One of the presenters at last week’s Mobile 2.0 Event was Mippin. It’s hard to tell much about a service from a five minute presentation and Mippin’s left me pretty unclear on what it actually was. I’ve had time to play with Mippin so here’s my take. Mippin is a mobile portal built from RSS feeds. In itself that’s not new, Feed2Mobile. Mowser, FeedM8 and Winksite all offer directories of mobile formated feeds. They all have their own mix of … Continue reading
Rudy De Waele has posted the latest Carnival at mTrends. There’s a been a lot going on in mobile lately and the latest Carnival does a great job of capturing the excitement. There are posts on the Mobile 2.0 Event, Web 2.0 Summit, mobile Rich Internet Applications, Motorola/UIQ, stopping SMS SPAM, mobile privacy issues, a neat statistical analysis of the effect of upgraded handsets on mobile browsing, SMS business cars and much more. Visit Carnival of The Mobilists #96
I still have three pairs of free invites left for Opera Software’s Rock Opera Party Thursday night in San Francisco. The party features 2 bands, The 88 and The Binges, and an open bar. Opera will be launching new betas of Opera Mini and the Opera Desktop browser at the event. To get your invites Just leave a comment here by 9 PM tonight San Francisco time. Be sure to mention “Rock Opera invites” in your comment so I can … Continue reading
Found on the Mobile Web is an occasional WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the yeswap.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 956 mobile sites. Entertainment/Movies Netflix Mobile (netflix.com/mobile) is the mobile version of the hugely popular subscription service that lends movie DVDs by mail and also has a limited on-demand streaming service. The mobile site (Netflix member ID required) lets you view your Netflix … Continue reading
Next Thursday October 25th, Opera Software is holding a launch party in San Francisco. Details here. The event will mark the release of at least two new products including a new Opera Mini 4 Beta. The theme of the party is Rock Opera and there will be rock, provided by two bands, The 88 and The Binges and an open bar! If any of my readers in the San Francisco area are interested in attending I have three pairs of … Continue reading
Finding data on mobile web traffic and mobile browser share is like pulling teeth. It got a little easier this week with AdMob’s release of their Mobile Metrics Report (PDF). It’s an analysis of data on mobile ad impressions for the month of September. AdMob will be publishing the report monthly. There’s loads of some solid information in this report; things like the most popular phones for mobile browsing worldwide and in the US, India, South Africa and the UK … Continue reading
Photo – Daniel Appelquist I spent yesterday at the Mobile 2.0 Event here in San Francisco. It was nice to meet so many of my readers and fellow mobile bloggers. This is a world class event and a real bargain. I don’t think there’s any other conference were you will find so many of the movers and shakers of the mobile world gathered in such a relatively intimate setting. It was fast paced and went very smoothly, hat tip to … Continue reading
It happens every Monday and is indispensable reading for anyone interested in any aspect of the mobile ecosystem. It’s the Carnival of the Mobilists of course and this week it’s at The Smartphones Show, a great site by the way. Host Steve Litchfield is famous for the video podcasts he does offering hands on reviews of the latest devices along with industry news, opinions and an occasional rant. For the Carnival, Steve has switched from video to text and gathered … Continue reading