How iPhone is impacting the mobile industry
As an analyst working inside the mobile industry I ‘ve witnessed to hubbub of cheering, admiration and idolatry for the iPhone in the...
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Five upsell strategies for mobile ISVs
Mobile software vendors (ISVs) who develop software for mobile handsets are competing in an increasingly crowded market; on-device...
Activating the Idle Screen
We recently researched and authored an extensive research paper on the subject of active idle screens; that is, the technology that turns...
Container projects: The next chapter in handset customisation
The history book of the mobile handset industry has gone through two turbulent chapters to date; the first na ve years of manufacturer...
Carnival of the Mobilists 75
Welcome to the 75th Carnival of the Mobilists ! This week’s edition is brought to you by Hampus Jakobsson and Andreas Constantinou at the...
Flash Lite: Facts and Figures
Adobe s Flash Lite is widely recognized as one of the most pervasive software platforms in the mobile market. It s fast penetrating the...
Prague or Berlin ? Behind the scenes of the SIM industry
SIM cards, the tiny chips that authenticate the subscriber to the network, are a market of 2 billion unit sales per year. A market which...
The headaches of being a handset OEM
Some things remain true: Markets always shift and the lord giveth and the lord taketh. In the mobile handset industry we have seen...
Bye Bye Browser
The mobile browser business has been dealt with a swift blow within the space of a week: Teleca announced that it halts investments into...
To Build or to buy? To Patent or not to?
The mobile software industry is never short of challenges. Manufacturers and software vendors are constantly riddled with the question of...
Rethinking application environments
Handset software is a fascinating topic in the mobile industry, albeit one that is often misunderstood. Application environments like...
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...
