The blog Communities Dominate Brands (CDB) has a long post on differences and similarities between the mobile as a mass media compared to other mass media:
I often hear various internet experts talk about how limiting the mobile phone is for internet consumption. That there are problems with scrolling, and the keypad entry is cumbersome, and [...]

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Martin Geddes has an observation:
It’s official folks. You can access the Internet when mobile, but the Mobile Internet is dead.

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Context-aware search (I think the term “mobile search” has “horseless carriage” written all over it) is the next big thing according to Google founder:
“Mobile, mobile, mobile” were the words of Google Inc. (GOOG.O) Chief Executive Eric Schmidt this week when asked what technologies are most intriguing to the computer Web search leader.
What are the building [...]

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…the internet!
Yes, that’s right. Not S60, UIQ, Linux, iPhone OS, PalmOS, Brew or Windows Mobile. No, the net is what will provide the core of any mobile service of the future.
I know I’m contradicting myself somewhat compared to what I wrote the other day about Java and JSR248, Mobile Service Architecture becoming the framework [...]

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Just got back home after visiting the first Nustart Hej!-conference about entrepreneurship and web 2.0. It was a pretty good conference with the same feel and content as Reboot or LIFT. A typical “conference 2.0″ where everyone is blogging, photographing or filming the event. Nice.
Amongst the speaker were a few entrepreneurs talking about their services [...]

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The fact that Sony Ericsson, my former employer, is about to launch a JSR248-capable handset is starting to sink in to the blogosphere. For example, this is what Disruptive Wireless is writing:
SonyEricsson Z750: first-to-market featurephone with Naked SIP?
So it’s nice to see that Sony Ericsson’s newly-announced Z750 and indeed its new variant of its [...]

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A couple of years ago people talked about the difference between killing time and saving time when it came to mobile internet usage. Well, you know there’s progress when Google now presents no less than three different user scenarios:
“Rechis said that Google breaks down mobile users into three behavior groups: A. “Repetitive now” B. “Bored [...]

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It’s not just Apple and Nokia building web tablets. Intel bets on Linux as the OS:

GALLERY: Intel’s new Mobile Internet Device with Red Flag Linux | APC Magazine
Intel will shortly announce that its new Mobile Internet Devices will be powered by Red Flag Linux.
Though on the surface they look the same, I’m certain the Intel [...]

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Building a phone isn’t easy. Building a phone as revolutionary as the iPhone is even harder, something Apple seems to be finding out the hard way:
Apple iPhone Will Be Delayed Due To Complexity - Foxconn Insiders Say Quality Is A Problem
The Foxconn insiders are blaming Apple for submitting designs for manufacturing that “are not robust [...]

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The Nokia 770 and successor N800, the Apple iPhone and the UMPCs from WinTel all point in the same direction: the internet is going mobile. Add to that the increasing capabilities of modern feature phones and you know something big is happening.
This blog is an attempt to follow the evolution of the mobile web and [...]

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