Here are more 2010 predictions. Forrester has issued a report, Collaboration Needs Will Fuel A Smartphone Surge, by Ted Schadler with Matthew Brown, Brownlee Thomas, Michele Pelino, and Peter Schmidt, with the subtitle: The Surge Can Be Funded Through A Bring-Your-Own Smartphone Strategy.I appreciate receiving a review copy.It predicts that 2010 will be the year of the smartphone surge.
There are already over 100 different Android phone choices worldwide scheduled to be made available in 2010 after the recent announcements at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared today at the Mobile World Congress keynote that Google and their hardware partners are now shipping 60,000 Android handsets each day.
With all of the press in the gadget and Internet marketing world last week around the introduction of the Google Nexus One smart phone you would think that there would be a rush to buy them. Appears that is not the case, at least not initially. My theory is that while there was all kind of chatter amongst the industry, they would be the most likely to buy one but they are not going to commit to a new phone and platform if they are already an iPhone user. Oh, and the VAST majority of people simply don’t run out and buy everything that is launched.
You don’t have to look very far, especially in the online space, to find a disgruntled AT&T wireless customer. If you would like to increase your likelihood of finding a seething AT&T wireless customer just ask around in New York and San Francisco for iPhone users. This, in and of itself, is not news. As a result though, AT&T faces reputation issues that are extending beyond the initial complaints about service. As the company struggles to maintain some positive buzz it is running headlong into the ‘perception is reality’ of today’s world.
Let’s face it: nobody has the attention span to read more than 140 characters anymore. So WordPress’s latest effort—mobile microblogging cross posting to a regular blog—totally makes sense.
Some interesting mobile safety apps from Down-under out of the LBS Wireless crew.. welcome several news apps designed to keep users safe - Gone Boating, Gone Trekking and Gone Flying. The apps utilize the GPS, Google maps, calendar and camera features of the iPhone. Each application enables the user to record their departure, destination and waypoint information. They also enable the user to email or post a Twitter message containing their trip details and maps. With the applications users can:
In the online world, there are few places one feels as vulnerable than when conducting an online transaction. Inputting your information leads to the feeling of uncertainty, not knowing who is privy to the information you’re entering. Security measures have no doubt improved throughout the years, but still have room for improvement. MasterCard hopes to be part of the evolution, and doing so through mobile technology.
The company announced on Monday, a security measure which would use mobile phones as a means for making online transactions safer. The new measure would send users through either SMS or a mobile app, a one time password that would have to be entered to complete a transaction. (more…)
The wireless capabilities that people enjoy with Bluetooth, might have a successor come next year with Wi-Fi Direct. This technology has been announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi Direct would allow for easier connection, and provide a means for Wi-Fi enabled to devices to connect to one another without a joining a hotspot network. (more…)
Ok, that headline was completely unfair because this post is about WiFi access on Virgin America flights that is being provided by Google. Got your attention though didn’t it? For a moment maybe you thought that Google had really taken this ‘providing service to everyone and type of person on the planet’ to a disturbing level. Maybe you just think I’m an idiot for using the headline. Honestly, it doesn’t matter much in the end does it?
Now for the news. On Google’s blog they have announced how they are providing this service on every Virgin America flight for the holiday season.
