I was contacted today by a researcher from a leading UK television show hunting for people who’ve had a bad experience with SMS/Text spam. Have you been bombarded with unwanted SMS? Has it forced you to complain to your operator — or even change your phone number? Did it end up costing you a lot [...]
Archive | September, 2011
Blyk India: Engaging over a million users in year one.
Following on from the Blykwatch section that used to be in Mobile Industry Review back in the day. I knew that they had started a new venture in the Indian market and thought I should find out how it’s going. Blyk India head honcho Shubhodip Pal kindly agreed to meet me at their office in [...]
HTC executive: “iPhones are for old people”
Martin Fichter, acting president or HTC America makes a stimulating market observation as Chris Taylor at Mashable points out: Speaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle, Fichter related a story about taking his daughter to Reed College in Portland, where he took an informal survey of her dormitory buddies. “None of them [...]
M-Commerce: Bank of Montreal deploys PayPass tags “for mobile”
The Bank of Montreal, Canada, isn’t waiting around for mobile operators. Oh no. They’ve taken matters into their own hands and have now deployed PayPass technology for their customers. 70% of Canadians reportedly own mobile phones which is why the bank reckons the time is right. Here’s a bit of detail from Moneyville.ca: Bank of [...]
Samsung’s Street Squad video shows how they’re aiming for a broader audience
Ask any geek about the Galaxy SII and they’ll nod appreciatively. The device is rather wonderful — the screen is huge! Of course, it’s famed for being super slim — a real testament to the company’s continuing ability to turn out good looking yet functional devices. Have a look then at this sponsored video from [...]
AT&T’s Foundry launches AT&T Messages: Voicemail/mms/sms/missed calls in a single app & portal
I’m pleased it’s not just me banging on about innovation. It’s nice to see some companies in the industry actually doing a bit of good thinking. A little while ago I wrote a post on one of my pet subjects, Operator Innovation. I decried the total lack of innovation in messaging. I was particularly annoyed [...]
M-Commerce: The importance of being able to deliver locally, today, right now
It’s always exciting to see what’s launched at TechCrunch Disrupt. Postmates caught my attention. Have a quick read of this two para overview: Today, at TechCrunch Disrupt, a new startup is launching that is aiming to bring some disruption to the courier space once and for all. Postmates is hoping to transform this niche industry [...]
M-Commerce: Got any good examples?
I was arguing with a chap last night about the state of M-Commerce. I was extolling the virtues, pointing out just how useful it is — and how huge the market is set to become. I pointed to my favourite example: Amazon and shoelaces. I explained that I don’t give a hoot about shopping for [...]
Meeting Prafulla Mathur. CEO of Indian apps co Queppelin
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Prafulla Mathur, the founder and CEO of Quepplin. His company stood out in the research I made ahead of visiting India to conduct interview for these posts. They are an agile and highly disruptive team, embracing J2ME, Android, iOS and wap based gaming. Their attitude that anything and [...]
Railway companies: Can’t we all just buy Masabi?
I do think I have a bit of a problem — I seem to be about a donkey’s whisker away from flying off the handle in outrage, annoyance and frustration when it comes to the mobile marketplace. Last night if you were following my tweets, you’ll have noted my ‘shit, I need a dentist’ messages. [...]
Here’s the list of apps that I actually use every day
A colleague has recently picked up an iPhone. He’s using it in conjunction with the top of the line BlackBerry Bold 9900. The Bold is doing the corporate email — he, like me, just can’t get away from the gorgeous messaging experience from RIM. However, he got the iPhone to test. He obviously asked for [...]
M-Commerce: I want digital receipts, now!
I was doing a bit of research on digital receipts and came across this article from Stephanie Clifford over at the New York Times. Have a read: Major retailers, including Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom, Gap Inc. (which owns Old Navy and Banana Republic), Anthropologie, Patagonia, Sears and Kmart, have begun offering electronic versions of receipts, [...]
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