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On-device portals: Sardines in a can
If you were at 3GSM a couple of weeks ago, you would have noticed that the term ODP has become quite widely used. Unlike other...
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SlashData Team
Feb 21, 20074 min read
Reversing Mobile TV
One of the simplest and most brilliant ideas I ‘ve read in a while comes from Deloitte’s telecommunications predictions for 2007. This...
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Feb 5, 20074 min read
Get real: Focus on Voice not Data
With voice ARPU steadily declining and data ARPU undercompensating, network operators should re-examine their data services strategies....
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Feb 4, 20072 min read
SIMs and Conference Politics
Conferences are becoming a booming business in the mobile industry. Besides the incumbent Informa Telecoms & Media, there at least 10...
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Jan 30, 20072 min read
The carrousel of mobile blogging
If you haven’t been to the Carnival of the Mobilists before, you should give it a spin. Every week the Carnival is hosting a page-long...
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Jan 24, 20073 min read
Read my mind: adding recommendation to the mobile search mix
Understanding users can’t buy content if they can’t find it, an increasing number of mobile operators and content providers are...
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Jan 18, 20073 min read
Mapping mobile Linux: from Lego bricks to castles
Mobile Linux is a fascinating topic. As an operating system for mobile handsets, Linux commands responses ranging across dismissal, FUD...
SlashData Team
Jan 15, 20073 min read
iPhone delivers a genuinely disruptive UI
As an interaction designer working in the mobile space and as someone who follows Apple’s products with interest, the iPhone announcement...
SlashData Team
Jan 5, 20074 min read
Retail idea #3: Selling hardware features
Another idea for mobile phone retail stores is selling hardware features – imagine buying a phone and then adding an FM radio capability...
SlashData Team
Dec 15, 20062 min read
Make it – then break it: the UI-paradigm of converged devices
The jury is still out on whether convergence will continue and mobile phones become the ultimate in-pocket-Swiss-army-knife-machine. I...
SlashData Team
Dec 10, 20062 min read
Making a difference at Retail: The mobile phone health index
Mobile phone retail shops are under-utilised today. They could be used to sell not only phones, but mobile data services as I argued...
SlashData Team
Dec 2, 20063 min read
Open Source making waves in the mobile industry
Open source software has existed in mobile phones since Motorola’s Linux-based A760 was launched in early 2003. Open source has come a...
SlashData Team
Nov 15, 20064 min read
Motorola's AJAR set to follow in Nokia's S60 footsteps
Motorola’s acquisition of TTPCom in June bought the OEM ownership of the AJAR operating system for low-end handsets. In a corporate...
SlashData Team
Nov 13, 20062 min read
Qualcomm an inch closer to Europe
Qualcomm has been struggling to sell BREW handsets outside CDMA markets for some time now. Its first breakthrough came with operator O2’s...
SlashData Team
Nov 8, 20066 min read
Operators: service-pipes or bit-pipes ?
In the last five years, tier-1 mobile network operators (MNOs) have looked for strategic inspiration in many places, albeit with limited...
SlashData Team
Nov 1, 20063 min read
Prioritize: Take over the world or Enjoy good margins
The end of each quarter is always an exciting period in the mobile business, the average selling price and market shares of the...
SlashData Team
Oct 22, 20062 min read
Customisation vs Personalisation: Setting the record straight
In the mobile industry, we often talk about customisation and personalisation interchangeably to describe how a service or a handset is...
SlashData Team
Oct 12, 20068 min read
Bang & Olufsen and ELLE pick up where Xelibri failed
Handsets for niche segments are making their presence felt, not only behind the mobile industry scenes, but also in the retail...
SlashData Team
Sep 25, 20062 min read
User interfaces and soft walled gardens of tomorrow
A couple of years ago, many in the mobile industry foresaw that mobile operators would control most of the device specification,...
SlashData Team
Sep 21, 20064 min read
Customised Design Manufacturers are Here
The Customised Design Manufacturer (CDM) is a new business model in the mobile handset industry that fills a very important market gap:...
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