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The mobile web is an utter letdown

With a definitive split on the Internet between desktops, notebooks and netbooks, and mobile devices running a list as long as your arm, the mobile web has developed to a molecule in an ocean. This month I am spending most of my time in London...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Mobile Device, Web Site, Mobile Web, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Mowser ends, but the mobile web must live on

I am sure most of the mobile-focused readers of this blog have read or read about Russell Beattie's The end of Mowser blog post that has turned into an "End of the Mobile Web" debate. I am sorry that Russell's mobile initiative didn't work out, but as I'll talk...

Tags: Web, Phone, Internet, Mobile, Mobile Web, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Mobile Web must die!

Mowser, a startup that concentrated on mobile web browsing, is no more. While it's sad to see a startup die, especially one where the founder put in so much work, heart and money go under, I think that it's time for the whole concept of mobile web to die. ...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Mobile Web, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Mobile Web: Over before it began?

Mobile Web: Over before it began?IndeedIronically, as soon as the iPhone with the fantastic Safari browser came out, a ton of iPhone-optimized sites essentially just fluffy mobile sites sprang up. We actually did a small for a client last fall at their request but eventually abandoned additional development on...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, mobile, mobile site, Mobile Web

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

The mobile web is much better than it was 10 years ago

For those of us who have been using mobile devices for 10 years or more we can recall the days when we had cables connected from our PDAs to our basic cell phones that connected us to the web through our ISP dial-up numbers. I used to surf with a...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Mobile Web, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-09-26

Additional Resources

Free YouTube Utility 2.0 (Windows)

Free YouTube Utility is a a powerful Windows application that lets you take control of the videos that you enjoy watching online. This product allows you to easily download videos from YouTube. Quickly download your favorite videos and convert them to play on your iPod, PSP, Zune, 3GP mobile phone,...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Microsoft Windows, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-27

CurrencyViewer for Android (Mobile)

CurrencyViewer for Android is not only a converter of currencies, but is also the full source of information which is presented in a convenient way to mobile users. It is able to obtain current currency rates from the selected web-source and then display the rates of selected currencies to the...

Tags: Mobile, Currency, OreDale, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Twitter Client for Android (Mobile)

Twitter Client for Android is a client for the Twitter web service, which allows you to send a new tweet and view incoming tweets from friends.

Tags: Mobile, Twitter Inc., Davanum Srinivas, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-26

zaTelnet Light for Android (Mobile)

zaTelnet Light for Android is a Telnet client for Google Phone that emulates terminal VT100 basically enough for working with Midnight Commander and others console programs. A light protocol client, designed for network system administrators, end users and web designers, working with Unix/Linux/BSD systems. zaTelnet Light for Android features extended...

Tags: Console, Network System, Mobile, Font, Font Size, zaTelnet, Telnet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-26

The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?

You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...

Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

1Password is must-have eshopping nirvana

Oh Goody ! Mac Users Are Easily Pleased :(Except for the credit card info, which I wouldn't want stored anywhere on my machine, Microsoft made popular, something so superior to your 1Password software,that it's almost petty to mention it.The fingerprint reader, and it's associated software, which is now marketed by...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, MAC USERS

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP debuts iPAQ Glisten, 3G Windows Mobile 6.5 world phone on AT&T

FAIL!It's running Windows Mobile....FAIL! A phone is only as good as the OS that is on it. So long Windows Mobile...It has been replaced by Open_Source technologies and Android/Apple phones that work!;)Next up Google Chrome OS will take on Windows.It is going to be interesting.I agreeandroid and Linux is the...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, OPEN SOURCE, 3G, AT&T Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq iPAQ, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Linux, Microsoft Windows, phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Build a Website 101 for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Build a Website 101 for iPhone guide gives you concrete instructions of how to build a killer website, without assuming any previous knowledge of HTML, CSS or web development techniques. Everything from planning to launching. From picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Mobile, Web Site, Delerna Studios, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, CSS, Smart Phones, Internet, Marketing, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-24

iData 3.1.9 (Mac)

iData 3 is an easy-to-use database application for storing text and graphics. Provides several ways to retrieve and view your information. Is very flexible and user-configurable.Synchronizes datafiles to iData Mobile on the iPhone Stores data in either freeform or user-defined field-based formats. Can "grab" and store Web page addresses and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Phone, Web Page, iData Partners, iData 3, Modems, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0.3 (Mac)

Zimbra Collaboration Suite ZCS is modern, innovative messaging and collaboration.-Zimbra is the leading open source solution for enterprise, service provider, academic, and government environments; offering administrators and their end-users unmatched benefits and TCO. Zimbra is popular choice for today's growing-Linux email server base. ZCS features an award-winning Ajax web client...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zimbra, Mobile Device, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Zimbra Collaboration Suite Network Edition, Microsoft Outlook, Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Talking Keepinhead PC Free 1.3.1 (Windows)

Talking Keepinhead PC Free is an educational flashcard creator and editor that also includes audio.Features:Create your own flashcards and let Keepinhead add audio automatically,Synchronize flashcards with your mobile phone via bluetooth (intelligent,Complete sychronization of databases structures and history of repetitions of flashcards),Easily import flashcards from Excel, Word, web pages etc....

Tags: Talking Keepinhead PC Free, Bluetooth, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Windows Mobile is better than you think

My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple's latest TV ads defend AT&T

Defending the bottom lineThe iPhone is AT&T's highest-profile 3G device. Period. And Verizon's attack ads on AT&T's 3G service coverage may be about as devastating as it gets. After all, haven't we seen quite a number of iPhone users on ZDNet complaining about the poor 3G service...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, TV, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., iPhone User, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Admob: Droid and Android army make big browsing splash

I don't see how....Palm is going to survive in this market. The iPhone vs Android will be interesting to watch however.Android is still milles away from the iPhoneAfter looking at the few Android phones in the market, I can tell you that without a doubt, the Android is competition for...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Droid, phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23