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Mobile has to show its green side!

By ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I continue my short series of telecom and wireless in a larger perspective than just mobile entertainment and apps. It must be the effect of watching our garden explode with new life again that triggers this.   In the environmetal debate the mobile industry is not very present. Despite the graduation from only offering token “green [...]

App Store – the new black?

By ⋅ March 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By ⋅ March 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

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 [...]

Are mobile operators becoming irrelevant?

By ⋅ February 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t know about you, but in my quest to develop new services and revenue streams I spend amazingly little time talking with mobile operators these days. I say amazingly since I thought I would spend more time with them, since they are such an essential part of the ecosystem. I see that as a [...]

Bebo pushing mobile

By ⋅ February 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Will 2009 be the year when the established web communities make it big in mobile? We read in Mobilenews and other sources listed below about Bebo‘s push to reach more mobile users. In addition to that we have the rumours that Facebook and Nokia will get cosy with each other as most recetly reported by [...]

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