Izumi pointed me this old video from the Improv Everywhere performance troupe in which they orchestrate the simultaneous ringing of a large number of cellphones stored in a normally quiet place.
Mayhem ensues.
Great article in Ad Age about the significance of location-aware phones made the rounds yesterday. It’s not about the ‘text a Starbucks coupon when you walk by” type use case, it’s about engagement and brand utility.
“Everybody’s got a website, but nobody has a mobile experience right now,” he said. “Next year, probably the end of [...]
Opera has a cryptic splash page on its site announcing something wonderful in the near future for mobile browsers. What will it be? Intomobile says that hints can be found in the source (I couldn’t find anything). What will it be?
If you want to read more substantive thoughts on the future of mobile browsing, check [...]
Richard MacManus is posting a three part series on SmartCards from around the world on ReadWriteWeb.
London’s Oyster Card (10 million in circulation)
Tokyo’s Suica Card (28 million in circulation)
Hong Kong’s Octopus Card (19 million in circulation)
While each of these metropolitan pass cards have made life easier for those that use them, as you can see from [...]
A common problem with the mobile web is that pages are not optimized for the mobile browser. Browsers are getting better but sidebar widgets and other social networking cruft often get in the way of viewing sites efficiently on a small screen over a wireless connection.
Enter Delivr.
Combining both a URL shortening service and a service [...]
Jason Calcanis has a great post on 10 things the new MySpace CEO should do. All of them are good (buy a search engine, add casual games, virtual currency) but I particularly liked his comment about the wide open space for a successful mobile social network here in the US. Japan is leading the way, [...]
I am not sure what to make of this. I’m all for making toys realistic and all but working at Nokia, we’re all about trying to make mobile mobile devices more playful and fun. So it’s weird to see a Leapfrog making a toy phone more, um, business-like.
CNN wonders if the Barak Obama’s new phone is the Sectéra® Edge™
(love the multiple super-scripts in the product name!) by General Dynamics. Features include a “classified key” that you flip when you want to jump on the Top Sekret network for calls, email, or browsing.
Click on the image above and check out the one-line [...]
Featured at last week’s Japanese iPhone Developer’s reception hosted by Six Apart I saw Finger Piano, a cool little app that allowed you to play the piano on your phone. As the bars move down towards the keys, you press them to carry the tune.
The thing I like about this video? The fact that it [...]
