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Reading Links for December 15th

December 15, 2011

My del.icio.us links and notes. Shoot 360° panoramic video via Dot | Perhaps I’m a sucker still I bought one to try. – I liked the idea that this could potentially capture a group discussion when positioned in a central place. I doubt the quality and will have to wait for the upgrade to Looker [...]

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Ganpati Bappa Morya – #mumbai #india

September 22, 2010

Walking the streets of Mumbai yesterday during the Ganpati celebrations I avoided the paint powders being thrown around and shot some video on my mobile. These are just a few clips after editing quickly on the phone and uploading. We followed one of the parade routes to the sea. Thousands join this procession. Many of [...]

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Reading Links for July 2nd

July 2, 2010

Daily update on del.icio.us links with my notes. I also just tweet links @stuarthenshall India’s Mobile Providers: Competing for Calls at the Bottom of the Pyramid – India Knowledge@Wharton –

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Reading Links for June 11th

June 11, 2010

Daily update on del.icio.us links with my notes. I also just tweet links @stuarthenshall India Will Have 150M 3G Connections by 2014 | Fragmentation and pricing are a concern. Interesting ARPU projections – I found this the most intersting data point "Wireless Intelligence’s data makes clear that carriers expect 3G data revenue per user (ARPU) [...]

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Reading Links for May 4th

May 5, 2010

These are my del.icio.us links for May 4th: Apple Wins Strategic Multitouch Gesturing Patent | Patent Law gone wrong. What’s the way around this? – I really believe these gestures should be "standardised". I understand why Apple wants them yet using screens is a little like using a car. We all need a wheel. The [...]

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Reading Links for April 13th

April 13, 2010

Daily update on del.icio.us links with my notes. I also just tweet links @stuarthenshall The case against Opera Mini on the iPhone | Great technical overview before launched – Found this article interesting. My own experience with the Opera Mini browser on the iPhone was – can't be bothered after just a couple of minutes. [...]

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Reading Links for March 29th

March 29, 2010

Daily update on del.icio.us links with my notes. I also just tweet links @stuarthenshall Durability – is it losing power as a customer driver? @dina ‘s thoughts re India – This is a great post about how our perspective of durability is changing or more locally in the US long ago changed. In India this [...]

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Why the iPhone remains a non-starter in India.

January 11, 2010
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A few weeks ago this Shanzai article caught my attention. It asks why the Smart Phone market in India doesn’t shake out like in the US and Europe. It comes down to one thing. There is no 3G and the GPRS connections are very variable. For the hyperconnected on GPRS you don’t worry about browsing. [...]

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Mobiles, Beer and Segmentation – Approaching Dynamic Segments

January 6, 2010

How do mobiles and beer go together? Or not? This is the second post building on earlier reflections and considering how they apply to “segmenting the mobile market”.  For my beer and mobile question I may get a range of answers. From arranging a meetup to feeling good showing off my new phone. Someone else [...]

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Del.icio.us Links for January 4th

January 4, 2010

These are del.icio.us links for January 4th. My del.icio.us bookmarks are also tweeted although the tweets miss out on additional notes and tags: This discussion with Nokia’s Rick Simonson is sort of the story you don’t want to tell and the spin you must – We're all Nokia watchers. It is one of the most [...]

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“Power to You” – Vodafone and services – Nokia and solutions

January 3, 2010

I’m reading “The Future is Calling” in print in India Today (Yes wrote most of this some weeks ago).  A quote at the top of the article caught my attention. Ten years ago, only three in hundred Indians had a phone. That number’s up to 45 now. The next step is going from plain communications [...]

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How Many Passengers Travel in Your SUV? 17? More?

December 17, 2009

Yesterday Dina and I were traveling back from rural groups and interviews. It’s not uncommon to see all modes of travel. Yet the Indian ability to squeeze the most passengers into a car continues to amuse me. We stopped at a roadside restaurant. Outside there were kids and adults and just one car. It was [...]

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Gurgaon 3 Years on.

November 12, 2009

I spent most of 2006 in Gurgaon, India. Although an ancient town, at that time the new mall capital of India was roughly five years old. Today it’s not yet 10 and yet after two visits there, this trip it felt surprisingly more lived in. Three years ago I was shocked by the generators in [...]

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The Drive for Education is the Real Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

November 11, 2009

I’ve just recently (before eComm) returned from a month in India with the Mosoci team completing multiple projects, with people from all walks of life. One way or another I’ve completed almost 100 immersions and in-depth interviews or read the transcriptions thereof. I’ve met people from all walks of life, rural, city migrants, entrepreneurs, managers [...]

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America Needs a New Approach to SMS – Learning from India

February 5, 2009

Indian rates for SMS are now at 8 paise. 100 paise to the Rupee. about 47 rupees to the dollar. So $.003 per SMS locally in India today. Guess what, use is exploding! That doesn’t compare very well with the US where we are paying a posted rate of 20 cents per SMS. Now I [...]

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