This week MOBIFY is proud to host the amazing Carnival of the Mobilists! Even though USA is having a long weekend, the number of submissions from there and around the world was great. Let’s see what the best mobile blogs have in store for us this week.
Mark Hooft from Ubiquitous Thoughts presents a collection of links to recent uses of mobile technology in education. It’s interesting to see some institutions introduce entrance requirements related to having an advanced mobile device. However, most students will likely end up already owning one for quite some time before entering college.
Tam Hanna is raising some questions related to the ownership of Palm OS. It would be great to find out the arrangement behind Palm’s newest platform, WebOS in this regard.
Howard Rheingold of SmartMobs is showcasing a new paper by Scott W. Campbell and Nojin Kwak that deals with Political Involvement in “Mobilized” Society. We will certainly see more and more influence of Mobile and Web in tomorrow’s political duels, so read this to get an in-depth overview.
Consuming Experience offers an extremely thorough guide on contact syncing with Zyb. Do you think once everybody has a modern mobile the sync concept will go away? Not sure, but for now there is Zyb!
Nick Dillon from Timono writes about innovation in mobile historically coming from several device manufacturers. Did you know that Motorola had the first devices with GPRS and 3G, while Siemens pioneered Java and MP3 playback? We didn’t and would like to recognize Nick’s work with the Post of the Week award. These facts are a must-know for every mobilist.
Peggy Salz from MSearchGroove shares some research regarding effectiveness of voice search apps. There is solid methodology behind the comparisons and it would be interesting to see more excerpts from the white paper.
Volker Hirsch ponders the future of the Vodafone Appstore, outlining its advantages and disadvantages when compared to the much-hyped Apple Appstore. Microsoft killed Netscape using the distribution power of Windows to push Internet Explorer and theoretically, carriers have the same kind of leverage – but do they have the DNA to do it? Make sure to read Volker’s post for some great insights regarding this topic.
Steven Hoober from LittleSpringsDesign sent in an incredible article discussing various mobile hardware form factors and their applicability in different contexts. Bonus points for great pictures within the post =)
Tomi Ahonen wrote up a fun short story about payphones. We won’t spoil it for you, but chances are you’ll smile while reading it!
Aaron Chua sends in a big list of mobile pearls - defined as innovative, novel mobile applications and services. Great for a burst of inspiration.
Last but not least, Rudy De Waele is calling on start-ups to sign up for Mobile 2.0 conference this year. Another great event from Rudy – can’t wait.
Hope you enjoyed this week’s reading. Now take a breath, channel your passion and inspiration and… make something!!! Because only through creating something new we can move mobile to the next level.
See you at the next Carnival!
