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Apple on-Track with iPhone Sales Target?

Published in March 11th, 2008

Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts

I own three phones on my AT&T family plan: Nokia N95 (voice, camera, video capture), Blackberry 8830 (email) and a iPhone (web, product demos). I think more people should do the same - this is a killer combination and really shows that you cannot have one single device to satisfy all your needs.iPhone […]

MVNOs - Another Wireless Thing Americans Remain Clueless about

Published in March 7th, 2008

Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts

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I am a frequent reader of John Strand’s reports. He’s a guy who has analyzed the European mobile market inside out and stuck with his often fairly controversial views and proven that he’s right. One of his ‘babies’ is mobile value added service and the other one distribution strategies. Both areas are extremely well-developed in […]

Marketing by “Throwing It Out There” Hurting Nokia?

Published in March 3rd, 2008

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MocoNews recently reported on the T-Mobile clash with Nokia’s Ovi service and its ambitions. T-Mobile is threatening to pull Ovi-compatible devices from its handset selection. This sounds a bit like a negotiation tactic facilitated by the press but also like the good old ‘cold war days’ in the clash between carriers and Nokia. […]

Claiming my blog on Technorati

Published in March 1st, 2008

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Not sure how this works but we will try… Technorati Profile

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Joiku - upgrade your Nokia phone into a WiFi Internet gateway

Published in February 24th, 2008

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I just ran into an interesting Finnish start-up called Joikusoft. They have launched a Symbian app that will turn your Nokia smartphone into a WiFi router! I tested it and it indeed works. No wonder US carrier don’t want to sell Nokia smartphones - this type of innovations will cause them to […]

Visiting CES - a good start for 2008

Published in January 6th, 2008

Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts

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I just arrived in Las Vegas to report from Consumer Electronics Show. Last year the show was a ‘downer’, with Steve Jobs stealing the show up in San Francisco at MacWorld with the iPhone announcement. This year will be quite different: various parts of the mobile ecosystem are reaching a growth phase where […]

CTIA Fall 2007 - can things get more boring?

Published in October 22nd, 2007

Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts

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Just came back from CTIA in San Francisco. The show was rather uneventful and got me down with real Finnish melancholy. Why is the US mobile market so much behind the rest of the world in the freedom of innovation? Why are the carriers still holding onto their monopolistic grip of the […]

MEOW! Mobile Entertainment Opportunity Watch #9, 2005

Published in October 10th, 2005

Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts

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The CTIA show this fall was somewhat of a disappointment: I spent an hour on the job floor and the last 30 minutes were painful as I was struggling to find anything new and interesting to see. Not that there would not be a lot happening in the industry - it […]

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