While on Skype this morning, I noticed something I think is astonishing! 15+ million simultaneous online users! This is a huge feat that the Skype team should be very proud of. An a related note: Skype just launched Skype 2.8 for Mac and some versions for Android as well. Update: Looks like Skype just posted…
Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav Praekelt, a mobile…
Last week at Mobilize ’08, I had the opportunity to sit down with Morgan Gillis, Executive Director of the LiMo Foundation. This industry consortium was formed last year and has been tasked with building a scalable Linux platform for use in the mobile handset market. The LiMo Foundation (shorthand for Linux on Mobile Foundation) has…
Garett Rogers of ZDNet posted recently that Google’s Andoid is shedding its allure with developers and therefore won’t be as attractive as an mobile application platform. In turn, Rogers argues, Android-powered phones won’t be as competitive as the newly released iPhone 3G. My reply is “wait a minute!”. Why? Mainly because Android hasn’t appeared tangibly…
Nokia Answers Back A compelling reason I enjoy Nokia smart phones is their use of the Symbian operating system. This mobile OS is found on many phones including Nokia, Sony Ericcson, Panasonic, and a few others. Up until now, Symbian has operated as a separate entity that created an environment that was very inviting to…