Archive for March, 2007
« Previous EntriesCTIA 2007 – Closing notes
Friday, March 30th, 2007While flying back to Europe I’m trying to sum up 3 intense days of wireless meetings, conferences and parties (most notably Motricity/MTV) and believe me, it’s not easy. My first impression when getting in Orlando was that the US market was about to take Europe over and make up its delay on the mobile content […]
CTIA - Day 1
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007That’s it! The CTIA is at it again and bigger than ever. The US market was believed to be lagging behind Europe in terms of mobile content services, but beware… it’s catching up faster than one would expect. Over 120,000 square meters (400,000 sq. ft) of exhibition, demonstration and meeting space, keynotes with top execs […]
Getting ready for CTIA 2007
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Crazy week ahead with over 12 meetings a day in Orlando scheduled. After 3GSM in Barcelona, it’s time for the US market to celebrate its mobile industry in sunny Florida.
I am curious to see whether the US market is still behind in terms of mobile content services. Although the US has been lagging behind Asia […]
Pulse Mobile raises $7m
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007San Francisco based Pulse Mobile has secured around $7 million of an $8.5 million Series B round according to PEHub and MocoNews. Pulse has raised a total of $60m since it was founded in 1994. The company provides dynamically customizable images that can be used to send personalized messages to friends. There are many […]
Blackberry helmet
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007I’m getting one of these!
Palm sold by Thursday?
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Rumors are swirling about an imminent sale of the famous smartphone maker. Nokia is apparently one of the industrial contenders while Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake Partners lead the private equity pack. According to Reuters the company could be valued at $2bn.
Shares of Palm were up nearly 5% today after the rumor broke out.
Info […]
New: Anti cell radiation facial spray!
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Now that’s called marketing! Want to protect your skin from your cellphone’s electromagnetic waves, and indoor AND outdoor pollution? Just spray your face with Clarins‘ (a leading French cosmetics company) new Expertise 3P compound and off you go!
The product description cautiously avoids mentioning cellphone radiation protection, but I’m sure cosmetics advisers in shopping malls will […]
Amp’d launches in Canada
Monday, March 19th, 2007Amp’d, one of my favorite MVNOs in marketing and packaging terms, launched last week its Canadian offering. Amp’d Canada is running on Telus‘ network. The big question is: will they succeed in signing up a large subscriber base, or will they have a hard time passing the 100,000 mark like in the US?
My take is […]
Yahoo’s Mixd shut down
Monday, March 19th, 20070
Google Phone confirmed
Friday, March 16th, 2007According to Isabel Aguilera, Head of Google Spain and Portugal, the company is indeed working on launching a mobile phone.This revelation will put an end to rumors that were in the market for months about a move of Google in the mobile devices market.
It seems that Google will be targeting the device at developing countries […]
