Google clicks in for Mobile

During the past week Google made two significant splashes in the mobile arena. Their much heralded, bombing of middle America with Stealth fighters announced the landing of the “Droid” mobile device. Secondly, their acquisition of the leading U.S. mobile advertising company, Admob for $750M announced the full legitimacy of mobile advertising. When Google speaks, the [...]

Twitter : Getting New Management?

The rumor mill of possible suitors for Twitter blogs, buzzes and Tweets with different theories. The largest speculation, at least in terms of media attention, has Twitter pairing up with either Google or Apple. While these reports are officially unsubstantiated – they did get me to think about what Twitter would be [...]

Open Letter to Madison Avenue

This past week the New York Times had an article about the convergence of contextual advertising and Smart phones. The potential for highly targeted advertising including the use of GPS is a trend I have been discussing in this blog for over a year.
 
The interesting angle in the NY Times piece , “Is [...]

Mobile Content : Case Study for Economic Recovery?

 
The deluge of economic doom and gloom in the news would make Chicken Little seem like a wide-eyed optimist.
Headlines scream at consumers with news like:
-Auto Sales Plunge 45% to 27-Year Low
-Unemployment Rate hits 8.1%, Most Jobs lost in a short time period since they started keeping track in 1939
-Citicorp stock dips below $1
With all of [...]

The Future of Mobile – Without Phone Numbers

The most striking exchange at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was the give and take of jabs between Sol Trujillo , CEO of Telestra and Josh Silverman, CEO of Skype.
Sol represents the mobile business of the present and the past.   Josh is the future.
The rate of innovation and fundamental change in [...]

Mobile Application Stores Change the Game

For years the availability of applications on mobile devices was determined by a handful of executives at wireless companies. They choose what apps got the penthouse placement of being placed on the carriers’ mobile web portal. Placement on the “home-deck” was the Holy Grail for every business development executive.
In recent years, off-deck players have [...]

Apple Beware? Or Not

Two consumer electronic giants are challenging the Apple iPhone momentum. 
I will not use the popular cliche term iPhone killer.  The only way the iPhone will become extinct is if another Asteroid hits our planet.  Lets all settle on the less violent – iPhone competitor.

Here are the competitors:
These companies dominate [...]

Note to the New CEO of Yahoo – Mobile desktop matters

What is your mobile homepage? And does it matter?
The exit of Jerry Yang from Yahoo got me thinking about the implications, if any, it would have for mobile.    In the desktop browser world, the fight for your homepage has been waging for years between Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, AOL, and anyone else who managed to hijack [...]

On July 11th – will the mobile world change forever, again

On July 11th – will the mobile world change forever, again.

  That is the date of next release of the Iphone. The original version has been a form and function success and to a large degree, an important sales vehicle for AT&T.   With enterprise support (exchange), GPS  faster data speeds, and perhaps better battery performance,   the [...]

Wireless for the ADHD Crowd!

Mar 04 By mobileman
As my loyal readers will know, I spend a fair amount of time commuting to and from Manhattan. Part of my commute is via NJ Transit trains. During this one hour per day, I try to find ways to either be productive or amuse myself. Since I carry a wide array of wireless devices, [...]