Many have been predicting for weeks iPhone Black as the 3G version. The latest flurry over the weekend when apparently AT&T listed it on their website. Oops! The problem with all these predictions is there is no rationale other than it is cool. Who’s asking why? Why aren’t they? I believe the mobile handset market […]
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Accelerating Innovation, Mobility, research
Repairs, Tweaks and Choice - Mobile Phones
18 months ago I bought my daughter a Nokia n73 in India as a birthday present. At the time it was about the coolest phone I could get for her with a 3mpx auto focus camera etc. She’s a torture test user. The first keyboard lasted one year before the whole joystick and keypad […]
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Accelerating Innovation, Mobility, research
Prince A950 — My China Phone - Think Different
I’m sure many will ask me why buy the “China Phone” hadn’t I seen enough? Will you ever use one? The answer is simple. It’s a learning sample, an artifact to share, and something I can get a physical reaction and response to from others. Plus it cost me just over $100. And you can […]
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Mobility
Manish Market and the New Mobile Ghetto Blasters
I’ve recently purchased a “China Phone” at Manish Market in Mumbai. I wanted to just have one as an example. Manish Market is the center of the “China Phone” trade. The building is ugly on the outside and dirty on the inside. It’s packed with two or three people crowding every kiosk. It’s noisy, […]
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Mobility, general, research
From the Mouths of Kids - Mobile Insight
I made three new friends while in the Dharavi Slum in Mumbai. At first they just tagged along and then as we stopped at various mobile kiosks, photo booths they caught on to my interest in mobile phones and what was being used.
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Mobility, VoIP, iphone
Fring - the All in One iPhone App
04.15.08 | Stuart | Permalink | 5 CommentsI’ve been reading the hype today about the first iPhone VoIP app. Fring Beta iPhone launched today. What we read is all wow wow. What we have is a Fring beta on an unsupported platform that works and still needs work. I’m impressed and not impressed at the same time. As a proof of […]
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Mobility
Voice to Text Future - In Your Hand
04.01.08 | Stuart | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’ve been trying out a new messaging service of a type I’ve been skeptical of in the past. I’m talking Voice to Text. Now I’m going to remain skeptical for different reasons.
Andy pointed me to Mobivox’s new “Dictate Message” service or is that a command? Anyways you call Mobivox and when asked who you want […] -
Accelerating Innovation, Digital Identity, Mobility, Scenarios & Futures, Social Networks, VoIP
eComm Impact on The Future of Social Networks
Today I bookmarked a presentation by Charlene Li on “The Future of Social Networks“. I’d really like to spend more time commenting on it. However, I’m going to use it as a setup some eComm thoughts which starts tomorrow. I’ll be there and looking to put a new “lens” on advancements and where to find […]
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Knowledge Innovation, Mobility, Scenarios & Futures, Strategic Foresight, VoIP
What’s Your iPhone Strategy? Speculation or Prediction
A few years ago the strategy question for anyone in and around communications was “What’s your Skype strategy?”. Last year just after the Facebook API was launched it was common practice to ask: “What’s your Facebook strategy?“. Today, you need answers to “What’s your iPhone strategy?”.
I’ve got a few friends which I’ve passionately talked […]
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Mobility, Social Networks
Kadoink - Am I just too old?
Kadoink? What is it? I was lucky to be part of a panel at Texting4Health last week and meet Ronna Tanenbaum one of the founders, so I was interest in trying it out. Basically you can send music and voice messages or blasts via SMS. Sort of SMS on Steriods if you learn the language.
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Mobility, Skype Journal, VoIP, iphone
Voice Enabling the iPhone - iAssistant?
