congress. I always wanted to attend, but couldn’t justify the expenses at the time (being a small startup). It was my first time in Spain as well, “La Madre Patria” as…

Great MobileMonday Austin Feb 2009 – thanks to our sponsors and speakers

Written on Feb, 26, 2009 by ceo | 2 comments

Last Monday Feb 23rd we had our MobileMonday Austin meeting. The topic was “Rich Local Applications and Applications Stores”. The meeting started with David Gill of Nielsen Mobile who gave an excellent presentation on industry metrics on mobile applications and usage. This was…

Carnival of the Mobilists No. 160

Written on Feb, 12, 2009 by ceo | No comments yet

If you haven’t yet, check out this week’s Carnival at AllAboutiPhone.net. Great set of posts, including Tomi Ahonen’s great post on the size of the mobile industry. Thanks to the hosts for including my entry on NFC. ceo

Wordle for About Mobility

Written on Feb, 10, 2009 by ceo | No comments yet

On Nokia’s App Store Strategy

Written on Feb, 10, 2009 by ceo | 3 comments

As you may know, there are rumors of Nokia getting ready to launch their very own app store. This is an interesting (but necessary) move by Nokia, a company that traditionally has been very careful about not “crossing the line” into their customers…

Updated Near-Field Communication (NFC) Page

Written on Feb, 07, 2009 by ceo | No comments yet

In response to @AjitJaokar at ForumOxford, I’ve updated my page on NFC to further explain NFC vs. RFID as well as the elements of a Java-based NFC mobile application; see NFC/Touch Page. “RFID” is a broad term that refers to Radio frequency ID.…

MobileMonday Austin – Feb 23rd – Rich/Local Apps and App Stores

Written on Feb, 04, 2009 by ceo | No comments yet

Mark your calendars… Please register for the event at http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/web/event-feb-23-2009 (so we have a headcount to go by). The next MobileMonday Austin is scheduled for Feb 23rd. The topic is on rich/local applications and App Stores. We will have industry/market and information on…

The “WAP Gap” All Over Again – W3C, HTTPS and Transcoding

Written on Jan, 29, 2009 by ceo | 6 comments

The other day Luca Passani sent me an email pointing me to a very important discussion that had been happening at the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group WG. The discussion is around Transcoding of web content and HTTPS -or- justifying breaking…

Meet at Mobile World Congress 2009

Written on Jan, 25, 2009 by ceo | No comments yet

For those attending Mobile World Congress 2009: I would love to meet my (virtual) friends, followers and people who I follow, From work perspective, if your company has or will have “end-to-end digital management” needs anywhere in the world from activation to support…