Business Observations: July 1, 2008 Edition
As the Mobility Era matures, obviously a key question will be “how to make money?”. There are plenty of opinions on the best answer to this question. The below is very inclusive and I provide no editorial functions, so don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out):
- Accessory Sales Could Save the Independent Mobile Phone Retailer
- Check Mate for Google’s Android?
- Google’s Open Source Android Phone Will Free the Wireless Web
- Nokia and Symbian to become one; royalty-free, open source roadmap
- Symbian changes everything, and nothing
- Symbian, iPhone & the New Mobile Reality
- Nokia’s Open Sourcing Of Symbian Shows How Closed Markets Become Open
- Symbian Foundation is Good for Nokia but Bad for Google
- The end of the dream
- iphone vs. Symbian vs. Android vs. Limo vs. Ovi : We cannot compare an ecosystem with an operating system
- Microsoft Faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
- Telerupted: Twilight for Telephone Networks
- Predicting Where You’ll Go and What You’ll Like
- 12 Lessons for Mobile Advertising Success
- Has Google won the location battle already?
- Using mobile social networks to target advertising… one day
- Mobile Advertising Has Potential
- Service Creation - Traditional Telecom Still Doesn’t Get It
- Can We Close The Book On MVNOs Now?
- Many mobile futures…
- Two years and half billion later, Helio sells for a song. But why?
- Search is NOT free, especially on mobiles…
- Blyk announces further European expansion
- Are faster mobile networks worth the effort?
- Verizon Communications wants to buyout Vodafone’s stake in Verizon
- Is Internet offload the next bottleneck for mobile broadband?
- Despite the complaints, some customers prefer subsidies and ETFs
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