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It's the time of year to make some predictions. 2012 will be year of interactivity. What does that mean? The increased penetration of smartphones worldwide, with worldwide 3G network buildout, will enable more mobile interactivity via social networking tools like Facebook and Skype instant messaging...
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Last year, I made 5 predictions for 2011 . Let’s be honest and see how I did? 1. It will become more of an everyday occurrence that people find the benefit and joys of using WiFi offload instead of utilizing the 3G data path. Score: Probably right, though not to the extent I had envisioned since...
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I was travelling last week to the US while back at home we were moving office premises. Not an easy task since its operations and distribution that also takes place out of Dublin, so plenty of pallets as well as boxes. As part of the move we’ve updated our communications systems and deployed Microsoft...
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Некоторое время назад я уже писал о нестандартном использовании смартфонов. Один из самых интересных примеров этого встретился мне в последнюю Черную пятницу (день, когда в США предоставляются наибольшие скидки). Стоя в магазине посреди хаоса и ожидая, пока моя жена что-нибудь выберет, я заметил, как...
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In my last blog, I talked about how monetizing mobile networks is a complex process that involves quite a few different strategies. In this blog, I’m going explain more what I mean by: Increasing Usage, and revenue from the usage, of the mobile network Tiered Pricing so that heavy users pay for...
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A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the use of iPhones in the enterprise and mentioned iPads will runneth over the enterprise, but many will end up not being used. In fact, if CES from last week is any indication, tablets of all sorts will descend upon us like locusts (and depending on your point of view...
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In my top predictions for 2011 blog last week, I predicted iPads will overrun the enterprise. One reason is that people just think they are cool so they’ll “want” one. I also predict a measureable segment of these people in the enterprise will end up just putting them in their filing...
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For the past few years, I've enjoyed Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving in the US when the best shopping sales are) from the relative safety of my computer. For yes, even the Black Friday deals are found on the internet. But I did venture out. And amid the chaos, as I stood around waiting for...
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On June 7 th , Apple announced the iPhone 4 . And the title of this blog is somewhat tongue in cheek, since the resultant hyperbole generated from this is seemingly iNdelible, iNcredible, iNdubitable and iNdefatigable. This iPhone must be iNvincible! This shows the power of Apple at this point in time...
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I find myself in the middle of NCAA Basketball March Madness in, of all places, Las Vegas. It turns out I'm leaving before the Sweet Sixteen starts and that's good. If not, I'm sure I'd find myself sitting in one of the betting rooms here, watching the games on TV. I hear people talk...
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Last time, I began a multi-part post to discuss techniques used in measuring video quality. I introduced the concept of a Mean Opinion Score (MOS), which has been used for years as a measure of voice quality, and is now being used in a similar way to quantify the quality of a video stream. Today, I'll...
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Last week I wrote about the iPhone coming to Korea. I was in Seoul for one of the Dialogic Executive Summit events. Korea is an interesting place, one that to me, is always thriving with mobile innovation. Color ring back tones originated in Korea for instance around 2001. And background music soon after...
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Ah, the Golden Mile. The words conjure up visions of grand hotels on beautiful beaches. Or Beverly Hills-like shopping experiences. But a few weeks ago in Korea, I experienced a different type of Golden Mile. I had never seen anything like it. There was at least a mile of office furniture stores, all...
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Early in this baseball season, I wrote a blog about my first visit to the new Shea Stadium . (OK, I know it’s called Citi Field, but I still call it Shea Stadium and everyone knows what I’m talking about.) I wrote about my troubles finding Wi-Fi in the stadium and that I was none too happy...
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When I’m traveling to customers and talking to them about mobile video, most of them understand the “video to the mobile phone” opportunity but are also curious to understand what others are doing around the world. I can easily show them a YouTube video on my BlackBerry. But it’s...