Wouldn’t it be nice to never dial a number again. What if you could just push one button and call all your friends by name? That in a nutshell is what Mobivox does. She’s a call assistant. “Hi Stuart. Who would you like to call?” My video examples below show how you can voice-enable […]
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Mobility, iphone
Hacking iPhones and eComm
In preparation for both eComm and the launch of the iPhone SDK on March 6th I spent some time on Sunday hacking my iPhone. I’d had it just one week. I’d killed my T-Mobile account to move to AT&T, so my initial activation was all official. Then I kept reading about more.. all the neat […]
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Mobility, VoIP, Wireless
Truphone New Pricing Fails to Motivate
I’ve been a big fan of the platform that Truphone is building which provides mobile VoIP primarily on Nokia WiFi enabled handsets. N81, N80, N95, etc. Early on I found their codec more efficient. They also innovated recently on Facebook with their own app and last week with Iotum and Free Conferencing. For all intensive […]
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Mobility, Wireless
iPhone — The difference right out of the box.
02.25.08 | Stuart | Permalink | 2 CommentsI bought a 16gb iPhone yesterday knowing I can no longer write about mobile devices without experiencing and living with an iPhone too. It is enormously appealing from opening the box to making the first calls. This won’t be my only post on the iPhone, in fact it is more likely to be one of […]
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Digital Identity, Mobility, Skype Journal, VoIP
Mobivox - “Connecting You and Me by Name”
02.19.08 | Stuart | Permalink | 3 CommentsA few years ago I went to CES2005 in search of new VoIP products. At the time I came across VoxLib a product that could make and receive Skype calls on a normal home phone. When you picked up the phone you got VoxGirl who asked… who would you like to call. There were many […]
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Mobility
N95 Gets an Upgrade & Damages Report
I wrote this post some six weeks ago. Like many it was in the hopper unlinked and almost ready to post. In the meantime news that iPhone users are doing up to 50 times the browsing versus other smart phones has my attention. Screen size matters! So here it is…
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Mobility, Wireless
Nokia N81 8GB - Complex Decisions
I received this gorgeous package about two weeks ago from Andy Abramson. It contained the latest Nokia N-81 8GB music phone. It’s really gorgeous. It has a deep shiney black finish and closed could almost be mistaken for an iPod. I really can’t review this phone without referring to both iPhones and the Nokia N95 […]
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Mobility
Another Thought on Music and Mobility
A trackback led me to a litte more thinking on Music Phones. I’ve been learning what an Nokia N81 8GB music phone can do for me. After the weekend I’m getting a perspective that it is not just the phone but the accessories that you have that often makes the experience or pushes it to […]
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Mobility, Wireless
Bluetooth Car Stereos and My Mobile
12.14.07 | Stuart | Permalink | 3 CommentsA few weeks ago my car was broken into and the car stereo stolen. Pain, insurance etc. It annoyed me at the time and seemed so useless. The theives got away, although left part of the stereo behind in the dash. The radio not even worth the price of the smashed glass. In the […]
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Mobility, VoIP, Wireless
Italian Mobile Plan Insight
Blogs, Skype and Facebook help people find each other. I had a nice lunch today with Luca Filigheddu who’s a leading proponent of VoIP in Italy. He’s been on a learning mission for the last three weeks in the Valley. So we talked VoIP, Wi-Fi mobiles and about our phones. He also shared with me […]
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Mobility, VoIP
Spinvox - Voice to Status Updates
11.13.07 | Stuart | Permalink | 3 CommentsToday I tested various Facebook applications for status updates. I added Spinvox an application that provides a voice to text facebook and twitter update service. Just dial a +18xx-4SPOKEN number from your mobile after you are registered and your status is updated. Spinvox has been around for awhile. In the UK they were providing a […]
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Mobility, VoIP
Stalked by your Mobile
Jeremy writes an excellent post on Jaiku’s purchase by Google. Stowe noted it’s ramifications for telephony and others being blindsided (I agree with this and Google is being underestimated). Aswath takes another angle in referring to OAuth. Identity is certainly in the mix. I’ll only be happy when it is under my control; networked, searched […]
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Mobility, Skype Journal, VoIP
Jajah - Conversation Broker - Strategy?
05.31.07 | Stuart | Permalink | 4 Comments
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