mobile apps
Got AppStore strategy? Do you feel lucky punk?
It’s been a while due to lack of time. The main focus for the last weeks has been the launch of a new company and product – Souldate, mobile dating with positioning. Dating is well suited for mobile. With positioning it takes it to the next level. Anyway, now you know why I have been [...]
Mind the gap: mobile consumers want more control over the mobile experience
I just read an interesting study by Zogby at the Skype blog. It puts some numbers on one of the glaring anomalies with mobile media. The consumers is almost treated as an obstacle in the value chain. There is still work to be done when you read facts like these. Note: Study based on 3000 users in US, UK, [...]
App Store – the new black?
In the aftermath of MWC and the build up to CTIA you would certainly think App Stores are the new black. Apple set off this me-too avalanche of announcements. After Apples app store we have seen Blackberry app world , Android Market, Microsoft\’s Marketplace and Nokia\’s Ovi etc. Will this be a game changer? Maybe. [...]
Note to self: user, user & user
The starting point for developing a mobile service starts in the same place. Everytime. The User. Period. It is obvious and common sense. Not in the mobile industry though. I am glad to see there was a “whistleblower” in action at MWC09 the other week. Steve Bell ex-Motorola is pretty bold but right in his [...]
Why do we make phone calls?
Time to get a bit philosophical about the whole mobile thing. It must be the sun and the early signs of spring here in Provence on my mini-holiday that inspire me to this thinking. Norman Lewis of Wireless Grids asked this brilliant question in the header – Why do we make phone calls? He wants us [...]
More on smart pipes
Back to the subject of smart pipes, that had me going last week. All operators should open up for access to sockets. Then there will be a flood of rapid and stable multi-player games for mobiles. Take casual games. It is a category that has made it big time on the web. Look at companies like King.com [...]
Gmail for mobile 2.0
Yes! Finally an update. First look gives a good impression. I love the offline mode. Check it out at m.google.com/mail. Now it’s beer-thirty and time to start the weekend. Have a nice one!
Mobile gambling – finally!
It seems like a no-brainer that gambling and betting in the mobile will be a significant business. However, murky business practices both in the mobile entertainment world and the Internet gambling world creates what we see today in the financial markets – lack of confidence. If we can get the consumers confidence up then we [...]
Required reading for all developers!
First of all a correction, it is supposedly 100 m downloads now at the AppStore. I finally got time to check out the facts from the latest Apple hoopla. So 100 m downloads in 60 days. Pretty strong. But my follow-up questions on who really makes money there and what the future brings are still [...]
About those 60 m AppStore downloads…
How does the long tail of App Store look? More to the point how does the backlog of apps not yet tester and approved look? What is the cost on average to develop an iPhone app? How many developers have made a profit om their apps? You see where I am heading. Is the AppStore [...]
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