cellular

Timbits from Mark

December 11, 2006

A couple of choice tidbits from Mark Goldberg.  Cellular phones (and presumably cellular phone services) were  number 9 on the top 10 list of Consumer Complaints and Inquiries for 2005.  Cellular phone providers were in fine company, vying for the number one spot with bill collectors, fitness clubs, credit agencies, and car salesman.  And, in [...]

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The N80 and Gizmo

November 28, 2006

On the Etel blog this morning, Brian McConnell has published a pretty lengthy review of his experience of the Nokia N80 and the new Gizmo client.  Brian uses Gizmo with the N80 WiFi in both his San Francisco and his Argentinean offices.  It sounds like a pretty compelling experience.

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Sunrise Over Boston

November 18, 2006

The light was just right this morning as Howard and I sat eating breakfast on the 10th floor of the Logan Airport Hilton.  For the last few days, I’ve been carrying a Blackberry Pearl, which is equipped with a camera.  Even though it’s a lowly 1.3 megapixal camera, I was pretty pleased with this result. [...]

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Pearl Doh?

August 10, 2006

Yesterday, Engadget obtained a T-Mobile holiday press release for the Blackberry Pearl, otherwise known as the 8100, and published it.  Clearly marked “Embargoed until Sept 18th”, this news is six weeks early.  Ouch!  Scooped by the blogosphere.  Or maybe not. I smell a rat.  I’ve never seen an embargoed press release circulated six weeks in [...]

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Blackberry 8100 Revealed

August 7, 2006

Engadget has photos of the new Blackberry 8100 up this morning.  It’s pretty!  Slim, with a media player, and camera, it’s the next generation of the 7100 with the double-tap keyboard. In the center of one of the photo’s you can see a roller ball, replacing  the scroll wheel which has been a feature of Blackberry [...]

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An Old Idea Gains Currency

August 1, 2006

Apparently the latest rage in India is background tones.  The moral equivalent of the desktop wallpaper on your PC, these are background sounds played while you’re having a telephone conversation with another person.  They’re one of a whole class of new services which are implemented using media handling in the network. Other services like background [...]

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Cranberry’s and Cellular Etiquette

May 31, 2006

The cellular etiquette meme continues.  This latest column, from the IndyStar, has Martha Stewart giving advice on boudoir color schemes, plus appropriate cellular phone etiquette.  If you’re going to paint your walls cranberry, a “blend of dramatic reds and soothing blues”, says Martha, use bright accessories to complement the walls.  And when answering a cellphone, “Remember [...]

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Commoditization in the Cellular Market

April 27, 2006

IP Communications is a newsletter from investment firm New York Global Securities.  I don’t remember how I got on their mailing list, but recently the content has been outstanding.  Email research@nygsresearch.com to be added.  This week’s issue delves into commoditization of the cellular voice market.  Analyst Keith Dalrymple notes that ARPU (average revenue per user) [...]

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Paypal Mobile Debuts

March 23, 2006

Wow.  I just picked up the news about PayPal mobile from Russell Beattie and MobileCrunch.  Now you can use SMS to make any kind of payment to anyone who has a phone.  You simply text 729725 with "SEND x to yyyyyyyyyy" where x is the amount, and yyyyyyyyyy is the recipients phone number.  A couple of [...]

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Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse

February 5, 2006

It’s been a crazy last couple of days.  We arrive in Phoenix on Friday and got most of what we needed out of the way.  Spent a couple of hours at Fry’s across the street, and then went to Cingular to cut a deal for cell phones (we need a bunch in our demo). Saturday [...]

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