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A Very Modern Mobile Switching Algorithm – Part II
December 8, 2008, by James Pearce
This article follows on from last month's Part I, where we discussed some of the principles of handling mobile users and switching their experiences. If you haven't read it yet please do so before we dive into some of the technical ideas and implementation details... Read More
Character Encoding Issues and the Mobile Web
December 5, 2008, by casaise
Character encoding, the binary representation underlying every symbol in documents delivered to mobile devices, is often treated as an afterthought in mobile Web development. Many developers simply rely upon ISO-8859-1; not a bad choice, as this encoding efficiently supports all important Western European languages, has long been available in the mobile and fixed Internet, is widespread among low-end phones, and is the default encoding in the HTTP standard... Read More
Mobile search: its all about info, utility and staying in touch
December 4, 2008, by mobiThinking
Mobile search is dominated by local information/utility and social networking/communications. Top 10 search terms provided by Yahoo and AOL – unfortunately Google couldn’t provide the same information – suggest that people use mobile search for more practical purposes than PC search. Celebrity and TV reality shows clearly aren’t as important to people on the move, as catching up with friends (MySpace, MocoSpace, Facebook), checking the weather or classifieds (Craigslist), what’s on at the cinema or getting directions (MapQuest)... Read More
Trinity College Dublin – TA-DA, Research and Secret Projects
December 4, 2008, by daniel.hunt
Yesterday (Wednesday, 3rd December) I had the honour of being invited along to Trinity College, Dublin, to give a slightly modified version of the presentation I gave at the recent Drupal Ireland Meetup on TA-DA (our mobile browser test suite) - which I've attached to the end of this post... Read More
One web 2.0 – social edition
December 4, 2008, by jonarne
I bet I am not the only one wondering what Nokia was going to announce yesterday... In addition to the N97, Nokia Messaging was the big news. Put short, Nokia Messaging is enabling a bunch of IM-like services on the phone. In my mind this is an important change in the traditional mind pattern device manufacturers, and MNOs, have had until the iPhone... Read More
Five-minute interview: Rob Lawson, Limbo
December 4, 2008, by mobiThinking
Founded in 2005, Limbo has three million users in the US, making it one of the largest and fastest-growing mobile communities. It recently expanded its operation into 200 countries. Limbo members use the mobile web to broadcast to friends what they’re doing and where they are, socialize and play games against each other. Before Limbo, Rob Lawson co-founded mobile advertising firm Enpocket, now part of Nokia. 1. What is your favorite / least favorite mobile website?... Read More
Five-minute interview: Richard Titus, BBC
December 1, 2008, by mobiThinking
Update: Richard Titus is now CEO of Associated Northcliffe Digital The mobiThinking five-minute [not-very-strictly-enforced] interview: Richard Titus, Future Media Controller, Audio & Music and Mobile Media, BBC... Read More
A trio of great 5-minute interviews (BBC, Yahoo and Limbo); The Best and Worst of the Mobile Web; and the greatest links ever
December 1, 2008, by mobiThinking
mobiThinking is pretty pleased (even a bit smug, to be honest) to kick off our series of five-minute interviews with a trio of top mobi-marketing gurus. Yahoo, Limbo and the BBC are all serious players in the mobile space, but all come at it from different, very topical angles – broadcast, search and social networking (we put each into context below). But the true test of a thought-leader is when you drag them away from their company and their sector, just for five minutes... Read More
The Best and Worst of the Mobile Web
December 1, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Our sister-site mobiThinking.com has just published an eBook on "The Best and Worst of the Mobile Web". In it there are examples of winners and sinners, those who do it right, and those not quite right, and why! So now might be a good time to fire up your mobile browser and let us know if you agree... Read More
Five-minute interview: Michael Bayle, Yahoo!
November 27, 2008, by mobiThinking
Today Yahoo! is the preferred or exclusive mobile search engine for more than 70 mobile carriers around the world. Mobile display advertising is available in 23 territories, while mobile search marketing [i.e. paid-for-results on Yahoo!’s mobile search-engine] is live in US, UK and Japan. Michael Bayle played a key role in the world’s first trial of mobile-sponsored search in Japan in 2004 and in the US in 2005. Q1. What is your favorite (excepting Yahoo!) and least favorite mobile website?... Read More
