Category Archives: ThisIsMobility

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Tomi is Wrong about iPhone Economics

The whole universe seems to be buzzing about Tomi Ahonen’s post about iPhone economics, which is unfortunate cause it’s completely incorrect. First of all let me say I like Tomi. He’s helped out with the Mobile 2.0 events in the … Continue reading

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Web Apps in Chomp

We made what I’m hoping is going to be a major change to Chomp today, we’ve put HTML web applications side-by-side with native applications in our discovery service. With all the talk around mobile web applications recently, and then the … Continue reading

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Why Mobile Developer Programs Aren’t Working

Just about every carrier/operator and handset manufacturer has some kind of developer outreach or partner program of some kind going on. Most of it has been spurred on by trying to follow in the footsteps of Apple and Google. Apple … Continue reading

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Symbian Cross-Platform WRT Tools

Symbian released a new version of their Web Runtime Tools. Not many folks seem to be paying attention cause they’re too busy watching Adobe and Apple go at it. But still, it happened. I was surprised to see releases for … Continue reading

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Tyranny vs Fragmentation

Like it or not, it’s one or the other. Either someone controls the whole system and enforces a standard, like Apple with the iPhone. Or folks are allowed to do what they want, and differences in opinion end up leading … Continue reading

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Opening Up Mobile Monetization

Interesting post at Mobiletech : Mobile Web vs. Native Apps. Revisited. Obviously, working at Chomp to help prop up the discovery end of the app ecosystem and funneling ourselves some of that sweet sweet app store revenue via affiliate programs, … Continue reading

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Starting up a Posse

The wraps are off the latest project I’ve been working on: Chomp, a social iPhone application recommendation service. I actually started consulting with them to fill in some time, but liked the app and the people so much that I … Continue reading

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Mobile Monday Discount Codes for Mobilize

I already posted this to the MoMo blog, and sent an email out to the mailing list. But for those of you not subscribed to either of those (and I know you’re out there, cause you keep yelling at me … Continue reading

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Silicon Valley Mobile Investment Report

Kate pulled together a great set of numbers to put together an Investment in the Silicon Valley Mobile Industry report. Interesting stuff in there. The bump in social media investment was obvious to anyone working in the industry, so seeing … Continue reading

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MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition

Matt just posted that the MobileBeat 2009 Startup Competition has extended their deadline for submissions to July 1st. I caught up with Matthaus out at Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona to chat about some of the stuff they have planned for … Continue reading

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