Category Archives: Blogs
Holy Zimbra and Hallelujah Ovi – I need a man!
I am red faced. I am a mobile services expert and am having difficulty with my ovi.files and zimbra on the iPhone.
What is the problem?
So, I get an email about a new Zimbra service for Yahoo for the iPhone and I download it no problem on the PC. Yesterday I also downloaded Ovi Files for [...]
10 million DSL customers: T-Home’s success story in the broadband market
I know its not mobile – but I wanted to rave about Telekom’s T-Home as I have a few very good friends on the team in Germany. Congratulations – Stats below.
- No. 1 in new broadband adds for the seventh consecutive quarter and over – 40 percent market share
- VDSL in 40 cities
- 10 other [...]
Mobile Educational tools or applications for children?
I got roped into being the new English teacher at the local Kindergarten. It is only one hour a week but the thought to teaching 75 kids to sing in English and basic phrases is scary! I also really don’t have the time but just couldn’t bring myself to say no.
I remember writing about Skill [...]
Mobile Entertainment Awards
I am a judge for the Mobile Entertainment Awards in London September 25th 2008.
But I am not the only one there are 400 of us. The judging is due to a different type of “fair”
system in awards judging. So instead of a panel of experts all readers of the insightful Mobile Entertainment Magazine readers get involved.
I [...]
Lunch with Willie Donnelly, Micheal O Foghlu and Barry Downes of the TSSG and WIT
OK. If you don’t know who Willie Donnelly, Micheal O Foghlu and Barry Downes are – you should.
They are basically at the head of the TSSG and the gurus behind the Waterford Institute of Technology (which is soon to become a University). Michael (pronounced MiHaul) is some sort of Perl Guru and has a history [...]
Xuinet FlashR Developer Challenge
In conjunction with Adobe, Millennial Media and DeviceAnywhere, Xuinet is leading the search for the best in class mobile Flash application. $10,000 in cash and prizes are up for grabs for the most downloads and best in the following categories:
Blogs, forums and social networks
Fun-n-games
Images/slide-shows
Sports
On-the-go-travel, weather, news, etc.
To participate, Flash developers simply download the SDK at [...]
Orange PCs and Livebox
Orange brings out a range of laptop PCs plus a new Livebox to enrich its
Internet access offer
On 21 August 2008, Orange will optimise access to its Internet solutions with:
a range of 3 laptop PCs to facilitate mobile access to the Internet via the Orange Internet and Internet
Everywhere offers,
IT support and assistance solutions, a new, smaller, [...]
Great Mobile Search Marketing from Yahoo! Mobile on the iPhone
Have to say, I got this in my email and I was hooked. What great clear, simple instant marketing for Yahoo! Mobile Search on the iPhone. No downloads no applications very simple instructions and it just looks good.
I am saying this as suddenly all my problems with reading Yahoo! on the iPhone have gone. I [...]
Slow news day
So, I am actually happy that I am in Ireland working on visibility mobile at this time.
Why? Well because this is like the slowest news week of my entire life – my in box is empty and everyone must be on holiday because even my ad campaigns are taking a hit.
So, in the spirit of [...]
Comments on Nuance and SnapIn
Mystery man 1001 sent me an email with some interesting comments on Nuance and SnapIN. He doesn’t want to me named but he made a very interesting point that I missed.
The reason Nuance bought SnapIN is quite simple. Starting with their acquisition of T9, they are diversifying from voice into embedded applications on mobile handsets. [...]
Pitch to GoMo News on Friday 12 September at CTIA! Around the Mobile Jam Session
My favourite US guru in the whole world Raj Singh was the first to sign up to pitch to GoMo News, followed by German Guru Andreas Voller from Liquid Air Lab. Both said that they will be at the Mobile Jam on the Friday – which I now need to sign-up for. I got two [...]
What a day!
I am back in Ireland in Waterford and you will not believe the day I had if I told you. It was a whirlwind of emotion, stress, joy, tears and everything else.
The weather is also terrible so is it the term pathetic fallacy? (nostalgic memories of A Level in English Literature follow). I feel like [...]
What happened to UK customer service in phone shops?
I went into the O2 Shop in Bond Street today. I walked around picked up the most expensive devices. Sharon and Tracey watched me and smiled at me. At one point they even commented on my heels. But did they ask me if I wanted an iPhone 3G. Hell No.
So I went into Vodafone. Hello. [...]
Mobile Search and Mobile Advertising companies tighten belts
Just two links to articles about mobile search and advertising companies that are tightening their strings in order to focus.
http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/39216/Rhythm+New+Media+to+pull+out+of+UK.html
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000372873&fid=942
What we think?
I think that this is going to happen now and is very normal. I don’t think that it is bad thing for the mobile advertising and search market. I think that this is inevitable and [...]
