{"id":288,"date":"2007-04-02T06:10:52","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T13:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wapreview.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2020-12-11T09:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:34:32","slug":"carnival-of-the-mobilists-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/288\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of the Mobilists #67"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mobbile Clubbing by Madridmobs\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/mobileClubbing.jpg\" alt=\"Mobbile Clubbing by Madridmobs\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\"\/><br \/>\n<small>photo by <a title=\"Link to madridmobs' photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/madridmobs\/\"><strong>madridmobs<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">Some rights reserved<\/a>. <\/small><small><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Attribution\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/cc_icon_attribution_small.gif\" alt=\"Attribution\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noncommercial\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/cc_icon_noncomm_small.gif\" alt=\"Noncommercial\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Derivative Works\" src=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/images\/cc_icon_noderivs_small.gif\" alt=\"No Derivative Works\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 67th edition of the <em>Carnival of the Mobilists<\/em> &#8211; a weekly showcase of the best writing on topics related to mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mobile Future<\/strong> &#8211; We have some great items this week. To start off, many mobilists are pondering what&#8217;s next in this industry that is so rapidly evolving.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Krisse at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutsymbian.com\">AllAboutSymbian<\/a> asks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutsymbian.com\/features\/item\/Will_smartphones_need_anything_more_than_a_browser.php\">Do smartphones need to be anything more than a browser and a phone?<\/a> A great look at whether web apps will dominate mobile as well as desktop computing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billday.com\">Bill Day<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/billday.com\/2007\/03\/28\/apples-three-screens-opportunity\/\">Apple\u2019s three screens opportunity<\/a>. Apple has become a content distribution powerhouse with iTunes. Can they leverage that into IPTV and mobile dominance too?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Content Creation <\/strong>&#8211; The craft of software development as it applies to mobile.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On C.Enrigue Ortiz&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cenriqueortiz.com\/weblog\/\">Mobility Weblog<\/a>, CEO explores the opportunities and challenges for developers in getting their content on the most valuable of all mobile screen real estate in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cenriqueortiz.com\/weblog\/Mobility\/2007\/03\/28\/The-Next-Battlefront-for-Mobile-Applications.html\">The Next Battlefront (for Mobile Applications)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At <a href=\"http:\/\/visionmobile.com\/blog\/\">VisionMobile<\/a>, Liz Laffan has a comprehensive piece on a couple of tough choices that need to be made at the start of any mobile development project in <a href=\"http:\/\/visionmobile.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/to-build-or-to-buy-to-patent-or-not-to\/\">To Build or to buy? To Patent or not to?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mobile Marketing<\/strong> &#8211; Marketing with mobiles is a growth industry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mopocket.com\">Mopocket<\/a>&#8216;s Justin Oberman highlights <em>Mozes <\/em>big deal with <em>Motown <\/em>in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mopocket.com\/2007\/03\/ctia_-_mozes_has_come_down_from_the_mountain_and_wows_us_all.php\">CTIA &#8211; MOZES HAS COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN AND WOWS US ALL<\/a>. Great win for Mozes, the company that opened SMS marketing to everyone from individuals to grass root political movements to indie bands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SMS is ubiquitous and SMS based ad campaigns <em>appear<\/em> likely to be rewarding &#8211; but there are some things they just aren&#8217;t suitable for as <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190316010940\/http:\/\/mobhappy.com:80\/blog1\/\">Mobhappy<\/a>&#8216;s Russell Buckley amusingly explains in <a href=\"http:\/\/mobhappy.com\/blog1\/2007\/04\/01\/what-is-it-about-starbucks\/\">What is it about Starbucks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Comverse<\/em>&#8216;s Xen Mendelsohn at <a href=\"http:\/\/xendolev.typepad.com\/xellular\/\">Xellular Identity<\/a> says <a href=\"http:\/\/xendolev.typepad.com\/xellular\/2007\/03\/youre_invited.html\">You&#8217;re Invited!