This week the Carnival of the Mobilists – the weekly line-up of top-notch mobile blogging from experts and mobile passionatas — comes to us via the ever-dedicated James Coops over at Mobyaffiliates.com, the site that lists all the best mobile internet and iPhone affiliate programs and mobile affiliate networks in an easy-to-use directory.
Thanks to all the Mobilists we have momentum and even more members – so keep spreading the word!
Judging from the submissions, we are indeed getting there. Chetan Sharma’s Mobile Breakfast is a prime example. The speakers were first-class and his summary of the event (which includes an excellent presentation from Rob Glaser, Chairman and Founder, Real Networks. His talk focused on the opportunities created by the introduction of smartphone/”superphones”. What is the impact on discovery and digital presence? How can the social element of mobile best be leveraged? Read on and find out.
AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Terence Eden walks us through Ribbit voicemail. How does it stack up to Spinvox and others? Read on and find out.
- His post shares the “Post Of The Week” honors with Tomi Ahonen’s thought-provoking and humorous look at the emerging app economy. Should we celebrate a market where most the apps are free? Are we heading for another dot-com bust? Read on and find out.
- What does it really mean when Skype is available for download via Ovi? Does this create a new app order that rewards innovation and promotes app democracy? Will people vote with their feet for the apps they like most? Ajit Jaokar presents his perspective.
- Swimming in mobile social networking stats and data points? Of course, we can count on Andy Favell at MobiThinking to bring some order to the chaos.
- WIPConnector introduces us to the Intel Atom Developer Program and reminds us that we can meet up with the Intel team in-personWIP JAM CTIA Wireless 2010.
- What is the Opera Mini experience on Android? Dennis Bournique over at WAP Review presents a thoughtful review and concludes Opera still rocks but there are some shortcomings. What are the pros and cons of Opera Mini? Read on and find out.
Next week the Carnival touches down at TamS60 –
See you there!
This week the Carnival of the Mobilists – the weekly line-up of the best blogs and bloggers on all things mobile – comes to us via Andy Favell over at MobiThinking, a valuable resource with a good selection of mobile advertising stats, reports and white papers. Between Andy’s outreach for old and new Mobilists to submit posts –and my eager tweets () encouraging more people to get involved – COM #214 attracted a whopping 40+ submissions(!). Thanks to Andy for his extra attention to collecting and ranking posts leaving us with the 10+ posts that made the grade.
AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS:
What makes a book a book? Does the iPad potentially change all the rules? What is the impact on how teens and kids interact with information? Read this post from new member Peta Andersen and find out.
What are the key mobile healthcare companies, projects and takeaways from Mobile World Congress? The 3G Doctor, David Doherty, gives us a worthwhile roundup.
Mobile banking and payments are the focus of several posts this week. From the proper design to the importance of partnerships to the inside story on a trial of contactless payments (NFC) in Canada. It’s all here – so read on and find out.
Why is Apple determined not to support Flash? What is the link with differentiation? Francisco Kattan connects the dots, so read on and find out.
This week the Carnival of the Mobilists comes to us via Caroline Lewko and the brand-new (!) WIPConnector. The new site consolidates all of the sites– including the blog, WIPJam information – into one destination and invaluable resource for developers. Please redirect any links you have to the new URL.
The line-up of #213 must-read posts includes:
- Two blogs from COM veteran Volker Hirsh: a progress report on freemium models and a look at the differences between the Web, the Mobile Web and Apps.
- Another analysis of the Mobile Web comes via Ajit Jaokar over at Open Gardens – complete with a chance to download a PDF of his new Mobile Web book.
- Andy Favell and the folks at MobiThinking report on a interesting mobile search experiment
- And the week wouldn’t be complete without a fact-packed and impassioned blog on the pivotal importance of mobile from mobile author and pundit Tomi Ahonen.
Check it out over at WIPConnector and spread the word!
Carnival of the Mobilists #212
Closed Published by peggy March 2nd, 2010This week the Carnival comes via the personal blog belonging to Terence Eden, mobile enthusiast and Vodafone manager. COM #212 features a broad mix of posts, ranging from a new VOIP white paper available for download to the definitive list of mobile’s top 25 giants. What is high on the mobile agenda? Read on and find out!
Among the highlights:
- Tomi Ahonen connects the dots and adds up the revenues to provide us with an “Ahonen Index” that lists these giants (ranked according to the amount of money they make in mobile only).
