Archive for August, 2010

Smartphone App Revenue Grew $2.2 Billion

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Still thinking of going mobile? Maybe it’s time to do something about it! Consider this, the worldwide smartphone applications market grew more than $2.2 billion dollars within the first six months of 2010 (this according to http://www.research2guidance.com).

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Eric Peterson Discusses How To Measure Mobile

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Eric Peterson has released a new whitepaper (sponsored by OpinionLab), titled The Mobile Measurement Framework: Making Sense of Your Mobile Efforts in the Context of Your Business. The result of the whitepaper is a rich set of key performance indicators focused on user experience, interaction, engagement, and costs that can be applied to mobile sites, mobile applications, and traditional web sites easily, effectively, and inexpensively. I had a chance to catch up with Eric to get his insight on his Mobile Framework. (more…)

Samsung Galaxy S First Impressions Review

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

I bought the new Samsung Galaxy S Android Phone from T Mobile yesterday.

I think the thing is that the mac and iphone are designed for each other. Hours and hours and hours and hours go into making sure that these two devices work together flawlessly. There is only one phone and there is only one mac. Well, not literally, but you get the idea. In a closed environment things can be tested and retested and retested and retested to make sure that the devices stand up to Apple’s litmus test of “just works.”

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