<\/a> to the <em>Fun Dial Marketing Seminar<\/em> later this month. <em>Fun Dial<\/em> is her company&#8217;s ringback tones product.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>User Experience<\/strong> &#8211; Users and designers on what works and what doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/darlamack.blogs.com\">Mobile Diva, Darla Mack<\/a> writes about getting around carrier roadblocks in <a href=\"http:\/\/darlamack.blogs.com\/darlamack\/2007\/03\/its_always_good.html\">Its Always Good To Have At Least One Carrier Supported Device<\/a>. Sad but true.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mobilesociety.typepad.com\/mobile_life\/\">Martin Sauter<\/a>&#8216;s enjoying great inexpensive prepaid 3G in Italy. Based on his experience and testing he offers <a href=\"http:\/\/mobilesociety.typepad.com\/mobile_life\/2007\/03\/a_real_life_com.html\">A Real Life Comparison of HSDPA and UMTS<\/a>. It&#8217;s an interesting article both technically and for what it says about the future of ubiquitous computing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>My favorite post this week is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pikesoft.com\/blog\/\">Software Everywhere<\/a>&#8216;s David Beer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pikesoft.com\/blog\/index.php?itemid=158\">Thoughts on personalization and contextuality<\/a>. David suggests a new approach to mobile user interfaces organized around tasks rather than applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Competitive texting? You bet. At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartmobs.com\/\">Smartmobs<\/a>, last week&#8217;s Carnival host, Judy Breck reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartmobs.com\/archive\/2007\/03\/31\/texting_champio....html\"> Texting Championship tests thumbs.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mobile Content<\/strong> Exploring software and services for your phone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mobile9.com\/s60apps\/\">Nokia S60 3rd Edition Application Review<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mobile9.com\/s60apps\/2007\/03\/27\/pocketcaster-by-comvu\/\">Zach Epstein reviews PocketCaster<\/a>, a groundbreaking S60 3rd Ed. application that streams live or pre-recorded video from the phone to social networking sites or your blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>My own contribution, <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/287\">Mobile Search Wars Heat Up<\/a> is a look at Google&#8217;s mobile search redesign &#8211; how it compares to Yahoo&#8217;s new <em>oneSearch<\/em> offering and why it&#8217;s bad for the mobile web.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpicks.co.uk\">Pocket Picks<\/a>, Keith Stuart interviews Eric Hobson, President of <em>Hands-On<\/em>, a mobile games developer which is launching not one, but three new MoSoCo sites in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpicks.co.uk\/latest\/index.php\/2007\/03\/28\/the-hands-on-guide-to-social-networking\/\">The Hands-On guide to social networking<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A look at web and mobile classified ad site <em>Mobiya<\/em>&#8216;s recent win by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.m-trends.org\/\">m-trends<\/a> Rudy De Waele in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.m-trends.org\/2007\/03\/mobiya-and-metro-launch-mobile-classified-service-in-belgium.html\">Mobiya and Metro launch mobile classified service in Belgium<\/a>. Mobiya has a unique and apparently effective business model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Mace at <a href=\"http:\/\/mobileopportunity.blogspot.com\">Mobile Oportunity<\/a> was very late with <a href=\"http:\/\/mobileopportunity.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/early-look-at-ultimate-social.html\">his post<\/a>, in fact he just submitted it <em>last night<\/em>. He has apparently seen an early beta of a disruptively revolutionary mobile social networking product called <em>Spitr <\/em>that will absolutely amaze you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. Don&#8217;t miss the next <em>Carnival of the Mobilists<\/em> &#8211; Monday, April 9th at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chetansharma.com\/blog\/\">Always On real-Time Access<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by madridmobs, Some rights reserved. Welcome to the 67th edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists &#8211; a weekly showcase of the best writing on topics related to mobile phones. The Mobile Future &#8211; We have some great items this week. To start off, many mobilists are pondering what&#8217;s next in this industry that is so rapidly evolving. Krisse at AllAboutSymbian asks, Do smartphones need to be anything more than a browser and a phone? A great look at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/288\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22860,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/22860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}