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Moo Vision

July 13, 2010 Advertising

ReadWriteWeb posts about Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream company, releasing an Augmented Reality feature as part of their Scoop of Happiness iPhone app to increase consumer engagement (or should we say enthrallment?). What’s unique about this particular AR implementation is that it doesn’t require custom QR codes or other customization to be printed on the packaging [...]

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N900 PR 1.2 – Like Christmas Day

May 29, 2010 Mobile

I’ve been playing around with the most recent upgrade to the Nokia N900 and it really is like Christmas. There are so many little tweaks to the core OS that it really is like having a new phone again. Geek Christmas.
After reading about Jason’s experience, Skype video calling  was the first thing I tried. Skype chat [...]

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Evolution of Cell Phone Small

November 12, 2009 Mobile

Designer Kyle Bean makes Russian matryoshka dolls out of cell phones. From the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983) to the Apple iPhone (2007).

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Ringtone Symphony

October 23, 2009 Humor

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.

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Location, Location, Location

September 17, 2009 Advertising

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 [...]

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Opera’s Next Movement

September 14, 2009 Browsers

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 [...]

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Texting for Tickets

September 3, 2009 Finland

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 [...]

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Delivr your links to the mobile web in style

May 4, 2009 Mobile

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 [...]

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Mobile Social Networking “up for grabs” in the United States

April 22, 2009 Mobile

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, [...]

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Leapfrog making a toy Blackberry

January 30, 2009 Kids

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.

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