Category: cellphones


Pay me to watch your ads

Good news! Gen Y kids will watch your mobile ads. There’s a catch: you have to pay them to do so.
“The Harris Interactive research indicates that mobile advertising, especially via mobile phones, can gain a foothold … if it is unobtrusive, targeted toward an individual’s personal tastes and offers something unique. Among teens surveyed, over […]

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Posted by Davezilla on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Why, hello again…

Yea, I know. I’ve been a little MIA, a little lacking in posts, a bit “unavailable”. I’m a horrible person, what can I say. Speaking of MIA, I am in Miami this week for the AAAA’s Planning Conference and am hoping to provide some daily debriefs on the conversations and discussions that […]

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Posted by kunal on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

How Google’s Android delay and Nokia’s Symbian acquisition remind me of the Browser Wars

As is being widely reported, Google’s Android mobile software platform is getting delayed.

You can check out the details at the links above — I’m more interesting in the implications of the carrier-specific hurdles Google is finding itself trying to jump over.

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Posted by Chris on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Cellular novellas

Japan has always been years ahead of the US in the wireless category. Their phones, networks and technologies make ours look woefully Third World in comparison. From QR codes to phones with breathalyzers in them, the Japanese take their keitai denwa (portable telephones) seriously.

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Posted by Davezilla on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008