ReplaceAds announces the availability of Mobile Ad Network

On 03.19.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor

ReplaceAds, the largest network of audio, video and display ad inventory in the fast growing internet radio business has announced the availability of its new mobile advertising platform. With over 2000 radio stations available on iPhone, BlackBerry, iPod touch, Android and other handset, the company generates more than 250 million mobile advertising impressions per month.

According to John Williams, CEO and Founder of ReplaceAds’ parent company Jetcast, mobile audio and video streaming is growing at a phenomenal rate. The new mobile monetization platform of the company will allow the broadcasters to quickly grow their mobile revenues and for advertisers to easily and cost effectively reach our affluent, and highly engaged mobile audience.

Jetcast is of the opinion that since mobile streaming is hitting an all time high, more people are listening to radio via their Blackberry, iPhone or Android Smartphones than ever before.  As per the ratings of Bridge Ratings, the mobile phone radio audience will reach 40 million by 2015.

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Samsung launches Anycall Clutch (SPH-W9500) for South Korean market

On 03.08.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

Samsung has launched a handset, Anycall Clutch (SPH-W9500) exclusively for South Korean market. Anycall Clutch looks like a variant of the S7070 Diva phone and has the same quilted back. The distinct feature of the model is its diamond-shaped home button.

The set is an all-touchscreen device with a 3.2-inch display, 3-megapixel camera with “3D motion picture feature”, 1.3-megapixel camera for video calls, 3G connectivity (HADPA), GPS, T-DMB mobile TV receiver, SOS function, Bluetooth, e-dictionary and a microSD expansion slot that works with cards of up to 16GB. The 960mAh battery offers enough charge for up to 8 hours of talk and 500 hours of standby time.

The TouchWIZ 2.0 of Samsung is used for all the interaction providing users with a quick way to access the key phone features as well as popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Lady UI is the name of the UI variant on the Clutch and it comes with preloaded widget for party planning and some diet assistant app.

The Samsung Anycall Clutch will be available in three shades including Silver, Pink and Black on KT for 600,000 won, which is about $523.

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Gigabyte Codfish to hit the market soon

On 03.07.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

The G1305, more curiously known as the Codfish is all set to hit the market very soon. The model is packed with features like 5 megapixel camera, 3.2’’ touchscreen and Android 1.6. However the pricing is still not available.

The other rumored GSmart handset of Gigabyte seems like it will be a little brother with features like 2.8’’ QVGA display, a 2 megapixel camera, and no 3G. it is also expected that the model will be under the supposed 200 WUR price point and that being said, the Codfish can be expected to be a bit costlier.

If both the sets are launched in tandem then the G1305 can be seen as soon as the end of the month.

Given the history with unrelated hardware, like motherboards and PCs, the entry of Gigabyte into the market is interesting. But it’s a transition that Acer seems to have comfortably made.

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Get Swype for Android

On 03.07.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

In a recent act, Swype is all set to make its interesting touchscreen keyboard available to select Android users in a limited beta.

Swype was created by the guys who invented T9 and it’s trying to be a new way for text input on touchscreen displays. Under this, instead of clicking on letters an individual can swipe his fingers in a continuous motion over the letter he wants.

Whatever an individual tries to write is quickly recognized by the software, even if he misspells it. If preferred traditional tapping method can also be used.

The company’s business model was originally licensing the technology to vendors, but the leaked versions have hit Android and it’s clear that there is some interest from the consumers as well. An individual can now sign up for beta and try it out for himself.  beta wont be having full features as the other one coming from an integrated handset maker but there will be limited customer support. An individual will be able to use it only if he has devices with HVGA and WVGA resolutions.

Get Swype for Android right now

In a recent act, Swype is all set to make its interesting touchscreen keyboard available to select Android users in a limited beta.

Swype was created by the guys who invented T9 and it’s trying to be a new way for text input on touchscreen displays. Under this, instead of clicking on letters an individual can swipe his fingers in a continuous motion over the letter he wants.

Whatever an individual tries to write is quickly recognized by the software, even if he misspells it. If preferred traditional tapping method can also be used.

The company’s business model was originally licensing the technology to vendors, but the leaked versions have hit Android and it’s clear that some interest from the consumers as well. An individual can now sign up for beta and try it out for himself. beta wont be having full features as the other one coming from an integrated handset maker but ther will be limited customer support. An individual will be able to use it only if he has devices with HVGA and WVGA resolutions.

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Nokia EVP claims they might sell their handset manufacturing business. (updated)

On 11.30.09, In Mobile, By admin
Nokia Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki: We may sell our handset manufacturing business
Nokia’s EVP, Anssi Vanjoki in an interview to a German publication (Wirtschaftswoche) admitted that Nokia may look to sell it’s hardware manufacturing unit.
After all, RIM (blackberry), Apple and Google don’t make their own handsets, they have all outsourced the hardware bit of it. Then, Why should Nokia?
Interestingly, the smartphone segment is different from the mass market phone segment, but then there is pretty stiff competition there too.
As we all know, in Q3 2009, Apple did knock Nokia off to become the Most profitable handset vendor.
After the “sweet” comments from Vanjoki, Nokia is in damage control mode now and Nokia spokesman Thomas Jonsson has issued a statement claiming that the “Logistics and Manufacturing network” are a very important “competitive advantage” for them (Nokia) and a core part of their business, and that they have no plans to change their business.  model”.

Nokia’s EVP, Anssi Vanjoki in an interview to a German publication (Wirtschaftswoche) admitted that Nokia may look to sell it’s hardware manufacturing unit.

After all, RIM (blackberry), Apple and Google don’t make their own handsets, they have all outsourced the hardware bit of it. Then, Why shouldn’t Nokia?

Interestingly, the smartphone segment is different from the mass market phone segment, but then there is pretty stiff competition there too.

As we all know, in Q3 2009, Apple did knock Nokia off to become the Most profitable handset vendor.

(Update) After the comments from Vanjoki, Nokia is in damage control mode now and Nokia spokesman Thomas Jonsson has issued a statement claiming that the “Logistics and Manufacturing network” are a very important “competitive advantage” for them (Nokia) and a core part of their business, and that they have no plans to change their business model.

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Case Study of the Mobile IP Centrex: A paper by NTTDoCoMo

On 11.30.09, In Mobile, By admin
Hiroyasu YUHASHI
Mobile Society Research Institute,
NTT DOCOMO, INC.

We just came across a case study of the Mobile IP Centrex.

The paper explores how at the initial stage of mobile phone penetration, cell phones were primarily used for business. With increased penetration, mobile phone use expanded vastly from business alone to personal and onto entertainment among other utilities. In 2004, a handset was released with a wireless LAN function, and mobile phones came to be incorporated into the ICT solution.

Hiroyasu YUHASHI of the Mobile Society Research Institute at NTT DOCOMO, INC believes that now,  Mobile IP Centrex is one of the most popular ICT solutions for utilizing mobile phones.

In this paper, he has introduced a manufacturing company as the latest example of an enterprise providing an ICT solution using mobile phones. With the adoption of the mobile phone, the office environment was restructured. In addition, the increasing use of mobile phones changed the way people worked. Progressing from the introduction of the example, he considers the construction of a communication network for business as a result of the increasing use of mobile phones.

Click here to read the Case Study.

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Nokia Money due to launch soon

On 11.12.09, In Mobile, By Editor
Nokia is attempting to create a multi-bank, multi-operator and multi-device collaboration on mobile banking.
Nokia’s mobile banking and payment service is expected to be commercially available in its first market in Q1 2010, though no location details have been revealed yet.
According to Teppo Paavola, vice president, GM mobile financial services, Nokia cannot reveal any details until a banking partner is confirmed. It is learnt that the service requires a banking license before it can be launched.
Nokia said its target is to have 300 million active users of its services by the end of 2011; the number is expected to be 80 million by the end of 2009.
Paavola said the service will enable un-banked people in emerging markets to transfer money, top up prepaid mobile services, pay bills, carry out online transactions, and pay merchants.
Global mobile payments market is expected to be worth €18 billion by 2014 – €12 billion from emerging markets and €6 billion from developed markets.
Approaches to mobile banking so far have lacked scale and have not worked across operators and across banks.
Nokia therefore plans to drive the collaboration on an open financial ecosystem, with Nokia Money at its core. Paavola added that it has taken a long time to get all the players together, from banks through to mobile operators.
The Nokia Money application will not only be pre-loaded but could be sideloaded, or downloaded later.
Nokia will also be able to provide the physical distribution channel that is critical for the service to work. For example, Nokia handset sellers can be turned into Nokia Money agents, providing the devices, the application, and the ability to handle cash.

Nokia is attempting to create a multi-bank, multi-operator and multi-device collaboration on mobile banking, a service dubbed Nokia Money.

Nokia’s mobile banking and payment service is expected to be commercially available in its first market in Q1 2010, though no location details have been revealed yet.

According to Teppo Paavola, vice president, GM mobile financial services, Nokia cannot reveal any details until a banking partner is confirmed. It is learnt that the service requires a banking license before it can be launched.

Nokia said its target is to have 300 million active users of its services by the end of 2011.

Paavola said the service will enable un-banked people in emerging markets to transfer money, top up prepaid mobile services, pay bills, carry out online transactions, and pay merchants.

Global mobile payments market is expected to be worth €18 billion by 2014 – €12 billion from emerging markets and €6 billion from developed markets.

Approaches to mobile banking so far have lacked scale and have not worked across operators and across banks.  Nokia therefore plans to drive the collaboration on an open financial ecosystem, with Nokia Money at its core.

The Nokia Money application will not only be pre-loaded but could be sideloaded, or downloaded later.

Nokia will also be able to provide the physical distribution channel that is critical for the service to work. For example, Nokia handset sellers can be turned into Nokia Money agents, providing the devices, the application, and the ability to handle cash.

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Samsung launches Bada mobile platform

On 11.12.09, In Mobile, By Editor
Samsung hopes to extend its app store offering to a wider range of handsets, including less sophisticated feature phones and entry level smartphones.
The Korean technology giant said Bada — which means “ocean” — was a new addition to the company’s mobile ecosystem and would give users a “fun and diverse mobile experience”.
Samsung said it chose the name to “convey the limitless variety of potential applications” that can be created using the new platform, and to demonstrate the company’s commitment to “a variety of open platforms in the mobile industry”.
It also offers mobile operators an easy-to-integrate platform that can be used to provide “unique and differentiated services to their customers”, said Samsung.
“By opening Samsung’s mobile platforms we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible smartphones,” said Dr Hosoo Lee, an executive vice president at Samsung. “Bada will be Samsung’s landmark, iconic new platform that brings an unprecedented opportunity for operators, developers and Samsung mobile phone users around the world.”
Samsung’s current smartphone range runs the open-source Symbian operating system and the Google-backed Android platform. Carolina Milanesi, a research director at Gartner, said Samsung’s decision to develop and use its own platform for entry-level smartphones was its attempt to “differentiate its products from the competition.”
But Geoff Blaber, an analyst with CCS Insight, questioned Samsung’s thinking: “The big question is, does the mobile phone world need yet another operating system?,” he said.

Samsung hopes to give users a ”fun and diverse mobile experience” on a wider range of handsets, including less sophisticated feature phones and entry level smartphones via its newly created mobile platform dubbed “Bada”. Bada means Ocean in Korean.

Samsung said it chose the name to “convey the limitless variety of potential applications” that can be created using the new platform, and to demonstrate the company’s commitment to “a variety of open platforms in the mobile industry”.

It also offers mobile operators an easy-to-integrate platform that can be used to provide “unique and differentiated services to their customers”, said Samsung.

“By opening Samsung’s mobile platforms we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible smartphones,” said Dr Hosoo Lee,  executive vice president at Samsung. ”Bada will be Samsung’s landmark, iconic new platform that brings an unprecedented opportunity for operators, developers and Samsung mobile phone users around the world.”

One can’t help but ask – Does the world need another mobile operating system?

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Apple: World’s most profitable Handset Vendor

On 11.12.09, In Mobile, By Editor
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Apple became the world’s most profitable handset vendor in Q3 2009. Nokia slipped into second position, as margins have been hit hard by both the economic downturn and a stagnant presence in the United States.
Alex Spektor, Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate Apple’s operating profit for its iPhone handset division stood at $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009. Apple overtook Nokia for the first time, which recorded a lower $1.1 billion of operating profit. With strong volumes, high wholesale prices and tight cost controls, the PC vendor has successfully broken into the mobile phone market in just two years.”
Neil Mawston, Director of the Wireless Device Strategies service (WDS) at Strategy Analytics, added, “Nokia’s profit margin for its handset division has been shrinking during the 2009 global economic downturn. Strategy Analytics believes that the United States, where Nokia now trails Apple in marketshare, is the key to Nokia’s recovery in 2010. A successful fight on Apple’s high-profit home turf can simultaneously help to revitalize Nokia’s margins and to put a check on Apple’s surging growth.”

Apple became the world’s most profitable handset vendor in Q3 2009, according to industry estimates. Nokia slipped into second position.

Apple’s operating profit for its iPhone handset division stood at $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009.

Apple overtook Nokia for the first time. Nokia recorded a lower $1.1 billion of operating profit.

Apple has successfully gate crashed the Mobile party and made its mark in just 2 years.

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China Mobile and AT&T to launch OPhone smartphones

On 10.14.09, In Mobile, By Editor

China Mobile will be introducing eight Motorola phones based on the OPhone smartphone platform sometime next year, according to a report by Reuters.

OPhone is a lower-cost cellphone platform developed by California based firm, Marvell Technology.

AT&T Mobile has certified the OPhone platform for use on its network. Other carriers in the US, Asia and Europe are also considering similar moves.

Motorola and Dell are among the handset vendors currently working on the Ophone platform. Dell chose the OPhone platform to make its foray into the handset business.

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