Category Archives: Mobile Trends

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

The passing of Steve Jobs, while not completely unexpected, is still shocking and resonates beyond belief. How he touched everyone’s life, whether they know it or not, is hard to comprehend. I could go on and on about his impact on my life. Growing up playing games on an Apple II in the basement of…

Mobile Web Apps – Trend or Experiment?

The Financial Times, in a bold move, launched a subscription-based mobile web app that will allow them to bypass the App Store and Apple’s impending 30% subscription tax that is due to kick in at the end of the month. The Financial Times put up a very interesting technical Q&A on why they chose to…

I only want one dataplan

Dual-core/quad-core, 16GB, OS9.2, etc etc … sounds like I’m talking about my recent laptop purchase but I’m not. These are standard specs for smartphones all of us are using today. The power of mobile phones has increased so much that it’s the only device we NEED to run our daily lives, although that’s not really…

Don’t be fooled, the definition of mobile ROI is not “Return on iPhone”

My thoughts about a recent article on Mashable that shows businesses with a mobile website have the potential to reach 5x more people per dollar invested.

My rant …mobile vendors need to take a (big) step back

Last week I was in New York to attend Inman Connect, a real estate technology conference. I was on a panel where I could debate mobile apps versus the mobile web… and for those of you who know me, this is a topic I energetically discuss anytime, anywhere. The conference organizers asked each panel member…

The iPhone’s landed at Verizon – what do I do?

There’s a lot of media attention and hype surrounding the availability of the iPhone on Verizon’s network. What you’re probably asking yourself is what does it mean to me, and what do I do? Here are some scenarios and recommendations for you to consider.

Mobile observations are more powerful than reports

Happy 2011 everyone! I’m excited about the new year and can’t wait to see how the mobile market continues its evolution. I was back home in Vancouver for the holidays and spent a good chunk of time reading, especially trying to clean out my blog reader that had “1000+” for every category. I powered through…

Mobile + The Cloud: A Match made in Heaven

After going through an exchange process with my Nexus One recently, I realized there is serious power when combing mobile computing with the cloud.

Mobile Market Wrap-up, September 27

This week wrap-up features the latest Verizon iPhone rumors, why tiered data pricing could kill mobile broadband, and Dot – “The world’s smallest stop-motion animation character.”

20 people in mobile to follow on Twitter

If you are in mobile and use Twitter, here are the 20 “most influential people in mobile” that you should follow.