The most convenient way that mobility is getting built into products is through the convergence into the cellphone of capabilities that previously existed as standalone products. That way, those products are now with you and available for your use whenever you need them wherever you go.
Archive for December, 2008
Converged Products: December 31, 2008 Edition
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Love this Table
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Tomi Ahonen has observed that Nokia is now the world’s largest computer manufacturer. He has also provided more details behind the justification for calling smartphones computers and I love this summary table. Read his full post to understand his definitions and enjoy his commentary on it.
Now, tell me again why you don’t think we’re in the Mobility Age?
Enabling Technology: December 26, 2008
Friday, December 26th, 2008The Law of Mobility talks about value increasing with mobility. The impact of this law is being felt because the barriers to building mobility in are being obliterated week after week. Here are examples of technology advances enabling this to happen:
Indicators: December 26, 2008 Edition
Friday, December 26th, 2008More and more, the world around us reflects the growing assumption of the law of mobility. Here are a few indicators of Mobility’s growing importance in our businesses, our lives, and our society:
Business Observations: December 26, 2008 Edition
Friday, December 26th, 2008Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
- Microsoft Tackles the Mobile Browser
- Microsoft’s mobile challenge: creating a browser you can love
- Another $100 Million for Palm From Bono & Pals
- Palm tiptoes high wire with Nova OS in the wings
- Palm Loses Over Half a Billion Dollars in Three Months
- Motorola abandoning Symbian, taking a breather to ramp up Android?
- Wi-Fi: Mobile Feature or Fundamental RAN?
- Future of Mobile is VR…
- Mobility Emerges as an Attractive Cost-Saver in Slower Economy
- The Race to LTE: A Modern Day Tortoise vs. Hare
- Are Cellphones Really Displacing Laptops?
- Wireless providers not immune to economic slowdown: Investor ratings lowered
- 2008 Year in Review: The App Store redefines the mobile user experience
- 2008 Year in Review: Google emerges as a mobile superpower
- 2008 Year in Review: Mobile reshapes social networking–and vice versa
- 2008 Year in Review: Mobile messaging continues to surge
- 2008 Year in Review: The mobile data pendulum swings to the U.S.
- Year in Review: Smartphones ruled in 2008
- 2008 Year in Review: The new Clearwire
- 2008 Year in Review: The 700 MHz auction
- 2008 Year in Review: Verizon Wireless acquires Alltel for $28.1 billion
- 2008 Year in Review: The launch of Android and the open-source operating system wars
- 2008 Year in Review: The iPhone 3G and iPhone clones
- Disposable mobile broadband – my experience
- Android device sales hurting Windows Mobile sales, says HTC exec
- Cut-rate voice services use ad-based models, social networking
- 2008 Top Ten: Clearwire Craziness
- Wireless Built the Notebook Boom
Managing the Danger: December 19, 2008 Edition
Friday, December 19th, 2008Bonus: Purushottam Darshankar describes Scaling Enterprise Mobility deployment against challenges
In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:
Indicators: December 19, 2008 Edition
Friday, December 19th, 2008More and more, the world around us reflects the growing assumption of the law of mobility. Here are a few indicators of Mobility’s growing importance in our businesses, our lives, and our society:
Business Observations: December 19, 2008 Edition
Friday, December 19th, 2008Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
- App Store soars — and takes upstarts with it
- A Bleak Future for Telecom
- Mobile ad rates begin to fall
- Is App Store pricing hindering app development?
- Acer’s $99 netbook can actually cost you $1,540. Should you get it?
- Apple remodels the App Store
- The Smartphone will Dominate Internet Access by 2020
- Nokia: Running in molasses
- Ericsson as handset API broker?
- Palm gets in on the app store game, launches Palm Software Store
- Continuing Symbian Signed Conversation
- Palm looking to “bridge the gap” with Nova OS and device(s)
- A Rebirth in Consumer and Enterprise Mobility?
- Why Trutap was decimated and what can we learn from it ..
- Lessons from Trutap: Part two – Do we need a Zopa like funding model for the Mobile data industry?
- Seven Mass Media –A framework
- Nokia thinks NoTA concept could save 99 percent of handset development costs
- On the Hot Seat with Cox’s Stephen Bye
- The dark side of the open OS handset trend
- Subsidized Laptops With Locked In Wireless Broadband Contracts
- this analogy doesn’t really help
- Recession Hits European Mobile Spend
- Sprint opens their location-based platform to third party developers
- “Third-party pays” mobile data
- 56% of iPhone Surfing Done on Wifi
- Forget Voice, Cable’s Wireless Plans Need Video
- T-Mobile kills off upgrade fees, wants to keep customers
- Five themes for wireless in 2009
- European data pricing stunts content growth
Capturing the Power: December 19, 2008 Edition
Friday, December 19th, 2008Bonus: Matt Bancroft outlines “Trends Driving Enterprise Mobility”
Mobility is a wonderful thing. As mobility gets built into all products and services, businesses need to learn how to both capture the power of mobility and manage the dangers introduced through mobility. Here are some examples of how the power of mobility is being applied to create competitive advantage:
Enabling Technology: December 17, 2008 Edition
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008The Law of Mobility talks about value increasing with mobility. The impact of this law is being felt because the barriers to building mobility in are being obliterated week after week. Here are examples of technology advances enabling this to happen: