Mobile, Media & Technology Publishing
Guest Post by Scott Goodrich, President, Cellular Specialties Today’s smartphone users expect a complete and robust experience. This includes excellent voice reception and the ability to email, text, download applications, watch streaming video and use LBS (location based services) wherever they may be. They also take comfort in the knowledge that in the event [...]
The Sprint Samsung Nexus S Story Like many of you, I upgraded to a Samsung Nexus S a few days ago. Then I spent time today with the Sprint Community and Google Samsung Nexus S forum folks online. Lots of chat about weak RF signals. So I Googled around the Web and found mostly praise [...]
T-Mobile is hurting financially. And consumers have few wireless carrier choices. Is there enough wireless competition in the U.S.? Would having greater competition reduce mobile charges and increase services? Some thoughts… Betanews has an interesting article about T-Mobile USA, its wireless competitors and Deutsche Telekom, TM’s parent corporation in Germany. Did you know that T-Mobile [...]
Have you noticed it’s getting harder for non-geeks (maybe even geeks) to buy smartphones? Read on for some smart buying tips. Before the iPhone, non-geeks patiently waited for their two-year carrier contracts to expire. Then many, if not all, upgraded to a fancier feature phone with a larger display, more memory and a better browser. [...]
Just returned my T-Mobile Vibrant after testing it for a week. Beautiful display. Great voice quality and speakerphone. Lots of Android apps–more than I would ever use. Reasonable price with a two year contract. So why did I return it? As a mobile blogger who’s written about and used mobile phones for a decade, why [...]
July 4, 2014 News Release XP NewsWire Today all four major U.S. mobile carriers announced the elimination of voice call charges for customers signing two-year data/texting plans. The change, according to Lisa Sabrina-Cortez, was made when carriers found its two-year plan customers were only using an average of 10 voice minutes per month. Ms. Sabrina-Cortez [...]
Wireless carriers, as they build-out their 3G and 4G broadband networks continue to struggle with ensuring strong cell phone reception for voice and data. And it’s not only iPhone and other smartphone owners who are suffering. Five major factors account for poor cell phone reception. Handset antenna placement mainly inside a mobile phone and anything–the handgrip, [...]
Recently mobile carriers have argued for staggered mobile phone data plans. Carriers say that smartphone users, who consume large amounts of data, should pay more and typical mobile phone users should pay less. In other words, mobile carriers should base their cell phone data charges like utility companies. While this sounds reasonable to the carriers, [...]
Mobile augmented reality contact lenses may do more that improve your sight. Someday they could replace your mobile phone and let you communicate visually anywhere in the world, improve your health and make virtual reality real. Perhaps your ophthalmologist could perform Lasik surgery, burning a wireless circuit into your cornea? MobiHealthNews’ Brian Dolan, who was [...]
MOCOM2020 is an open collaborative movement about future mobile media worldwide. Its goal is to develop a vision of our wireless future and mobile media by 2020. The organization publishes the website mocom2020.com, and created a mobile future vision video on You Tube, shown below, that went viral. Here’s a must-see video covering wireless trends. [...]
Affiliate marketers are getting hot under the collar about mobile marketing profits. And I’m becoming concerned about Internet marketers affiliates moving into ”mobile marketing without proper training. In many cases, those promoting courses and the “secrets” of the practice fall victim to lack of best practices and, in some cases, breaking the law. The CAN-SPAM [...]
T-Mobile is hurting financially. And consumers have few wireless carrier choices. Is there enough wireless competition in the U.S.? Would having greater competition reduce mobile charges and increase services? Some thoughts… Betanews has an interesting article about T-Mobile USA, its wireless competitors and Deutsche Telekom, TM’s parent corporation in Germany. Did you know that T-Mobile [...]
Have your checked your Facebook privacy page recently? Seen The Social Network movie? If so, you may become concerned about app, game and website marketers’ knowledge of your personal information. Facebook explains its privacy policies under “Controlling What You Share” Today I checked out my own privacy settings because I became concerned about the huge [...]
