One of the myths about mobile is that people don't like to download applications. So much so that many VCs have been turning away business plans for some time if they start with "We're going to build a downloadable app…" In fairness, these plans often then add "…and then all [...]

This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is back at MobHappy - actually where it all started back in October 2005. Since then, the Carnival has thrived as a place to showcase the best writing about mobile in the blogosphere. It's great that it's still going in the same format that [...]

You've probably seen us talk about Alfie Dennen and all the cool stuff he and his team have done at moblog:tech before, but he never fails to turn up with cool new things. His latest trick is a brand new platform that's powering their moblog community. You can check it [...]

…you go see a great movie (The Dark Knight, in this case), and the most exciting thing you see is a Nokia touchscreen handset. And then you laugh when you see a main character with a years-old 6630 and feel like you're part of an inside joke, 'cause, damn, what [...]

MocoNews has a post on a new report from In-Stat about Google and Apple's efforts in mobile: First, he said Google is primarily using Android to push its agenda of doing location-based search, and second, the two Bay Area companies are implementing change by marketing and merchandising better, not developing [...]

The iHype continues this morning, with the world's press breathlessly repeating the Apple PR saying the company sold 1 million iPhones over the weekend. That's a decent number, and eclipses by far the first-gen model, which El Jobso is keen to remind us took 74 days to hit that model. [...]

I've mentioned before about how I think a key aspect of mobile operating systems of the near future will be the degree to and ease with which they can be customized with user interfaces. I think this is part of what's behind the recent Symbian move, for instance. But what [...]

Hard on the heels of yesterday's announcement from Google that the launch of Android would be delayed from the second quarter to the fourth, is a potentially huge one from Symbian that could make Android completely irrelevant when devices eventually do start to ship. It's too early to see exactly [...]

One of my speaking gigs last week was EDM08 in London. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay for long, but I did catch a very interesting presentation by O2's Mike Short, currently VP of R&D. I first met Mike back in ZagMe days and he's always good value. In his presentation, he [...]

It’s not just me that thinks Nokia’s a-bag-a-shite - SMS Text News: I often feel that I am the only chap on the planet calling out Nokia for piss poor innovation and ridiculous, ridiculous lack of attention to really important elements %u2014 especially when I%u2019m regularly coming into contact with [...]

I'm behind on the blogging front this week - too much work and travel. But on Monday, I went to my third Mobile Monday in a month. This time I was playing at home, in Munich, which I co-founded. This was really well-attended, with about 200 people, all turning out [...]

I've been using the Nokia Podcasting app on my N82, and I'm pretty happy with it. Like most people, I suspect, I'm terminally behind on keeping up with my podcasts, but it's great being able to get the N82 to check for new updates and download them automatically, then listen [...]

Today, the Mobile Marketing Association announced the results of the EMEA Board of Directors election, held back in March and for which I asked for your support here at MobHappy. I'm delighted to announce that not only did I get elected in the face of some very tough competition, but [...]

There's broadly two schools of thought for mobile technology. The issue tends to polarise people and some can get quite heated about it all, for some reason. First, we have what I call the Separatistas, who believe that a specialist device is always going to beat one that can multi-task. [...]

Mobile Entertainment reports that a new study by TNS Global Technology suggests that mobile radio consumption is up by 140%. And no, you cynics, TNS is not trying to sell radio equipment for mobile phones or anything so obviously manipulative - they're a respectable analyst. The study also suggests that [...]

I've been thinking a lot lately about the merits of mobile native development compared to mobile web development. Native mobile development is so complex and fraught with so many pitfalls, and that situation doesn't look like it's changing much, despite the advances many handset manufacturers and platform providers trumpet. Myriad [...]

The buzz thus far (yet again) is Nokia's new devices, including the update to its powerhouse N95, the aptly named N96. I spent some time with the N96 and the other new devices, the N78, the 6220 Classic and the 60-something or other Navigator just now (and I managed to [...]

I was chairing a panel on Monday at W2Forum's excellent Mobile Search and Advertising Forum in London. It was great to catch up with many old friends and meet a bunch of new people too. One of the curiosities of the conference was that Location Based Marketing kept highjacking the [...]

I've been watching the mobile music market pretty closely for some time, even going so far as to start a news and links blog about it a few years ago. I gave up after a while, though, because it seemed like the industry was constantly stuck in neutral, never really [...]

I've had a little time to mull over my CES experience and form some thoughts about it. The show itself is more than a little overwhelming; it's hard to express its scale, and the difficulty in shuttling between its different locations, on and off the Las Vegas Strip, doesn't help [...]

Mobile Entertainment magazine's latest edition has a supplement heavily sponsored by Nokia. While it's a pretty blatant celebration of all things Nokia, it's no less interesting for that and it's not like the Finnish folks haven't been very major players in mobile in the last decade. One thing that I [...]

I said yesterday that we're at the tipping point for the mobile web. So I go today and get a coffee from the local caffeine dealer, and the sleeve on the cup features an ad for Yahoo's mobile flight status service. The service itself is no big deal, after all, [...]

Hopefully I can do better than 6 out of 10… in any case, here are my predictions for the coming year. Be sure to leave yours in the comments, or link to them on your own blog. 1. Apple won't grow organic market share by much. Sure, Apple will sell [...]

Like so many other industries, the green business craze is evident in mobile. Nokia stressed its green cred at its event in Amsterdam last week, and just today, Vodafone and Ericsson announced that the operator would use Ericsson's Power Savings feature in its base stations. The feature "significantly reduces energy [...]

I've returned from Amsterdam, but managed to pick up some nasty throat virus or something on the way back. So that means you'll have to insert your own witty repartee and insight into the following stories, which I thought looked interesting: - AT&T flings cellphone network wide open - A [...]