Archive for June, 2010

MoMo London - Living in a Multi-Platform World

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Last night I was at the MoMo London event on ‘Living in a Multi Platform World’. Here are some notes and, as this is the domain I work in, a few of my thoughts in italics.
The event was kindly sponsored by Microsoft. Alex Reeve, Director of Mobile Business Group gave a presentation on how Windows […]

Cross PC and Mobile Strategy

Friday, June 11th, 2010

In the past I have posted about mobile marketing promotions that don’t have an adequate landing page. Related to this, today’s paper version of Mobile Magazine has published research by MobileSquared that concludes that a cross PC/mobile strategy is required for a successful mobile marketing campaign.
The UK survey asked people "If when using mobile […]

Apple Control

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

As I mentioned last April, Apple started prohibiting sending of data to third parties. More recently, Apple has relaxed the restrictions but in such a way as to alienate AdMob.
I tend to chat regularly to other developers, both electronically and at conferences. I am increasingly getting the impression that people are starting to […]

Branded Mobile Apps

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Attention Digital has been maintaining a great spreadsheet of branded iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Palm Apps (last updated 17 March).
Branded apps, that are an advert for one brand or company, are a relatively new genre that came about as a result of the success of the iPhone. Many don’t actually do that much and most […]

O2 and Oracle Java Event

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Yesterday evening I went to the O2 Litmus/Oracle Java Developer Event. While the event was advertised as "bringing together some of the best and brightest in web and mobile to share their experiences and discuss the rich and relevant tools available today", I was a bit disappointed there were no new announcements or presentations by […]

What Apps Do People Want?

Friday, June 4th, 2010

There have been several app related reports and surveys over the last few days:

Distimo’s report covers the Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile for April 2010, with additional focus on iPhone applications in the Apple App Store during the period November […]

Samsung Bada Developer Day in London

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

If you are interested in Samsung’s Bada then they have a developer day in London on 18 June. This is one of a series of Bada events around the World.
"The event will be covering how Samsung’s own mobile platform ‘bada’ will provide a great opportunity for developers to reach out to an even wider audience. […]