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Sat, 24 May 2008 12:49:34 +0000

[...] of what happens when somebody starts to sense what’s happening in web apps. This is from Mike Rowehl, a software developer in the mobile phone industry, commenting on what he saw at the 3GSM telephony [...]

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Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:22:43 +0000

[...] mobile world about CPC advertising in an open market it takes them a little while to grok it. As I’ve mentioned before, folks inside mobile aren’t really looking outside to find interesting things to apply. Which [...]

By: Multimedias.mobi » 3GSM 2007 Wrapup - part 3

Multimedias.mobi » 3GSM 2007 Wrapup - part 3 — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:58:43 +0000

[...] something to say about the title here and it was an important part of the discussions during 3GSM. Mike and Carlo mentioned something on this already, read also Michael’s interesting take on this [...]

By: miker

miker — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:15:59 +0000

Hey Martin, I would actually disagree somewhat there. Many users of the mobile web aren’t coming into the medium in the task-oriented way I had expected them to. In the areas where the real growth is happening the mobile web is the only web, and people are browsing around on it the same way they did on the early wired web. They’re out there looking for new services and sites and trying to find them on their phone. In that sense cost of discovery is the real hindrance, and flat rate encourages exploration much more so than prepaid.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:37:15 +0000

Hey Mike,

“I kept getting the question about what’s the best way to increase mobile web usage”

In my opinion, flatrate data surely helps once people see the value of mobile Internet access but it doesn’t attract a lot of people to try out things. Most people who are ready to experiment like students are on prepaid in Europe. Therefore, I think offering mobile data on prepaid for a reasonable price will do much more than flatrates. A number of MVNOs in Germany have just made such a move: http://mobilesociety.typepad.com/mobile_life/2007/02/pre3gsm_prepaid.html

Cheers,
Martin

By: 3GSM 2007 Wrap-Up (complete) at m-trends.org

3GSM 2007 Wrap-Up (complete) at m-trends.org — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:14:40 +0000

By: 3GSM 2007 Wrapup - part 3 at m-trends.org

3GSM 2007 Wrapup - part 3 at m-trends.org — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:04:38 +0000

By: James Pearce

James Pearce — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:22:03 +0000

Thanks for the name check… ;-) one thing that struck me was a) the immutable rise of web content, despite being relegated to the hall way up at the top of the Fira.

The other was the developing world vibe - lots of talk of racing to roll out GSM networks across Africa & South America, but also the quick rise of services behind that (e.g. micropayments, web access etc). Even came to the fore here

By: Andrea Trasatti

Andrea Trasatti — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:38:01 +0000

I was suprised myself about the presence of Linux.
I also stopped by the Panasonic booth and spoke to a representative about the LiMo foundation and the future they see. Too bad they have no plans to distribute any device outside of the Japan at least for the next couple of years!