May 2006
Focus on…INTERACTING WITH THE REAL WORLD
The 4th generation of wireless will be defined by the expansion of the network to include a new group of participants. The debate around ‘4G’ has focused so far on transmission technology, but this will be an ongoing and gradual evolution. The m…
Bono, Motorola and operators go red for Africa
I was reading an interesting article today about how Bono, the U2 singer and charity activist, is working with Motorola and the UK’s major network operators to raise money for The Global Fund’s African AIDs programme.
Bono and Bobby Shriver (Ch…
Focus on…COMMUNITY CONVERGENCE
During the course of bringing together each MEX conference, we speak to literally hundreds of people from throughout the mobile industry to understand how the landscape is evolving. One of the key themes emerging from many of these conversations …
Focus on…INTRA-DEVICE AND MULTIPLE INTERFACE CHALLENGES
With the MEX conference right around the corner (31st May – 1st June 2006, London), we’re running a series of articles focusing on key agenda topics. The idea is to stimulate debate prior to the event and introduce you to the expert speakers who’…
Sponsor profile: Trolltech
As part of our ongoing series of articles to introduce you to the sponsors of the MEX conference, we’re covering Trolltech, the Norweigan platform provider specialising in mobile Linux.
Trolltech is the company that makes software faster to bui…
Mobile Olympics
Mike Short, Chairman of the Mobile Data Association and Vice President of R&D at O2, emailed with some thoughts on how the 2008 and 2012 Olympics (in Beijing and London respectively) provide an ideal opportunity to showcase the mobile user experie…
The role of the browser
I had an interesting experience with a recent mobile development project. The company wanted to showcase the full capabilities of their platform, but they ended up disabling a key feature. The technology allowed the client application to poll t…