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The State of Wireless in Canada (2009)

One of my daily (or weekly) reads is Wireless North (Covering The Great Wireless North). The author (Thomas) recently presented at the FITC Mobile 2009 last week on the State of Wireless in Canada. Below is the deck if you are into that sort of thing… Canadian, wireless, mobile, etc. (Sept 2009) The state of [...]

September 21, 2009 Read the full article →

The Right Device for the Developing World

A while back we wrote a post entitled Mobile Technology, Poverty and Development which was fairly well received.  Although this topic may be considered slightly off-topic to some of you it is still a very hot topic out there.   If you are interested Quocirca has a small write-up on entitled – The right device for [...]

September 15, 2009 Read the full article →

An Analysis of the Google App Market

We started a series a while back on Navigating the Mobile Ecosystem that we have not been that good at keeping current. As you know by now a major element (albeit a new one) in the mobile ecosystem is the application store. Essentially an [mobile] application store is a distribution channel for mobile applications. At [...]

September 15, 2009 Read the full article →

BlackBerry Cool: Research Comparing iPhone and BlackBerry Often Flawed

From BlackBerry Cool: The research behind iPhone and BlackBerry comparisons that is making its way into the mainstream media is almost always flawed. The media loves to talk about the prolific nature of the iPhone and how technologically advanced its users are, while almost implicitly ragging on BlackBerry. There may be some slight bias in [...]

September 10, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Banking “Report Card” From ABI Research

Speaking of Mobile Banking… ABI Research issued the following Press Release: 29 US Banks Receive Mobile Banking “Report Card” From ABI Research NEW YORK – September 10, 2009 Contact: Christine Gallen Contact PR www.abiresearch.com It has been two years since mobile banking was introduced in the United States, and analysts at ABI Research believe it [...]

September 10, 2009 Read the full article →

App Store Market Data (from AppsFire)

The mobile service AppsFire released some interesting numbers recently, which are provided for you down at the bottom.  Before the numbers first a brief explanation of what AppsFire is: AppsFire allows you to share with your friends your lists of favorite iPhone Apps. All you have to do is download and install AppsFire app on [...]

September 9, 2009 Read the full article →

Navigating the Mobile Ecosystem

As I work against a deadline for a proposal and do some cursory research on a few topics to complete said proposal I am struck by how little information there is out there that helps folks navigate the mobile ecosystem.   Such a resource would be of value to many – veterans and noobies alike.  Perhaps [...]

July 13, 2009 Read the full article →

Moving Beyond Wireless Enablement (Canada)

SAP sponsored an IDC White Paper available for download here. This report analyzes Canadian organizations’ readiness to incorporate mobility into their enterprise application strategy.  IDC’s data on current and future adoption of mobile solutions indicates that the majority of organizations have wirelessly enabled their workforce, but have not yet begun to embrace mobilization. The distinction [...]

May 22, 2009 Read the full article →

Enterprise Mobility Increasing Despite the Economic Downturn

Two days ago the Aberdeen Group released the following report:  “More Mobility – Less Budget: Enterprise Strategies in the Current Economic Downturn.”  You can view it and print it for free here.  The catch?  It is free because it is sponsored by a few folks but I am sure you can still glean some useful [...]

March 19, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Social Networks

I read and follow L’Atelier US frequently and was going to feature them in our Like Minded Blogs series… before I do that (and to keep you busy) here is a little tidbit from their site: Mobile Social Networks Becoming More Popular Mobile social networking has grown 187 percent in 2007. While we’re still in [...]

January 8, 2009 Read the full article →

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