Mobile the 7th Mass Media is to internet like TV is to radio
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Strategy, Television, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | 71 Comments »UPDATE MAY 2008 - there is a strongly updated and revised major article about the 7th Mass Media, entitled Deeper Insights into 7th Mass Media. You might want to read that first.Mobile as the 7th mass media is as much ...
I want them everywhere, 2D barcodes: LOVE THEM, no more typing!
Thursday, February 15th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Distribution, Engagement Marketing, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Retail, Science, Strategy, Trends | 22 Comments »I've talked about my Nokia N-93 being a superbly complete phone. The one part I didn't speak much about, as I didn't really have good opportunity to test it, was the 2D barcode reader. Its the first Nokia phone I've ...
Near future headline: More cameraphones than internet users
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Networks, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 12 Comments »Expect this headline this Spring: More people with cameraphones, than the total internet user base.The world has about 1.1 billion internet users, and about 2.7 billion mobile phone subscriptions. But a big milestone will happen this spring, when more cameraphones ...
Cosmopolitan to challenge MySpace
Friday, February 9th, 2007 Posted in Advertising, Convergence, Distribution, Networks, Newspapers, Social Networks, Society, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »Hearst Corporation, which owns Cosmopolitan and Esquire in its magazine publishing empire, is getting ready to launch its own targetted community service, similar to MySpace, based on its handbag.com website. This story was reported in the New Media Age on ...
Alan Moore and Tomi Ahonen present at Oxford course on Mobile Social Networking in July
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Education, Engagement Marketing, Events, Generation C, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Social Networks, Strategy, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | No Comments »Alan and I are presenting at Oxford University's new short course on Mobile Social Networking, which was designed by our good friend Steve Jones of the 3G Portal, who obviously also will present. The one day course is on July ...
As web content migrates to mobile internet
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Generation C, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Social Networks, Television, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | 8 Comments »This article is another installment in my thinking on what happens when the internet migrates to mobile phones. It is an ongoing megatrend - there are three times as many mobile phones as PCs. All mobile phones have at least ...
Looking forward to red lights while driving, says Blackberry CEO
Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Jim Balsillie. CEO of RIM (Research In Motion) of Canada, the company that makes the Blackberry, was interviewed in today's Financial Times (26 Jan 2007) At the end of the interview he was asked if he was addicted to the ...
Your under 10 year old: not hand-me-down, but new cameraphone? Yes KDDI Japan innovates
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 Posted in Convergence, Generation C, Mobile, Society, Strategy, Trends | 4 Comments »I'm chairing at the annual big 3G telecoms conference in Tokyo and my presentation today was on mobile phone user interface and design (with related iPhone comments of course). What I love about this annual "must-do" 3G event by MarcusEvans ...
Creepy? iPhone is CLONE of award-winning LG Chocolate phone
Thursday, January 11th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Strategy, Television, Web/Tech, iPhone | 4 Comments »I was resisting the urge to write a fourth posting about the iPhone. I think I've done enough "damage" on this topic. But this I really have to mention. In my long Handicapping the iPhone market chances blog I mentioned ...
Handicapping the race: iPhone markets and rivals
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Convergence, Generation C, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Strategy, Television, Web/Tech, iPhone | 2 Comments »UPDATE - There is now a more thorough complete number-crunching of what Apple needs to sell per region, and per quarter, plus significantly more complete analysis of the market potential for Apple at this blog from June: Crunching the Numbers ...
