Yesterday, I went to a T-Mobile blogger/press event covering their latest research on how smartphones are changing the way we live, think and feel. The research was performed by The Future Laboratory and surveyed more than 1000 Britons aged 18-65 in major cities during November 2009.
Here are some statistics from the research. Some of the […]

I went to the 3MobileBuzz meetup last night. It was a gathering of bloggers, a few analysts and UK Hutchison 3G staff brought together by 1000 Heads who run the 3mobilebuzz web site. The idea of the event was to learn more about 3 and what’s coming up this year.
From a mobile developer […]

I have been watching the Engadget Interview with Erick Tseng, Senior Product Manager of Android. Erick says that purchasing devices via Google is a new sales channel for ‘all’. It will be possible for carriers and handset manufacturers to also sell phones and plans (tariffs) via this channel.
What Erik describes as […]

If you are a mobile developer you might like to take a look at Orange’s new Developer Community Platform. It allows you to share your thoughts and ideas about mobile applications. You don’t have to be a member of Orange Partner to take part because it’s open to anyone.
There is currently discussion on […]

There’s an interesting article on telecoms.com on network APIs.
While I agree with most of the article, I question the following…
"Individual developers are flocking to mobile operator developer communities and starting to create applications that use network APIs."
It’s my experience that developers (or in my case my customers) are avoiding operator APIs. Why? Well, in many […]

In November 2007, I mentioned UK 3’s affordable £5 Pay As You Go data tariff.  If you are mobile developer in the UK, this provides a very cheap way to test connected mobile applications. It also provides an easy and inexpensive way for visitors to the UK to obtain access to a data tariff.
On most […]

Chetan Sharma has a great recent post on carrier strategy. He advises that over 50% of the market comes with partnering with just 10 worldwide operators. However, trying to partner with smaller operators is more likely to be successful and provide a proof of concept for the larger operators.
Wanting to partner with a number of […]