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pfhagermark

pfhagermark has written 106 posts for Mobiletribe

Why mobile cloud computing is not hype

Mobile cloud computing. Another hype term? Well, lately I have realised I use more services in the Cloud even from my phone. Mail is obvious, but lately also access to all my workfiles in the Cloud. I had a rela life/hard experience of this last Firday when my hard drive on my MacBookPro crashed while [...]

How strong is the radiation from your phone?

After my post the other week on how dangerous mobile phones really are I went digging for some more information on the radiation from mobile phones. I found this from Evironmental Working Group. They keep track of all US phones. Lists updated after new findings and research so good idea to bookmark if you find [...]

Are iPhone users the worst target for mobile advertising?

We hear mobile internet is growing fast. We hear iPhone users are driving this. Mobile advertising is another area where numbers for iPhone are huge, or so every one says. Hold it. Enter new studies.  Wireless week just wrote about a new study by Chitika, a US-based online advertsing firm, points to really low CTR, [...]

Augmented Reality is the missing piece

‘Reilly: Web 2.0 gives way to “Web Squared” The combination of social networking with augmented reality and other technologies will move the Web into its next phase of development, dubbed “Web Squared,” write Tim O’Reilly and Jennifer Pahlka. The pair suggest this new era will be marked by social-network technologies that can interface with the [...]

Do mobile phones kill?

I just came across another article here reminding me of the Big Question we get som many different and non-answers to. I can’t help drawing parallels to the financial crisis. People saw the dangers in what was going on but as long as there was no crash nobody dared to blow the whistle. Is it [...]

The real numbers on ARPU are out!

We know that penetration rates over 100% really means that individuals have multiple SIM cards. Most ARPU reports have not accounted for this though and we have actually seen a lower ARPU number in reports. Wireless Intelligence has done a study trying to estimate the real ARPU. It shows the following: – Revenue per real [...]

How do you price stuff nobody really needs?

So, confession time: How many services and apps out there do you really need? How many do you really use? I saw some number that the average number of downloaded apps for the iPhone is 10. That’s on what is supposedly the runaway success story for sales of apps and mobile content. In a way [...]

Positive sign – Apple lets Spotify up on the AppStore

In my post a while ago I feared Apple was entering the Dark Side. Well, Google Voice is still not live, but Spotify was let up, with caching for offline play mode as well. Pretty head on iTunes competition there. Good! In a free world we can have more fun and we get the best [...]

Apple stepping over to the Dark Side?

During recent days there has been much said about Apple’s weird decision to not launch Google Voice for iPhone. Comments and reactions can be read here and here. Even the FCC has raised an inquiry into this sending Apple a letter with six questions. Read about it here. Apple used to be the User’s White [...]

Vodafone not live anymore?

Reports show that Vodafone is loosing market share in major markets. At the same time the multi million EUR project Live! is being dumped. 150 m EUR is a number we often hear when it comes to the total marketing investment in Live! How long does it take to build a household brand and great [...]