Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
If there is a person who truly gets mobility today, and where it is (or should be) headed to, that is Tomi T. Ahonen, best-seller author, lecturer and consultant, who together with Alan Moore, maintains the blog Communities Dominate Brands. Another such individual, visionary is Andreas S. Weigend, of People & Data. Tomi recently wrote … Read more
What is the real meaning of competing in the mobile market today? Well, today it is not about competing for the mobile market… Instead, because the space is still so immature, it’s about competing for its early adopters. In response to the above question, Tomi Ahonen wrote at ForumOxford: Good question. My quick take on … Read more
According to Sanjay Jha, chief operating officer of Qualcomm’s chipset division QCT: “Google wants fragmentation in the industry [and] is putting a lot of resources behind Linux”. Well, yes, sure, adding new platforms results on a more fragmented mobile space; from the developer’s perspective, yet another platform to support. (BTW, Sanjay, this also happened when … Read more
I just found one of my “Using the PIM API for Java ME” articles translated to Spanish. Neat. And whomever translated this, thanks, you did a better job than I would’ve! See: Uso de la API de PIM (Interfaz de Programación de Aplicaciones de Administración de Información Personal) para Java ME, Parte 3 – Consideraciones … Read more
Please note that next MobileMonday Austin session is next Monday, April 14th. Don Podwall (Nokia) will cover the Nokia Web Runtime and Widgets, and Dr. Michael Yuan (eZee inc) will cover Developing Multi-Modal Web Applications. MOBILE MONDAY AUSTIN Where: IC2 Institute, http://www.ic2.utexas.edu Topic: The Nokia Web Runtime, Widgets, and about Developing multi-modal web applications Abstracts: … Read more
Image Source Fox news Ajit Jaokar wrote an interesting piece titled Personalization is not a substitute for critical mass – from Zagme to Blyk, where he shares his views on Personalization with respect to critical mass; a good read. Let me add my views on this important topic… Personalization (the use of context for content-tailoring … Read more
The Motorola Dyna-Tac, 1973. Specs: 9 x 5 x 1.75 inches, 2.5 pounds, 35 minutes of talk time. While not fully consumed, a transformation that started more than 30 years ago is underway. It has been a slow and painful path while the market matures, but it is happening. This transformation is resulting on the … Read more
It’s all over the web, that according to a report filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Citigroup is working on Citi-branded NFC mobile phone… The clash has begun: network carriers vs. financial institutions… And it is great to see someone actually getting serious beyond pure trials. Enough trials! Let’s get real, go to market… … Read more
Alltop is Nononina’s, and of Guy Kawasaki’s, central console of top news websites, as chosen by someone at Nononina: We import the stories of the top news websites and blogs for any given topic and display the headlines of the five most recent stories. When you place the cursor over a headline, we display part … Read more
Very neat… Europe’s ATV first automated docking. 3 April 2008 ESA PR 20-2008. ATV Jules Verne, the European Space Agency’s first resupply and reboost vehicle, has successfully performed a fully automated docking with the International Space Station (ISS). This docking marks the beginning of Jules Verne’s main servicing mission to deliver cargo, propellant, water, oxygen … Read more