Mobilt internet, Guitar Hero, iPhone CPU clockspeed, Hjemløse, Windows Mobile er for mænd, Mobile usability drives use, iPhone interface fra Google og SAP, Mobile gaming

Jens Lund Møller — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:17:19 +0000

Det næste skridt for nettet er at blive mobil
“Det næste skridt for nettet er at blive mobil – det ved alle, og det er derfor næsten banalt at påpege,” siger Nokias vicepræsident Anssi Vanjoki.

Han fremhæver en undersøgelse, som Nokia har foretaget med et lille udsnit af de omkring 50 millioner brugere af Nokias N-serie, hvor det viste sig, at kun 12 procent af brugstiden på smart-phonen foregår med mobilsnak.

Over halvdelen af tiden bruges derimod på at surfe eller chatte over nettet, 16 procent af tiden bruges på multimedier og 14 procent går på kalenderfunktioner og håndtering af aftaler.

Guitar Hero Mobile’ rocks your cell phone hard
Addicts of Activision’s Guitar Hero console game will no longer be confined to fretting their faux guitar in the living room, game room, or basement. Soon they’ll be able to play from their mobile phone.

Apple boosts iPhone CPU clockspeed with iPhone v1.1.2 firmware update
It seems all the updates hidden within the v1.1.2 firmware are more geared towards stability, security, and speed. In this case, the v1.1.2 update boosts your iPhone’s CPU clockspeeds by about 12Mhz and system bus speed by 3Mhz.

Mobile phones are lifeline for the homeless
While we’re on the subject of improving lives with mobile technology, apparently homeless people are also increasing using mobile phones. As a matter of fact, a mobile phone is considered a “critical tool in getting off the streets.” Without a phone number where they can be reached, filling out applications for jobs or housing is often useless for the homeless.

Windows Mobile – it’s a man’s world
A study conducted by Microsoft found that only 14.6% of the Windows Mobile users are women, 85.4% of users being of the male persuasion.

Lag bedre mobiler
Hollywood-produsent Lucas Foster bannet kraftig i kjerka da han på Nokia World-konferransen i Amsterdam krevde bedre mobiler, før film og video på mobilen kan bli noen suksess.

- Det er ikke så enkelt at det bare er å putte Spiderman 3 i en ny mobil og regne med at den selger seg selv, mente den kjente produsenten.

- Mobilene må få et langt bedre brukergrensesnitt en i dag. Det skal være gøy å sitte å utforske og leke med mobilens muligheter, det er det ikke i dag.

iPhone browsing market share demonstrates usability drives use
Net Applications reports that in November 2007, iPhone browsing market share was 0.09% — nearly 0.1% — of all browsers in their sample. Now that may not seem like much until you compare it with the share for all Windows Mobile/Windows CE devices, which only tip the scales at 0.06%. Said another way, the approximately 2.5 million iPhones sold to date are being used about five times more than the nearly 7 million Windows Mobile phones sold over the past six years.

Don’t think this usability matters?

iPhones Take Over the Internet
We’ve always felt that the iPhone’s game-changing feature was its Web browser. Now we have proof: iPhone owners were responsible for nearly one out of every 1,000 Web page views last month. This erases any doubt that the future of mobile devices most certainly includes the Web.

Many phones have Web browsers, but most of the time these were made specifically for mobile devices and only give phone owners access to watered-down versions of Web sites. The iPhone has the same browser as Apple’s computers, meaning iPhone owners can see the same version of Web pages people see on their PCs.

It’s obvious that people have a need for Web access even when they aren’t at their desks or at home or wherever else they have a PC. We think that businesses could make their employees more productive by making sure that the mobile devices they give them have a full-fledged browser. We’re not saying companies should go out and buy everyone an iPhone – although if you do we’d love to hear about it. But presumably, it’s just a matter of time until an iPhone-like browser is a standard feature on mobile devices.

Mobile internet is the next battleground
The mobile internet is finally taking off, and will be an important part of Vodafone’s future. The company’s results last week showed a big jump in revenues from people using data functions such as web-surfing.

Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface
If you visit Google.com from an iPhone, you now get a menu of services to choose from – home (search box), Gmail, Calendar, Reader and More (docs, sms, goog-411, news, photos, blogger and notebook). It’s basically all of the core Google services, accessible from a single easy to use menu.

EA makes more money on mobile than on PS3 and PSP games
The latest numbers from Electronic Arts suggest the gaming giant made twice as much money from mobile as from PlayStation 3.

SAP Unveils Its First Software for iPhone
SAP is breaking with precedent by introducing versions of the new software that are compatible with the iPhone ahead of programs for mobile devices businesses traditionally use, such as Research in Motion’s Blackberry, Palm’s Treo and devices that run on software from Microsoft Corp.

“The iPhone has become such a popular thing,” said Bob Stutz, a SAP senior vice president who is responsible for developing customer relationship management software. “Everybody wants the ease of use of the iPhone.”

Kritikere har ellers hævdet, at iPhonen ikke var anvendelig som forretningsmobil. Men det mener SAP altså ikke.

Google Android gets positive early reviews
After downloading and examining Google’s Android software development kit, some software developers gave the platform favourable initial reviews and praised it as a breath of fresh air for an industry that has long been characterised by closed devices and software.

“What you see with platforms like Windows Mobile is that there’s more of a concentration on bringing Windows applications to mobile platforms,” says Evan Prodromou, a writer and programmer who lives in Montreal. “But it seems that what we’re seeing with Android is a ground-up approach to application development… It’s a pretty decent first effort. I’m going to guess that we’ll see a lot more refinement, but it’s a good start.”

Google teaches industry how to be open but closed
Anyone coming new to the mobile industry will immediately notice its love affair with the word ‘open’: Open operating systems; Open access; and of course Open source. Without exception, open is viewed as good and closed is bad, or even evil, depending on who¡¦s doing the evangelising. But the reality is that there’s a tremendous amount of inconsistency in how the word ‘open’ is employed in the wireless industry and it is far from clear-cut that open is always good. It can sometimes be bad.

One ironic, and quite amusing misuse of the word open is in the context of handset operating systems. The likes of Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm are frequently referred to as open OSes when they’re not open at all. In fact, they’re quite tightly closed. If you don’t believe me, ask Microsoft or Symbian for their platform source code and count the seconds it takes for the laughter to begin.

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Mobilt internet, Guitar Hero, iPhone CPU clockspeed, Hjemløse, Windows Mobile er for mænd, Mobile usability drives use, iPhone interface fra Google og SAP, Mobile gaming