This week’s rich instalment of all things mobile is available over at the Skydeck Blog with contributions from John Puterbaugh from Nellymoser lays down a concise yet thorough review of the 700 mhz auction that defines openness, reviews Google’s impact, explains what is at stake, and addresses what it will all mean for the future of [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 28, 2008
in carnival
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Tagged barcelona, broadband, carnival of the mobilists, conference, convergence, davos, Discovery, eric schmidt, google, industry, internet, lbs, Local, location, mobile, mobilists, monday, msearch, mylocation, navigation, search, wireless, world
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Much has been written on the “Davos Effect”, where the musings at this annual event from senior executives of large companies such as Google and Sony actually become true, or at least offer a window into the current thinking or focus of a particular company or industry segment. By now, many of you will have read the [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 27, 2008
in opinion
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Tagged 2008, 3G, advertising, advertisment, broadband, conference, consumer, convergence, creative, davos, Eric, gmm, google, gps, handsets, industry, internet, lbs, location, mapping, marketing, microsoft, mobile, mylocation, navigation, positioning, predictions, privacy, Schmidt, search, social networking, web, wireless
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UPDATE: February 19th 2008: read the guest post over on MSearchGroove.com I first met Peggy Anne Salz at a mobile search and discovery conference in London in March, 2007 and I have been following her Msearchgroove.com blog and business ever since. I believe the site has quickly become the central hub for all things around [...]
I caught the release from Reuters Google CEO bullish on mobile Web advertising which quotes from Eric Schmidt’s speech at Davos. Of interest, and quoting directly from the Reuter’s release… The arrival of a truly mobile Web, offering a new generation of location-based advertising, is set to unleash a “huge revolution”, Google Inc Chief Executive Eric [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 26, 2008
in mobile
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Tagged advertising, conference, davos, Eric, gmm, google, gps, internet, Local, location, mobile, mylocation, positioning, Schmidt, search
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Over at MobiAD news, their topic of the week is one of my posts – using location for mobile advertising. No comments yet – anyone feel like contributing? This will be a hot topic at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
Over at MobHappy which Carlo Longino describes as the “spiritual home” of Carnival of the Mobilists, there is again a wide range of commentary on a range of subjects including… Dennis at WAP Review takes a look at mobile email WAP sites, and wonders why they don’t offer many of the same features as their [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 21, 2008
in carnival
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Tagged 3G, advertising, apple, barcelona, carnival, carnival of the mobilists, conference, convergence, data, dongle, google, gps, handsets, MobHappy, mobilists, wap
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As a non iPhone user, I almost missed the news from Steve Job’s Mac World address that the iPhone would be receiving new firmware. Because I don’t own the device, I have no need to update the firmware, but reading this official Google blog post, something caught my eye. Then over the next few days others [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 20, 2008
in location
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Tagged advertising, apple, google, google my location, gps, iphone, lbs, Local, location, london, mapping, maps, marketing, mobile, mylocation, positioning, skyhook
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Since my recent post on USB dongles vs Coffee shop WIFi Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?, I received a number of follow up posts following the post being published on Carnival of the Mobilists. Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis had a similar theme to his post on Joining the [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 20, 2008
in mobile
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Tagged 3G, 3G stick, broadband, carnival, coffee, dongle, hsdpa, hspa, mobile, mobilists, starbucks, USB, vodafone, WiFi
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Carnival of the Mobilists #106 is up at http://www.xellular.net/2008/01/carnival-106-is.html, hosted by Xen Mendelsohn of Xellular Identity. where you will read a number of interesting articles from thought leaders in the mobile space including… Ajit Jaokar of Open Gardens asks us will P2P IMS applications take off or will there be only Web applications? Very interesting [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 14, 2008
in carnival
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Tagged broadband, carnival, coffee, dongle, identity, IMS, market, mobile, mobilists, p2p, point, starbucks, view, WiFi, wireless, xellular
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While I’d love to be there to hear these interesting speakers, sadly I will be in London on this day, but I thought the event should get some publicity so if you are in Barcelona on Monday 21st January, read on… The first Mobile Monday Madrid of 2008 on January 21, 2008 covers Mobile Advertising. [...]
Over on the excellent MSearch Groove website, Peggy Anne Salz gives us a preview of a very interesting report to be released at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. The real attraction is the Netsize survey, the company’s first-ever online poll of some 1,800 industry professionals. Two key takeouts – respondents to a survey for the Netsize [...]
The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago. I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 9, 2008
in mobile broadband
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Tagged 3, 3G, 3G broadband, bbc, bill thompson, coffee shop, dongle, high speed packet access, hsdpa, london, mobile, starbucks, vodafone, WiFi, WiFi hotspots, WiFi vs 3G
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I have started to contribute to the Carnival of the Mobilists. You can see the latest edition at http://www.mobilepointview.com/2008/01/carnival-of-the.html The posts span a wide range of views and happenings in the mobile space incliuding… Andrew Grill explains why It’s Not Just Privacy Concerns Preventing Mobile Advertising from Taking Off, addressing the convergence of LBS, advertising [...]
UPDATE: This opinion piece appeared in the December 2007 issue of Telecoms Europe. See the article on page 23-24 at http://www.mcubedigital.com/interactive/telecomseurope/25122007/ The battle lines are becoming blurred in today’s telecoms market. Fixed line operators are moving into mobile operator territory with Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) while mobile operators are fighting to take over fixed line [...]
I came across a new site called dopplr.com via another blog reference, and also featured in the Guardian. For those familiar with twitter, which essentially tells you where your friends are and what they are doing, dopplr takes this concept into a business context and allows connected business travellers to share their travel plans – so [...]
