1.1 billion mobiles sold around the world in 2007: study January 28, 2008
PARIS (AFP) - More than 1.1 billion mobile phones were sold around the world last year, and developing countries in Africa and elsewhere should maintain the momentum in 2008, according to a study released Thursday.
Nokia of Finland strengthened its position as the world’s best selling phone maker while South Korea’s Samsung moved up to second place and American maker Motorola dropped back to third, according to the Strategy Analytics study.
Apple’s much vaunted iPhone was not as big a hit as expected however, the study said.
Sales increased about 10 percent from one billion in 2006 to 1.12 billion in 2007 and …
Email This PostYouTube expands mobile video efforts January 26, 2008
YouTube is making its entire catalog of more than 200 million video clips available to all mobile users with 3G phones operating on either a UMTS/HSDPA or EV-DO network. Not only can users view videos, but they can also upload content immediately from their cell phone and view it on a cell phone.
The company says that it has made a huge investment in infrastructure to make this service available. Besides the regular streaming service, YouTube Mobile will also enable users to personalize their service by letting them rate and comment on videos using their phone.
YouTube Mobile product manager Dwipal Desai …
Email This PostGOMOTEXT Featured on TMCnET January 21, 2008
Calvin Azuri, TMCnet Contributing Editor wrote an article about GOMOTEXT and our new Campaign Manager. It is a great moment for the team here at GOMOTEXT when third parties recognize our services and solutions.
You can read the complete article on the TMCnet website
Email This PostMobile Web Sites’ Growth Spurt To Continue January 18, 2008
SOME 40% OF WEB SITE operators have launched mobile sites and another 22% plan to do so in the next year, according to a new JupiterResearch study.
“This number is relatively large given that the experience is not yet mature today and likely reflects mobile versions that consist of frames and offer a kludgy user interface,” states the report titled “Mobile Web Sites: Designing for Mobility.”
Driving the growth of mobile sites are factors such as the expansion of 3G networks and smartphones and improving prospects for deriving revenue from mobile advertising. Jupiter estimates that increasing page views and usage will …
Email This PostYahoo! Announces Mobile Developer Platform January 13, 2008
On January 7th Yahoo extended its mobile leadership by unveiling several game-changing new solutions expected to accelerate the growth of the mobile industry.
“Yahoo!’s ultimate goal is to bring the best possible Internet experience to the billions of mobile consumers around the globe,” said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Connected Life, Yahoo! Inc.
“We believe that to succeed on such a scale, the best strategy is to open up our mobile platform in order to tap the innovation and talent of the world’s developers and publishers. Together, we’ll be able to offer the wide selection of content and services that will allow …
Email This PostRace is on for Mobile Web’s pot of gold
By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — AT&T and Verizon Wireless lately have embraced the idea of giving consumers greater control over the wireless devices and applications they use, such as e-mail, downloading and picture-sharing.
Warming up to “consumer choice” is a new riff, to say the least. For years, both have pushed cheap, subsidized handsets to grow their wireless businesses; they penalized these same customers by imposing a raft of restrictions on devices and applications.
SPAM ON YOUR CELLPHONE? System could cause headaches
Meanwhile, Google (GOOG) has been trying to tell cellphone carriers how to run their wireless businesses and …
Betnow Scores First Funding For Mobile Text Gambling January 7, 2008
London-based mobile gambling service Betnow has scored a first round of funding from Balderton Capital and angel investors. The amount is under wraps for now but is known to be healthy for a first round. Founded by Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) mobile data app alums Robert Urwin and Mike McCartney plus former Home Office IT developer Malcolm Slater, Betnow allows users to place bets on football, golf, horse racing, dog racing and tennis matches by sending SMS text messages to 89808. Betting instructions can be written out using English language; payment is handled via the mobile contract …
Email This PostHappy New Year 2008 January 2, 2008
The GOMOTEXT team wants to wish all of our visitors, clients and friends a Happy New Year!It’s been very exciting year for us with tremendous growth as the Mobile Advertising is gaining momentum in North America. We are looking forward to 2008 as we have loads of new features in our Campaign Manager for Shared and Dedicated Short Code Clients.
This will be a very exciting year in the Mobile Marketing space as both the consumers and the wireless carriers have warmed up to the concept and text messaging is gaining popularity.
To kick of the New Year in style, we will …
