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- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- dotMobi aims around the wireless Telcos to boost mobile Internet
- Accessing the Internet from cell phones is possible but the experience is poor. Mobile web browser performance is clunky, few web sites are designed for cell phone access, and the customer bill can be astronomical.I recently spoke with Alexa Raad, who heads up marketing and business development at dotMobi, a...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Wi-Fi, Web, mobile marketing, wireless carrier, Web site, wireless, dotMobi, mobile internet
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- Analysts question the point of dot-mobi
- Analysts question the point of dot-mobiWhat quasi-walled garden?Technically, this dotMobi is just another domain name accessible from anywhere in the Internet. So just the opposite of a walled garden. And that actually the reason why technical experts say it is not needed. But look at the full picture! Making a...
- Tags: Domain names, dotMobi, domain name, Google Inc., mobile, domain
- Discussion threads 2006-09-28
- Palm, Microsoft, and Vodafone announce UMTS Treo is coming in 2006
- Palm, Microsoft, and Vodafone announce UMTS Treo is coming in 2006GSM -- Not switching!Hi there, I wanted to follow up on your question about what data-speed hungry GSM users are doing. I looked into EVDO but I had to face the cold hard truth that, like you, I am...
- Tags: Cellular phones, GSM Phones, Microsoft Corp., GSM, UMTS Treo, dotMobi, UMTS, phone, Palm Inc., Vodafone Group Plc.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-14
- .mobi is not the answer to mobile content
- .mobi is not the answer to mobile contentLong tail is the reason for full Web on mobileHalf of all browsing is in the "long tail" -- the millions of sites with small amounts of traffic. When you search, usually the 2nd or 3rd result is in the long tail.One reason...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, mobile, dotMobi, mobi, long tail, mobile content
- Discussion threads 2006-05-24
- .mobi Registration Begins
- Registration has started for dotMobi, an Internet address created just for mobile phones and smartphones. The aim of .mobi is to lead users to Web sites optimized for these devices, just like .com leads traditional Web pages to browsers on PCs. dotMobi is the informal name for mobile Top Level...
- Tags: Web, Mobile, Registration, Jupitermedia Corp., dotMobi, Mobi, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2006-05-24
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- News to know: Facebook; OpenOffice; Firefox; RIM
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May Joe McKendrick: Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day? Tom Foremski: Informatica is on the block say senior sources Michael Krigsman: Hosted...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, OpenOffice, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows XP, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?
- A couple of weeks ago, Russell Beattie announced that Mowser was at the end of its life. His post took on a life of its own into a discussion of the mobile web and approaches to the internet on mobile devices. I heard today that Mowser will continue to live...
- Tags: Mobile, Domain, Web Browser, Advertising & Promotion, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- If you want to sell a startup, plan a shutdown
- Almost a month ago, Mowser founder Russell Beattie was lamenting his debts and telling folks his creation was disappearing. He also questioned the idea of the mobile Web overall. Fast forward a bit and Beattie is announcing the sale of Mowser to dotMobi. Go figure. ...
- Tags: Web, Phone, Mobile, Web Browser, Russell Beattie, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Mobile Web must die!
- Mobile Web must die!Think Nokia Mobile Web Server.[url=http://mybobilesite.net]Nokia Mobile Web Server for S60 devices runs on Apache![/url]Nokia: [url=http://www.nseries.com/open]Open to anything[/url]Think Nokia Mobile Web Server.[url=http://mymobilesite.net]Nokia Mobile Web Server for S60 devices runs on Apache![/url]Nokia: [url=http://www.nseries.com/open]Open to anything[/url]Haven't you heard about .mobi?Of course the "mobile" web is about "small". No amount...
- Tags: Web servers, mobi, Nokia Mobile Web Server, Nokia Corp., Nokia Mobile, small screen, Web server, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- News to know: Microsoft patches; Vista SP1 speed; Firefox 3; Mobile World Congress
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft delivers 11 patches, 6 critical Firefox 3 Beta 3 steps up its security game Firefox 3.0 beta 3 is out John Morris: The battle for the soul of your smartphone Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Some systems showing incredible SP1 performance boost...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Congress, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Web Browsers, Handhelds, Internet, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Visa's one giant leap for mobile micropay- or is it?
- At CTIA today, Visa USA President and CEO John Philip Coghlan announced a number of alliances with mobile content providers that would allow micropayments for mobile commerce and content.No marketer should attempt to forge those alliances without research. Not to worry, because Coghland came to the podium with some...
- Tags: mobile marketing, Visa International, mobile payment, telephone
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Nortel has a burn the boats strategy says CTO
- The clap and rumble of thunder is followed within seconds by the sound of a torrential, tropical downpour. Im sitting in the Tonga Room, in the bowels of the swank Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, with John Roese, CTO of Nortel, the $11bn Canadian telecoms equipment giant.The thunder and lighting...
- Tags: Business strategy, Enterprise IT, Top interviews
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- dotMobi aims around the wireless Telcos to boost mobile Internet
- dotMobi aims around the wireless Telcos to boost mobile InternetUselessMobile phone web is useless, and web access on a PDA is barely useable.Total crap. Aside from emails, telcos can stuff it.MobiI've seen several mobi sites - pretty impressive, considering this extension is early stage. With the companies (Microsoft, Google, Samsung,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile-Phone Web, wireless, mobi, telecommunications company, wireless Telco, mobile, mobile Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-12-22
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