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Mind the gap: mobile consumers want more control over the mobile experience

By pfhagermark ⋅ March 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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, [...]

Crash and burn?

By pfhagermark ⋅ March 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It is Monday. New week. New possibilities. Or not? Some reports are predicting the imminent collapse of the mobile industry. Craig Moffett for instance. He is an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. He is afraid that slow growth or decrease in subscriber numbers will tempt mobile operators start price wars. Read it all here. [...]

Why do we make phone calls?

By pfhagermark ⋅ February 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

2009 what-ifs

By pfhagermark ⋅ January 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I do not find it very useful to extrapolate trends into the new year and making more or less safe bets about what will happen. I am not saying they are bad. A few good ones are found at Mobhappy and MEF. For my own businesses though I find it much more useful to run [...]

On-deck content and apps R.I.P.?

By pfhagermark ⋅ December 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This is not news. Rather facts that are creeping up on the industry. The mobile phone operators own portals are loosing attraction among consumers. It is still a huge destination but the growth is not there. In recent months the operators I meet with keep telling me about their projects to make money on other [...]

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