News & Comment
Handset Market Share Data (why it matters)
April 20, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
With Mobile World Congress and CTIA now behind us, it's difficult to not get hot bothered and drooly about what new handsets are going to be on the market. Don't get me wrong, hot, new, fully functional and super sexy are all good things to have in a handset, especially in these otherwise gloomy times. However, as a developer it's important to remember to not get too carried away in the excitement, and here's why. The handset sales figures for November and December in the US were recently released, and a look at them reveals something telling for how one might (or might not) target content development... Read More
School of Mobile for the travel business provides a useful blueprint for other sectors
April 16, 2009, by mobiThinking
mobiThinking recommends this excellent mobile report from EyeForTravel. This will be a valuable primer for all businesses – but is an essential for anyone in travel. It brings together one of the best collections of global statistics, from various reputable sources, we’ve seen in a while and it draws some useful conclusions... Read More
Five-minute interview: Tomi Ahonen (consultant, speaker, prolific author and blogger)
April 14, 2009, by mobiThinking
At every event there’s a speaker who transfixes his audience. Tomi Ahonen is one of them. With boundless enthusiasm, he reels off fascinating case studies and useful stats, faster than you can jot them down. He’s amassed enough material for six ‘real’ books on mobile (the latest is Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media), as well as eBooks, (the latest are Tomi Ahonen Almanac 2009, stacked full of the latest statistics, and Mobile Pearls: Mobile Advertising, with his 50 favorite case studies) and then he’s got several blogs... Read More
Using the mobile channel for good causes
April 13, 2009, by mobiThinking
One of the most exciting things about the mobile Web is the myriad ways it can help communities in need. Non-profit-making organizations – charities – have been quick to spot that mobile Web is a great way to trigger mobile giving... Read More
Great deal for MobileMix event at ad:tech San Francisco (April 21, 2009) for mobiThinking readers.
April 9, 2009, by mobiThinking
ad:tech is offering mobiThinking readers a 10 percent discount on its inaugural MobileMix event at ad:tech San Francisco, April 21 , 2009... Read More