- Over at MobHappy Russell Buckley provides us with an in-depth look at Mob4Hire and their unique app testing service that taps the wisdom of crowds.
- Holly Kolman at MobiEnthusiast.mobi – a blog for mobile website owners, developers, marketers and end-users – looks at the recent acquisition of .mobi by Affilias.
- An excellent and insightful post from esteemed colleague John Puterbaugh (also Nellymoser Founder & CEO) sheds important light on the emergence of an app ecosystem and what it means for major players – and the rest of us.
Carnival of the Mobilists #211
Closed Published by peggy March 2nd, 2010The inimitable Tomi Ahonen (turned Wayne’s World J) gets us into party-mode when he hosts COM #211 at Communities Dominate Brands. The line-up of topics is almost exciting as the Mobile World Congress taking place as we speak.
Among the posts you shouldn’t miss:
- Dennis Bournique at WAP Review reviews the Opera Mini browser and asks why many developers/designers appear to be ignorant of its reach and impact.
- Over at Open Gardens Ajit Jaokar walks us through a scenario where Twitter could indeed be the platform that connects everyone and everything everywhere.
- A thought-provoking post from Francisco Kattan explains Dynamic Cell ID and ways operators might use dynamic Cell-ID to stop Google from “stealing” their location data.
- Russell Buckley over at MobHappy uses a great new video about the downside of Augmented Reality (AR) to make a meaningful case for serious guidelines.
- MSG uses the opportunity to showcase a recent column contribution from Antti Ohrling, Co-Founder of Blyk, the messaging media that works with mobile operators to link young people with brands and other stuff they like. Read on and find out why Tomi made this his pick of the week!
Carnival of the Mobilists #210
Closed Published by peggy March 2nd, 2010Martin Wilson over at Indigo 102 hosts the Carnival for the first time. Martin’s summary (one of the best written I’ve seen) expertly outlines the posts and their key takeaways. From mobile metrics in the UK to Alcatel Lucent’s developer platform to Nokia’s smart move – it’s all at COM #210.
Among the highlights:
- Tomi Ahonen is back with more stats and more energy (and perhaps more coffee J). His post includes a breakdown of market share according to handset maker, as well as operating systems.
- Mobile strategist and esteemed colleague Carl Martin cuts through some of the mobile hype and urges us to get the basics right FIRST.
- Mark Westling of Sigma makes a strong case for involving the operators and asks why more mobile operators aren’t in on the action.
What are the hot topics in mobile this week? Read on and find out!
Carnival of the Mobilists #209
Closed Published by peggy March 2nd, 2010Many thanks to Dennis Bournique at WAP Review for jumping in to host COM #209. He had a flood of submissions – including a post from a Carnival newcomer (always welcome!). Here are some good reasons to go back and check it out. From new white papers to a look at the iPad launch to MiFi to a hot-off-the-presses app attitude survey – it’s all here.
Among the highlights:
- Michael Mace (post of the week!) asks whether Apple might really after Microsoft and the PC market.
- Over at Mobile Mandala Mark Jaffe uses convincing stats to show why mobile and media companies need to work together.
- James Coops at Mjelly takes the wraps of his new venture ap(p)tly titled Mobyaffiliates. No pun intended.
The Carnival has Olympic fever this week, coming from Vancouver, where Caroline Lewko has the latest installment up on the WIPConnector. Be sure to check it out for this week’s best blogging about mobile!
Carnival of the Mobilists #208
Closed Published by peggy March 2nd, 2010It’s wonderful to have Antoine RJ Wright take the helm of Carnival and walk the talk by hosting the blog (yes the blog) on a mobile phone. (Although the mobile phone platform can be a challenge at times.)
Among the topics under the Carnival tent this week:
- World Cup content & what fans REALY want
- Redrawing the smartphone landscape
- Mobility & parallel universe(s)
What rocks mobile this week? Read on and find out.
This week the Carnival of the Mobilists (COM) brings the best of mobile blogging to Volker Hirsch over at Volker on Mobile. Regular Mobilists – including Russell Buckley from MobHappy, Mark Jaffe from Mobile Mandala, Andy Favell from mobiThinking and WIP Jam — submitted a thought-provoking selection of posts. How can/should brands monetize our passion? What happens when cloud computing shifts app development to the Web? Will Amazon have to offer us an in-store experience? And how do the mobile ad networks really stack up? Read on and find out!
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