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Positive sign – Apple lets Spotify up on the AppStore

By ⋅ September 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Media exec note to self on strategy: mobile mobile and mobile

By ⋅ February 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Mobile World Congress is in the midst of its third day. Is the Ericsson party tonight? What deal had that guy from Newbay say he had done last night in the bar? Is there a place to get foot massage nearby? I am sure the questions are many as the mega-over-the-top-exhibition-fatigue sets in. In that environment [...]

SIME08 – Joi Ito missing the point but making one anyway

By ⋅ November 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It was with great excitement I was going to listen to Joi Ito live for the first time. Unfortunately his presentation did not do justice to his message about creative commons. It turned into a history lesson we did not need. In the mobile world creative commons thinking is a huge driver for growth. Content [...]

Challenges to overcome in mobile music

By ⋅ October 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Much of the discussion around how to make mobile music work focus on the business model. “The record labels are too greedy” or “the mobile operators are too greedy” etc. But there is one huge obstacle in the storefront being on a mobile device. We do not have the same search, filtering and recommendation options [...]

Nokia come with music – what's in it for me?

By ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

…said the sales guy/gal in the Carphone Warehouse near you. It is one of the big pieces in the industry now. Nokia try to push iTunes off the throne. Nokia is pissing off the mobile operators and as a response Nokia comes with music is not let into the retail distribution of the big operators [...]

Apples and pears

By ⋅ March 3, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Just had to let off some steam after yet another embarrassing statement from a so called industry expert. An article about how full length music is overtaking ringtones. In it we read that.. “[w]ith some operators now offering full track downloads at a comparable price to iTunes, there is little justification for a ringtone retail [...]

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