{"id":1135,"date":"2010-12-17T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/17\/carnival-of-the-mobilists-244\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:31:59","slug":"carnival-of-the-mobilists-244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/17\/carnival-of-the-mobilists-244\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of the Mobilists # 244"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/mobili.st\">Carnival of the Mobilists<\/a> decided to go monthly. From now on, you will get your burst of the best of mobile blogging on a monthly basis, hopefully culminating in even juicier, fresher, more wholesome and all round fantastic contributions. I am honoured to make the start, so here goes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MSearchGroove, one of the most influential blogs looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msearchgroove.com\/personalization-across-mobile-tv-why-recommendations-must-be-social\/\">(true) power of personalization<\/a> across digital platforms, which is the social twist on things (and couldn&#8217;t I agree more&#8230;!).<\/li>\n<li>MobiThinking looks at what they call <a href=\"http:\/\/mobithinking.com\/blog\/vanity-apps\">vanity apps<\/a>, and how true this is: they point out that many companies still commission apps only because the CEO has an iPhone&#8230; Look at your target demographic before spending money, folks&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Deeper into the smart device space, Tam Hanna looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/tamspalm.tamoggemon.com\/2010\/11\/23\/samsung-galaxy-tab-demographic-reflections\/\">Galaxy Tablet and why it might be a trailblazer<\/a> for devices to come;<\/li>\n<li>Stat geek and Consultant Extraordinaire Chetan Sharma treats us with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chetansharma.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/12\/mobile-breakfast-series-whats-up-in-2011\/\">write-up<\/a> of his last 2010 iteration of his Breakfast series, sharing a wealth of outlooks to 2011;<\/li>\n<li>Bending the rule of no double submissions, here&#8217;s MobiThinking&#8217;s report on three different opinions on, <a href=\"http:\/\/mobithinking.com\/what-is-mobile-2.0\">what the heck, exemplifies Mobile 2.0<\/a> (did we not all wonder? ;-));<\/li>\n<li>The WAP Review offers their take on the (arguably) <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wapreview.com\/8651\/\">best eBook reader apps for the N8<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Finally, here&#8217;s a real goodie for you. They didn&#8217;t formally submit but I doubt they&#8217;ll oppose their inclusion: The formidable Tomi Ahonen wrote a post on <a href=\"http:\/\/communities-dominate.blogs.com\/brands\/2010\/12\/some-symbian-sanity-why-nokia-will-not-join-google-android-or-microsoft-phone-7.html\">Symbian goodness<\/a>, which triggered a <a href=\"http:\/\/scobleizer.com\/2010\/12\/13\/why-nokia-is-still-doomed-no-matter-how-many-words-tomi-ahonen-writes\/\">reply<\/a> by the &#8211; no less formidable, if in different ways &#8211; Robert Scoble (to which Tomi of course <a href=\"http:\/\/communities-dominate.blogs.com\/brands\/2010\/12\/nokia-smartphone-strategy-and-execution-is-right-even-if-the-scobleizer-doesnt-meet-developers-who-l.html\">duly replied<\/a>). I have offered my own humble take on it <a href=\"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/17\/scobleizer-or-tomiahonen-who-is-right\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you enjoy the reads.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to contribute to future iterations of the Carnival, please let us know by sending us a link to the <a href=\"mailto:mobilists@gmail.com\">Carnival e-mail centre of goodness<\/a>. The Carnival (of course) also tweets. You can follow it under <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cotmobilists\">@COTMobilists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, let me point out two must-attend events for the new year:<\/p>\n<p>On the Sunday before Mobile World Congress, Rudy de Waele runs his traditional <a href=\"http:\/\/mobilesundaybarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile Sunday Barcelona<\/a>, which is &#8211; in his own words &#8211; an unofficial, informal and generally cool and funky gathering of mobile bloggers and their chums, and is thoroughly enjoyable!<\/p>\n<p>And then, during MWC, there will be the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilepremierawards.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile Premier Awards<\/a>, which again is something I would urge you to turn your attention to: it awards the best stuff on mobile from around the globe. Submissions are being sourced from a number of networks (Mobile Monday, the MMA, etc) and it is a fantastic showcase of the best of the best in mobile innovation today! Follow them on Twitter, too. The handle is <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mobilepremier\" target=\"_blank\">@mobilepremier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, now, enjoy the festivities of the coming period (if you&#8217;re so inclined) and behave&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carnival of the Mobilists decided to go monthly. From now on, you will get your burst of the best of mobile blogging on a monthly basis, hopefully culminating in even juicier, fresher, more wholesome and all round fantastic contributions. 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