Marek Pawlowski | MEX

MEX Inspirations for 28th May 2009

Live brain surgery Readers in the UK can tonight watch the removal of a pituitary tumour live on television (Channel 4, 10pm). The surgery is being performed at the Wellcome Collection by consultant neurosurgeon Nick Thomas from Kings Colleg…

The state of mobile user experience – the collective response to the 2009 MEX Manifesto

On 19th and 20th May 2009, 100 of the mobile industry’s brightest minds – including representatives from all of the world’s major handset manufacturers and leading network operators – came together to define a collective response to the MEX Manife…

Mobile Web 2.0 Europe

I’m looking forward to experiencing Mobile Web 2.0 Europe for the first time next month. I’ve heard good things about previous events and particularly like the focus on developers and the start-up community.

It takes place in Barcelona on 18th…

How much longer can the industry maintain 70/30 revenue share?

What is a fair revenue split for app stores? Click for full-size PDF version…

A survey of 100 industry executives attending the 2009 MEX Mobile User Experience Conference found 38% favouring an 80/20 revenue split (80% of revenue for dev…

Stat Spot: Mobile music advertising revenue slowdown

50% Mobile music services relying on advertising to fund their business model face a short-fall of up to 50% of the revenues predicted prior to the economic downturn according to Juniper Research.

Source: Juniper Research

Stat Spot: Revenue predictions for mobile music

$5.5bn Global revenues from streamed and full track download mobile music will reach USD 5.5 billion by 2013, up from USD 2.5 billion in 2009 according to Juniper Research.

Source: Juniper Research

MEX Inspirations for 26th May 2009

Squishy mesh balls The unexpected star of the 2009 MEX Mobile User Experience Conference was the squishy mesh ball, a tactile experience element we included in the material kits provided to some of the workshop groups. It’s hard to describe,…