Published 9th March
This week the Carnival of the Mobilists #214 – the weekly line-up of the best blogs and bloggers on all things mobile – comes to us via Andy Favell at mobiThinking.
It is fascinating to watch how the digital revolution; and now mobile and m-commerce, impacts different sectors, take gaming, where the business has struck [...]

Published 2nd March
The DUST has settled from this 2010’s mighty industry event – Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona – yet a FRENETIC interest in EVERYTHING mobile remains. Mobile the HOT topic and a MUST have.
For many ORGANISATIONS it almost seems that if mobile is not on the AGENDA someone is going to be held [...]

Published 14th January
The frenzy has started as organisations jostle for a position in the mobile application hall of fame – ‘Local’ is shaping up to be one of the most hotly contested areas. What is it really going to take to make a mark and how ‘Local’ can you go?
The Apple strap-line resonates – [...]

Published 10th December
There were more than 450 million mobile Internet users worldwide in 2009, a number that is expected to more than double by the end of 2013. Driven by the popularity and affordability of mobile phones, smartphones, and other wireless devices, IDC’s Worldwide Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast (an IDC Database service) expects the [...]

Published 21st October
Apple’s push into the mobile market has been interesting – some say a game change – they have certainly shaken the market up, but have they really delivered the results? If only they had sold as many devices as column inches that they have achieved.
There seems to have been a global obsession with [...]

Published 14th October
A fantastic look at the effect of digital technologies on the world we live in. To give you a flavour the quotes specific to mobile:
“The computer in your mobile phone today
is a million times cheaper
and a thousand times more powerful
and about a hundred thousand times smaller
[than the one computer at MIT in 1965]“
 
“So [...]

Published 30th September
I just read this great article by Thom Kennon and thought it would be worthwhile to re-publish it on my blog to spread the word. This is an absolute must read for every marketer. It is a wake-up call for all those who still think that mobile marketing can be “the fifth wheel” of a marketing [...]

Published 21st September
The digital advertising and publishing market is poised for growth, supported by new mobile devices and advances in applications and technology. A new survey from the Audit Bureau of Circulations reveals that print publishers are focusing on the market as a prime opportunity to expand their brands, reach new audiences and generate additional [...]

In this report from a longer programme for BBC Tomorrow’s World, Michael Rodd examines a British prototype for a cordless telephone that allows the user to make calls from anywhere. Also included at the end of this item is a rather nice out-take as Rodd also experiences the first mobile wrong number.
BBC: Tomorrow’s World

Published 11th September
A tour around Nokia World 2009 conference held last week with Rafe Blandford of All About Symbian. Some great coverage as Rafe attempts to emulate Martin Brundle with a walking/talking tour.