2007 has been a good year for portal and content technologies. Here’s a summary of some themes that became popular and will probably be discussed in 2008 as well.
Web 2.0: There’s nothing new about it as we’ve been seeing the impact of web 2.0 for quite sometime now. What’s new is the fact that Web 2.0 is [...]
Despite some advances in the field of mobile advertising and milestones achieved by some mobile advertising agencies this year, it's no doubt the entire industry is still in its tryout or hit-or-miss stage.
Apparently, many advertisers are still fixated with online advertising and spending very little on mobile ads. While this is a rather interesting and potentially powerful vehicle to promote products or services, tech agency Multimedia Intelligence chief strategy officer Rick Sizemore said in a news article that this industry is like the “Wild, Wild, West” now because there are “so many options out there – a lot of hype with no substance, and then a couple of gems.”
Another difficulty faced is how to fit the ads on multitude of screen sizes, features and handset models used by millions of people around the globe.
So what about next year? Well, there will still be a lot of experimentations and explorations until someone stumble upon the right approach.
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Study: 79% of Consumers Annoyed with Mobile Ads – 17 April 2007
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Latest Mobile Marketing Study Released – 19 November 2007
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Since we are relying more and more with our mobile phones to do just about everything, our habits reasonably change over time. One trivial activity affected by this convergence is reading time.
An ongoing poll at Gizmodo shows that about 64% of the respondents use their mobile phones to check time while only 32% voted for the conventional wristwatch. While this is not a formal or structured research, you can still dig some insights from more than 10,500 voters.
In retrospect, perhaps the decision of Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer to develop its own line of luxury mobile phones might have some sense after all.
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If you are having a hard time copying notes on a whiteboard during a business meeting or handwritten notes of your classmates, it's about time you consider using Qipit.
It is a free mobile online copy service which empowers you to copy any documents using your camera phone and convert it to PDF. You can also share it to other people as an e-mail attachment or fax. No need to strain your fingers from copying grotesque handwritings or photocopying small documents. More importantly, it gives you the power to capture information as quickly as possible.
It's very simple to use: Create a free account at Qipit.com. Take a picture of a document with your camera phone. Send the picture from your phone or via email to copy@qipit.com. You'll receive a link to the online digital copy of your document. Free!
Of course, the digital copies will rely mainly on the capability of camera phone. You can visit its compatibility chart to gauge your mobile phone.
via MobileWhack
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Here's a Unique Way to Shop with Your Camera Phone.. – 13 December 2007
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I have said before that ECM vendors should provide Document Composition features as this space is very closely related to content management.
The folks at EMC seem to agree. EMC ended the year with the news of acquiring Document Sciences. Doc Sciences’ xPression is a product that targets the Document Composition or Document Output Management [...]
From the why are they patenting this department, Jeff Goldman at Wireless Weblog reports that Apple filed a patent application related to ordering from a cafe from your mobile phone, potentially before you even get there. In theory, your drink will be ready when you arrive.
I can't believe Apple is trying to patent for this. They didn't try and patent buying music from your iPhone when you're at Starbucks. Doesn't seem like buying a coffee drink from your iPhone is that far of a stretch. I hope the patent office rejects this patent for what it is-bleeding obvious. But maybe I missed something here?
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Rico Mossesgeld over at The Smart PDA (one of Creative Weblogging's blogs) finds a report that suggest Apple's iPhone beats the competition in the SmartPhone market in North America. Mossesgeld is astute in pointing out that the data compiled by Daniel Eran Dilger, i.e. the person behind Roughly Drafted, might be a little too happy with the results in that he can barely contain his enthusiasm.
Do you think the success of the iPhone in North America will translate to a smashing success abroad, given the differences in market and regulatory environment? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
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Admittedly, mobile users in the U.S. can't help but fall in love with the hip and ultra-cool iPhone. As Steve Jobs and his gang venture the high-tech world of Japan, will they stand a chance against hyper competition and strong innovators?
This is an interesting question raised in an article by Business Week. Japan's 98 million cell-phone users are used to new ultra-gadgets sprouting from almost everywhere.
Japan's 10 handset makers, which dominate the domestic market, already offer dozens of models typically costing several hundred dollars that send e-mail, browse the Internet, shoot photos and videos, and even pick up live TV broadcasts. Most come with a built-in global positioning system, and some even double as credit cards and commuter passes or safeguard personal data using fingerprint or face-recognition technology.
Another hurdle in Apple's bold invasion in this Asian territory is finding the right partner. On the bright side, iPod owns 50% market share in the portable media players market despite hundreds of competitors.
Will this create a halo effect on iPhone? Buckle up, hold tight but don't close your eyes, folks. This will be another helluva roller-coaster ride in the kamikaze world of Steve Jobs and Apple.
via MoCoNews
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While charging our mobile phones is the least of our concerns, there is a small village in India where people have to walk about 20 kilometers every single day just to charge their mobile phones.
What is more interesting in this news covered IBNLive is the popularity of mobile phones despite the absence of electricity. Talk about mobile revolution at its finest.
For more than 50 years this village named Karaj in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh has no electricity and no decent roads, causing many people to get sick during the monsoons. Mobile phones have given the people in this powerless village entertainment and power to connect with their family and close friends. Unfortunately, the cow-dung charger is not yet fully functional to aid in this time of need.
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A new survey shows strong interest of American cellphone users towards GPS applications over access to mobile Internet.
According to a new national survey by Leo J. Shapiro and Associates (LJS) among 450 Americans, about 24% of the consumers want to have a GPS-enabled cellphone while only 19% prefer mobile Internet access. More importantly, this study concluded the strong penetration of GPS among Americans.
A majority (60%) report recent use of a geographic website (e.g. Map Quest, Google Maps), with nearly everyone (94%) reporting they have heard of GPS. New GPS-enabled personal navigation devices are leapfrogging past early-adopter growth and surging almost directly into mainstream usage, with nearly one-third (32%) reporting having used a GPS-enabled device.
Also, most GPS owners do not have GPS-enabled mobile phones. Only 6% of the current GPS owners have this kind of cellphone while 90% have either a portable or car-based GPS device.
It would be interesting to see how this consumer behavior will shift in the coming years. If the proliferation of new mobile Web applications is to be used as the main basis, I'd say mobile Internet will overtake GPS in the next few years.
Via press release
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Mobile Music Shifting from Mobile Operators to Mobile Makers – 14 December 2007
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