Maybe it’s better known as the mobile economy…but either way I was fascinated to read a piece in the UK’s Guardian newspaper this last week about the growth of mobile payments. So why was I fascinated? Because this is a sure sign that mobile payments are going mainstream and it’s very encouraging.
Was I surprised? [...]
Archive for April, 2009
We have become accustomed to big numbers being bandied around in association with the iPhone and the App Store – 100,000 SDK downloads in four days last year set the trend – but the latest announcement – that the store has achieved one billion downloads just nine months after opening – still takes the breath [...]
This week, Apple and AT&T each released results for Q1 2009. Naturally enough, both were keen to talk up the continued vigorous growth in sales of iPhones. AT&T has the exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in the US and sold more than 1.6 million units to customers during Q1. Overall, Apple shipped nearly 3.8 million units over [...]
This week has seen a big development for NFC in the shape of the launch of the Nokia 6216 classic. It is Nokia’s first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card. The GSMA has welcomed the news, and at Juniper Research we also see a big future [...]
63 channels and nobody watching (to see that there’s nothing on…)
by Dr Windsor Holden on April 20th, 2009
And so we say a big hello to ATSC Mobile.
In case you’re wondering, this is the 347th (I exaggerate, but only slightly) mobile broadcast TV standard to hit the airwaves.
Press reports indicate that the local TV stations in Washington DC will begin broadcasts using the standard – a handheld version of the US digital TV [...]
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