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Carnival of the Mobilists # 243

On 17/11/2010

This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is up at Andy Farrell’s MobiThinking blog, and it’s a big one this time. Andy assembled intriguing posts from contributors old and – more importantly – new, including pieces on:

Mobile music
Phones to improve health
How mobile operators struggle to own the social graph
an interview with the MMA’s Michael Becker on brands and consumers
mobile commerce and fragmentation
smartphone platforms (posts on Nokia/Symbian, Android and Windows Phone 7)
and, finally, also my post on the thorny path for movie licenses on the iPhone.

As always, a very worthwhile read. Go and check the posts!

If you want to contribute to future editions of the Carnival, please provide a link to the post you want to be considered to mobilists@gmail.com.

Carnival of the Mobilist # 228

By Volker

On 05/07/2010

In Carnival of the Mobilists

This should have come a week earlier but, alas, I was on the road – quite literally – en route to San Diego and Qualcomm’s most excellent Uplinq conference.

Life of course did not stop, and amongst the things you should not miss was (and is!) the last iteration of the formidable Carnival of the Mobilists, hosted by our very own Peggy Anne Salz on her award-winning MSearchGroove blog. Amongst the gems not to be missed were:

An interview of a company focused on Windows Phone 7 (yes, you read that right!);
Tomi Ahonen with another go at the app economy (which he claims isn’t much of an economy; read my comments on this here);
A look on web bookmarks as an alternative to apps (to which I still not agree; cf. here);
A couple of posts on Android, and specifically Motorola’s Droid X (and the future, if any, of Motoblur);
And many, many more…

Finally, my post on Vodafone’s pondered changes to its revenue share structures featured, too.

The carnival is here, and well worth a read! And, again, my apologies for the late posting of this. But the old Highway 101 along the Pacific just had me in its grips… 🙂

Carnival of the Mobilists # 226

By Volker

On 14/06/2010

In 1, Carnival of the Mobilists

This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is up and running. It features inter alia:

a podcast on mobile ticketing;
a recap of the M-Publishing event organised by the excellent Camerjam guys (which I so sadly missed due to illness);
an interview with Tomi “Rat Hat” Ahonen on LBS and mobile marketing;
new research on the growth of mobile data and its impact on the various parts of the value chain;
Tomi Ahonen’s take on the iPhone 4
and much, much more.

Oh, and they were also good enough to include my (very) recent post on people-centric design. Thank you. 🙂

The carnival is hosted over here and it is – as always really – well worth a read!

Carnival of the Mobilists # 225

By Volker

On 02/06/2010

In 1, Carnival of the Mobilists

This weeks Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted over at mobiEnthusiast (with a strikingly familiar WordPress theme), and it comes with a lot of goodies, amongst which a stat-packed post on mobile money (and one on why banks need to fully understand it), Ajit Jaokar’s take on net neutrality, the iPad as a spoke in the mobile wheel, a look iAd vs Google/AdMob as well as two podcasts from carnivalist extraordinaire Peggy Salz: A Thomson Reuters SVP suggesting mobile is about companion products and Handmark’s Paul Reddick on why a good brand and a great app may not be quite enough.

Last but not least, my post on the state of mobile games on Android has been included.

So go over there and have a good read. It’s here.

Carnival of the Mobilists # 222

By Volker

On 03/05/2010

In 1, Carnival of the Mobilists

Here it is, the May Bank Holiday edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists. For those not in the know: it is a weekly write-up of the best and brightest in the world of mobile-(related) blogging and is being hosted each week on another blog; this week it’s me… 😉 The easiest way to follow the Carnival every week is to subscribe to the Twitter stream of the formidable Peggy Anne Salz.

So here’s what this week has in stock for you:

James Coops from Mobyaffiliates provides us with an excellent overview of mobile affiliate networks, a fairly fresh approach to carry the multi-billion dollar online equivalent to mobile.

Jay Ehret asks the question that normally costs a round, namely “Is it the Year of Mobile yet?“. And he has a refreshingly clear look at it: a) it is impossible to throw all of the various mobile marketing things (SMS, mobile web, LBS, mobile wallets, m-commerce, etc) into one bucket, and right he is!, b) he reckons that it is certainly time for mobile now since low entry barriers and cost basically make it a ride you cannot lose.

Dr Jim Taylor delights us by adding a few more acronyms to the mix: NEI is the new TMI. The “I” stands for information and Jim looks how the wealth of available information and the way people handle it may reflect upon larger sociological developments. Very thoughtful stuff!

Ajit Jaokar from the OpenGardensBlog looks at the decline of fixed line and wonders if we’re all erring, namely because the wires are needed to take the data load off (hyper-)broadband mobile networks. He then wonders if one shouldn’t think mobile and fixed-line as one and design accordingly.

Peggy Anne Salz points us to a podcast on app store marketing. With nigh on 70 app stores and gazillions of apps, discovery, marketing and sustained usage are issues central to the distribution (and revenue!) strategy of every app developer (I for one certainly bookmarked it).

Tego Interactive’s Alfred de Rose queries whether Apple needs an iPhone in the enterprise (he thinks it doesn’t, and his arguments are very noteworthy!).

And, finally, Rudy de Waele announced the next edition of the wonderful event that is Mobile 2.0 Europe, which will take place in beautiful Barcelona – and not in rainy February either but on 17 June. Book your tickets here. Next to it, there will be the AppCircus, a unique traveling showcase of the most creative and innovative apps presented by their creators at top events around the world.

And that’ll conclude this week’s carnival. Make sure to clue yourself up, read, listen, ponder, share and discuss!

Next week’s edition will be hosted by James Coops at his MJelly Blog.

Carnival of the Mobilists # 217

By Volker

On 29/03/2010

In 1, Carnival of the Mobilists

This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is live and, amongst other great posts, includes my take on the tremendous value to be unlocked by mobile “2.0” over the coming years.

Now, since I hope you have read that one previously, here are (some) of the posts you shouldn’t miss either:

Looking at the value of location-based mobile advertising;
Affiliate programmes as an (additional) business model for app developers;
App or not – again… 😉 this time though the question is raised by none other than the Chief Communication Officer of DDB Worldwide;
Some posts looking at services of network operators (might that have let the chasing-Apple-craze impact other service offerings?);
Judy Breck, keeper of the tents emeritus, looks at how mobile leverages learning…

It can all be found over at Indigo 102, namely here. And now go there, and enjoy yourself!

Carnival of the Mobilists # 214

By Volker

On 09/03/2010

In 1, Carnival of the Mobilists

This one needs to be short since GDC is now upon us but this week’s edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists, which is hosted by Andy Favell over at MobiThinking, is just too packed with goodies to let this slip.

The carnival covers everything from eBook publishing to mHealth, mobile banking (and, separately, micropayments), a ton on mobile marketing, app development, Flash or no Flash on Apple (answer: no) and much, much more.

The carnival is hosted over here, so go read, whilst I will try to survive the conference jungle… 😉