Whenever I start working for people, conversation often turns to how I see the market going. Companies embarking on mobile development like to know what they will be developing will be around in the near future and whether they are backing the correct horse.
The latest news from Gartner is that global phone sales were up 21% in […]

My MEX articles have caused quite a few people to contact me about mobile payment. Payment is fundamental to most products/services and there are lot of people out there trying to understand what’s available. There’s an executive level summary at Trinity College Dublin entitled ‘State of the Art Review of Mobile Payment Technology‘. While it’s […]

I have just taken a look at Flash Pro 8. This improves authoring of Flash Lite content by providing a dedicated Flash Player (emulator) for mobile. The emulator is now Flash Lite itself running on the PC. Hence, it’s possible to accurately target and test specific device types.
Unfortunately, accuracy and testing of device types weren’t […]

This last month, I have received a larger than normal number of enquiries for SMS based applications. People are thinking up some amazing applications. This has made me think more about SMS.
First of all, SMS is ‘easy’ for the user. It’s an established way of communicating and , unlike GPRS/3G, doesn’t require any special set up on the […]

MEX is the PMN Mobile User Experience conference. It will be held in London on 6/7th September 2005. There’s also a corresponding blog where I have posted the following articles…
Application Developer Perspective: Part 1: PaymentApplication Developer Perspective: Part 2: SimplicityApplication Developer Perspective: Part 3: Testing
MEX is an interesting concept as it focuses on what’s most important - […]

I have just completed a project of my own. SMS Mobile Alert allows you to create your own information and status SMS alerts. For example, it allows filtered email and scheduled web clips to be sent to your phone via SMS. As it can also detect changes in text files, it might even be used as the basis […]

At the last Symbian Expo there was an enlightening presentation by Kieran Sheedy of CAP Gemini entitled "Value Innovation in the Mobile Marketplace: A Capgemini/INSEAD Study of How Mobile Operators and Mobile Customers Views on Value Compare … and what that Means for the Industry"…
The report, available here describes how Mobile Operators are trying to secure their […]