McGuire’s Law

Standard disclaimer: 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.)

• Nationwide Children’s sees higher testing, medication adherence with texting to teen diabetics
• Xora Cleans Up With Oil Spill App
• Deaf, hard-of-hearing students perform first test of sign language by cell phone
• Mobile telemedicine system beams live video from ambulance to Cincinnati Children’s
• Mont Blanc Climbers Rescued by Text Message
• How Cell Phones Can Unlock Ride Sharing
• Meijer deploys indoor positioning trial, helps you find the Morton Salt faster
• California and Sprint join forces to create America’s first mobile emergency alert system
• Federal agencies tapping 4G to strengthen security, enhance essential services and optimize efficient use of government resources
• Hospital to test medication text reminders for teenage transplant patients
• iStethoscope iPhone app goes viral, may invite FDA scrutiny of medical smartphone apps
• MIT app turns your Android phone into a supercomputer… of sorts
• Got 10 bucks and 5 minutes? Turn your iPhone 4 into a 12X Microscope
• Considering the mobile phone as a research tool

Bonus: GigaOm Stats: The Age of the Internet of Things Has Dawned

Converging products into a cellphone is one way that mobility is getting built into every product, but it’s not the only way. Every month, I’ll focus on devices that are integrating the power of mobility into products themselves in ways that create new value for the customer. Power up!

• Footballs
• Lights
• Babies

The SERO Premium plans that have been getting lots of discussion in the comments section of a couple of related blog posts have now been officially announced by Sprint. You can see the announcement here and read the FAQs here (look on the right side of the page for a link to Frequently Asked Questions).

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• How To Finance a Community Broadband Network When Incumbents Fight Back
• Indonesia Joins Blackberry Ban
• RIAA and NAB Attempt to Force FM Receivers in Handsets
• FDA has App Stores Under Surveillance

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Mobile Broadband Market Worldwide to Reach 1 Billion Connections in 2012
• Femtocell Revenue to Reach $4 Billion in 2014
• More than 60% of Handsets Will Have Mobile Browsers in 2015
• Mobile Video Market Set to Triple
• Wi-Fi-Enabled Devices to Exceed 1.9 Billion Units by 2014
• Internet Connected Devices About to Pass the 5 Billion Milestone
• Mobile data offloading set to explode
• 2.6 Billion Wi-Fi Consumer Devices by 2014
• Mobile Banking to generate almost 90 billion text messages per year by 2015
• Wireless Charging of Mobile Devices Has a Market Potential of $4.3 Billion by 2014
• Mobile Gaming Market To Top $800 Million in 2010
• Mobile content revenues to top $3.5 billion in 2014