It is inevitable, and with the launch of a closed beat for mobile AdSense, the market for advertising on smartphones is going to explode over the next few months. Looking ahead, eMarketer is predicting that roughly 17% ($2.4 billion) of the world's advertising budget is going to be via mobile devices come 2011.
Yesterday saw the Royal Court in London place a temporary injunction on T-Mobile to force them to conenct T-Mobile Customers to users of the Truphone VoIP service. The reason for the dispute? Termination fees. This is the amount that Truphone would charge T-mobile when a T-Mobile user calls a Truphone user.
Created for users of Three’s Xmobile data package of phones and data (X-Series), but available to all on the web (http://next.three.com/) and on mobile devices (http://3next.mobi/), 3neXt is a newly opened portal designed to highlight online services, mobile compatible websites for end users. Launching with seven recommended pieces of software, including Jaiku and Shozu.
Ultra convergence, as exemplified in the Nokia N95, is a topic I've commented on in the past, and not always in a positive way. Read on for some thoughts on the recent v12 firmware upgrade and a link to a very relevant essay...
Just in case you've not been following young Texan Stefan Constantinescu's one-way emigration to Finland in order to be closer to Nokia, here's the latest instalment, detailing his day out at Nokia HQ.
Which smartphones would some of the best known names in the smartphone world really recommend, if they were only allowed one device and had to stick with it for an entire year? Find out here, I've been asking around....! I found the answers interesting and I hope you will too.
Ah, the Motorola RIZR Z8 goodness keeps on coming... Rafe's Z8 review part 4 is just round the corner, rounding things off and summing the device up, but in the meantime, it's the UIQ 3-powered video star of Smartphones Show 37, out now on YouTube and in MP4 format. There's also a peek in the Litchfield gadget bag...
First time poster in this week's Carnival of the Mobilists, as Symbiano-Tek takes the reins and points towards a number of interesting pieces around the world last week, including... Mobile IM Payments, The UI Difference and why people want change, a look at some Apple discussion, and this week's best post is flagged up as a premier article on mobile software. Congratulations all round!
Ultra convergence, as exemplified in the Nokia N95, is a topic I've commented on in the past, and not always in a positive way. Read on for some thoughts on the recent v12 firmware upgrade and a link to a very relevant essay...
