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Nitesh Patel
| Jul 25, 2011
OEM and third-party messaging applications such as Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and WhatsApp are clearly gaining traction on smartphones platforms:
During June 2...
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Nitesh Patel
| Jul 08, 2011
The mobile phone is evolving into a power commerce tool, enabling consumers to review products, run price comparisons, access inventory levels and to make trans...
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Nitesh Patel
| Jun 30, 2011
Google's Think-Mobile, held on 29th June 2011 in London, aimed to promote mobile as an advertising channel to brands, advertisers and agencies – something...
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David MacQueen
| Jun 10, 2011
Social gaming companies are being acquired right, left and center. RIM has just splashed out on Scoreloop. The top 2 Japanese social networks have been active i...
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Nitesh Patel
| May 06, 2011
I recently returned from BlackBerry World where Research in Motion laid out its plans for the future of the BlackBerry and Playbook platforms. The packed event ...
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Nitesh Patel
| May 04, 2011
Consolidation is happening fast and furious in the mobile app/gaming world. As EA acquires Firemint, it is important to get a perspective on what exactly EA is ...
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Nitesh Patel
| Apr 19, 2011
Thanks to RIM I have had the opportunity to test a Playbook (and it’s pre-release software) for the last several days which has afforded me enough experie...
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Nitesh Patel
| Mar 22, 2011
The opening of the Amazon Android App store on its surface may not appear to usher in a sea change in mobile apps distribution. While competitive third parties ...
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Nitesh Patel
| Mar 01, 2011
Apple iPad 2 Launch On Wednesday March 2, Apple will announce the iPad 2. We?ll keep track of what the news means for the future of mobile media right here.
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Nitesh Patel
| Feb 07, 2011
On 1st February 2011 Openwave announced the launch of its Amplicity platform, which allows mobile operators to provide a dynamic toolbar to deliver third-party ...
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David MacQueen
| Jan 28, 2011
Sony today announced its NGP, "next generation portable" games console (or as some wits are saying, "Nintendo Got Pwned"). From the tech specs of the device, yo...
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Nitesh Patel
| Jan 14, 2011
The failure and subsequent sale of News Corps direct-to-consumer (D2C) mobile asset, Fox Mobile Group, (which includes Jamba, Jamster, Mobizzo, iLove, an...
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Nitesh Patel
| Jan 07, 2011
CES Preview day was all about hardware, but day 1 was all about filling that hardware with new and innovative content. 1. Extending TV content to mobile device...
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Nitesh Patel
| Jan 04, 2011
CES 2011 is nearly upon us and the conference will unveil to the public innovations that will shape the year. So, as press day hits its stride it's evident that...
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Nitesh Patel
| Dec 13, 2010
Location based services are all the rage. Just this morning Shopkick announced another partnership – this time with Crate and Barrel. Foursquare recently exceed...
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Nitesh Patel
| Dec 02, 2010
On 1st December 2010 US ad network Millennial Media officially announced its expansion into Europe, entering into a fairly crowded mobile ad network space, whic...
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Nitesh Patel
| Oct 29, 2010
Angry Birds is a runaway success. It has appeared in the top ten Apple apps for the last 26 weeks. More than 2M copies were downloaded on Android almost immedia...
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Nitesh Patel
| Oct 20, 2010
Words like ‘experimental,’ and ‘niche,’ are often used to describe the status of advertising on mobile phones. However, on 14th October 2010 Google announced th...
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David Kerr
| Oct 12, 2010
At CTIA in San Francisco last week, away from the fanfare around LTE rollouts and the next dozen tablet devices (ok, I exaggerate a little), Sprint had an an...
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Nitesh Patel
| Oct 05, 2010
Rumors abound that Qualcomm has cancelled its direct to consumer Flo TV service. Before delving in to the implications of such a decision it is important to not...
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