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Ajit and team have been organizing The Mobile Application Stores, Strategy and Deployment conference to happen during CTIA WIRELESS I.T. and Entertainment on October 8th 2009, in San Diego. Featured speakers for the event include: William Volk, CEO, PlayScreen Chetan Sharma, CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting Tim Haysom, Chief Marketing Officer,OMTP George Linardos Vice President, Product … Read more
My buddy Rudy De Waele (m-trends.org, dotOpen, Mobile 2.0 guru) sent me an email about the upcoming PICNIC 2009 event in Amsterdam. PICNIC is a very cool event and Rudy (dotOpen) is organizing the mobile bits of the event. So any startups that would like to demo at the PICNIC event need to apply as … Read more
From: Ovum’s report on Operator strategies for mobile broadband in emerging markets (August 7, 2009) Mobile broadband in emerging markets is a very different proposition to that seen in mature markets. Low fixed-line penetration means that there are opportunities for a myriad of access technologies. In addition, low PC penetration makes the small screen (or … Read more
The Problem: Too many handsets, environments, and differences across platforms The Solution: A single environment/platform for mobile apps There you go, problem solved, no more fragmentation! Google at MobileBeat 2009 Now that the “noise” level has dropped, it is my turn to comment on Google’s (Mr. Vic Gundotra) comment at MobileBeat2009 about mobile apps and … Read more
Feature vs. the Smart-phone. That is the question. There is no straight answer; the lines are blurring too fast. At the end, your definition might be different from mine: Both Feature and Smartphones support voice and data capabilities, including multimedia audio and video, camera, gaming, high-speed networks, GPS and advanced user interfaces. Both are programmable. … Read more
VentureBeat is looking to recognize Mobile innovation at the second annual MobileBeat Top Startup Competition. Last year the awards went to firms such as AdMob and Loopt. This year the competition shifts to mobile applications and services, with 50 finalists to be determined and a final 14 to present live at MobileBeat on Thursday July … Read more
Via @hametner, a couple of handset and Mobile Network Operators (MNO) metrics of interest (USA). Top 5 U.S. smartphones sold in Q1 2009 BlackBerry Curve Apple iPhone 3G BlackBerry Storm BlackBerry Pearl T-Mobile G1 Note that 3 out of 5 are BlackBerry handsets, and that 4 out of 5 are Java handsets! RIM seems to … Read more
A great writeup by Mike Rowehl, Please Don’t Mistake My Apathy For A Lack of Understanding, in response to VentureBeat’s piece iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers. Mike, who is a very experienced mobile developer and technologist in general, writes about his apathy for all the companies and people how now seem to “get … Read more
A reminder that this evening, Sunday March 15 don’t miss the “Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up” at 5:00pm: Event: Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up “Find out about your chance to win £20,000″ What: Informational Meeting Host: Vodfone/Betavine & OMTP Start Time: Sunday, March 15 at 5:00-8:00pm Where: Driskill Hotel Bar To see more … Read more
When I started eZee inc, one of my proudest accomplishments was the great R&D/development team I had. And one of the members of that team was Michael Yuan. Enter Ringful… Since then, Michael went on and started Ringful, a mobile mashup company for voice and mobile messaging applications. Ringful is the creator of apps such … Read more