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Week 14 - CTIA Wireless 2008 Preview, Nokia and Navteq halted by EU, Rummors about Apple’s iPhone 3G version may not be true and New Mobile Services launched during the week
Preview of CTIA Wireless 2008 Las Vegas
It's that time of the year when CTIA Wireless, the big U.S.-based wireless show, is getting ready to kick off. I'll be heading down on Monday to Las Vegas to start covering the event as part of Audible’s crew early as Monday evening when Billboard holds its annual Mobile Entertainment Live event.
Next week, the stars will align for a few companies and some big deals and products will be announced just as the ink is drying ... << MORE >>
It's that time of the year when CTIA Wireless, the big U.S.-based wireless show, is getting ready to kick off. I'll be heading down on Monday to Las Vegas to start covering the event as part of Audible’s crew early as Monday evening when Billboard holds its annual Mobile Entertainment Live event.
Next week, the stars will align for a few companies and some big deals and products will be announced just as the ink is drying ... << MORE >>
Mid-Week Alert - Motorola's spin-off and its impact on Mobile Content Evolution
The significance of Motorola's spin-off in today's mobile content market
How could Motorola's spin-off of its mobile devices unit affect the mobile content industry? In today's conference call on the split, CEO Greg Brown noted that "customers want to see Motorola succeed for competitive reasons." Brown, of course, was alluding to the overwhelming dominance that its Finnish rival Nokia now enjoys in the handset market: 40 percent and growing. Nokia is trailed by Samsung which, in second place, only manages 14 percent, not even half of Nokia's share. Motorola, meanwhile, is in third at 12 percent.
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How could Motorola's spin-off of its mobile devices unit affect the mobile content industry? In today's conference call on the split, CEO Greg Brown noted that "customers want to see Motorola succeed for competitive reasons." Brown, of course, was alluding to the overwhelming dominance that its Finnish rival Nokia now enjoys in the handset market: 40 percent and growing. Nokia is trailed by Samsung which, in second place, only manages 14 percent, not even half of Nokia's share. Motorola, meanwhile, is in third at 12 percent.
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Week 13: Porsche Design’s $2,500 mobile phone, Mobile advertising platforms gaining momentum (i.e. dollars), China confirms its untapped digital content market opportunities and Madonna to release new album via mobile.
Top of the class or just a hipe?
Last week, EMobile Exponent presented the first Porsche Design Mobile Phone, the P’9521 to members of the local automotive, IT and lifestyle press and the Porsche Club of the Philippines.
The P’9521, which combines purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum and mineral glass is a collaborative work of Porsche Design Group of Stuttgart, Germany and France based Sagem Mobiles.
The P’9521 features a fingerprint reader, which clearly identifies the user and thus ensures secure access to personal data. In addition, individual fingerprints can be assigned to particular ... << MORE >>
Last week, EMobile Exponent presented the first Porsche Design Mobile Phone, the P’9521 to members of the local automotive, IT and lifestyle press and the Porsche Club of the Philippines.
The P’9521, which combines purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum and mineral glass is a collaborative work of Porsche Design Group of Stuttgart, Germany and France based Sagem Mobiles.
The P’9521 features a fingerprint reader, which clearly identifies the user and thus ensures secure access to personal data. In addition, individual fingerprints can be assigned to particular ... << MORE >>
Week 12: Mobile TV expands rapidly, Napster tries the impossible a.k.a. O2 and Ericsson, DRM free services spread to Blackberry
Mobile TV - Get ready!
As we are ready to start the second quarter of 2008, we have been overwhelmed by the number of announcements and reports related to Mobile TV growth and the significance of this trend.
Only in Japan the number of users of such services tops the 20 millions (see links below).
First of all you may ask what really means Mobile TV. Mobile TV is television service delivered to subscribers via mobile telecommunications networks, such as the mobile phone carriers. Historically, South Korea was at the forefront of this developing sector and BT in the United Kingdom was the first company outside Korea ...<< MORE >>