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CategoryHow is mobile being Googled by outsiders?
Another week, another set of rumours about the ‘Google phone’. What interests me most about these rumours – and the iPhone circus before them – is why they have such a powerful hold on the public imagination.
Why, in a supposedly cut-throat co…
Timeline interface concept
The Mobiface blog has an interesting set of screenshots from a UI concept based around a timeline. Every event and interaction on the handset exists within a flat heirachy which can be explored purely by date or filtered by type (e.g. phone calls…
Carnival of the Mobilists
Carnival of the Mobilists is a group of authors who keep track of the best blog writing on mobile telecoms. Each week it is hosted by a different blog and, this week, it is the turn of Judy Breck at Golden Swamp to write the summary. She kindly …
Seven mobile user experience downloads
In preparation for the next MEX conference on 2nd – 3rd May 2007, we’ve just published the latest edition of PMN’s Stat Spot PDF. This free 10 page document provides a graphical illustration of key statistics from leading researchers, ranging fro…
Growth in open OS will shift zones of influence
The move to open mobile operating systems is accelerating, driven by growing awareness in the operator community that these platforms can lower their costs and encourage the development of a value-added services ecosystem.
Vodafone, for instanc…
How quickly can I launch a mobile service?
As we approach the MEX conference on 2nd – 3rd May 2007, I’ve been spending more and more of my time searching for answers to the questions raised by our 10 point MEX manifesto (you can read the full agenda here or download a copy of our PDF poste…
State of mobile retailing
Echo Chamber is a great resource for tracking the most innovative concepts in mobile phone retailing. They have a team which reviews and photographs retail locations across the world and post the results on their site. Registration is free and i…
Where is the colour in the monochrome mobile industry?
Amid the aesthetic assault and branding riot of the trade show floor, I was drawn to NTT DoCoMo’s stand at 3GSM this year. The gaudy, diverse colours of the handsets on display lured me from the aisle and proved sufficiently distracting to make m…