The Mobile Internet Device (or MID) is, in essence a stop-gap between a smartphone and a Netbook. Featuring a screen roughly four to five inches big although with a high resolution of 800X400 odd pixels and a Wi-fi as well as bluetooth connection allowing it to connect to the Internet. Generally these devices have used a non X86 processor (meaning an OS needs to be custom built for the processor) at speeds of around 400 Mhz. The screen is almost always touch sensitive and most newer devices have a smallish keyboard built in.

San Francisco — Blackboard, a Washington, DC-based provider of software and services to educational institutions, said that it has acquired San Francisco-based Terriblyclever Design, a developer of iPhone and mobile Internet applications for education. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Today’s students want to do everything with their mobile devices, including managing their social, school and work lives,” said Michael Chasen, the president and CEO of Blackboard.

Social networking and microblogging activities are behind an increase in mobile web traffic, according to research firm CCS Insight. The firm surveyed more than 1000 adults between 16 and 35 and found that mobile Internet use is increasing dramatically, with social networking being the ‘killer app’ driving growth. Facebook is currently more popular with mobile [...]

Vodafone drops Live brand in bid to open internet - New Media Age ?Vodafone is to abandon its Vodafone Live brand as it moves its 18m UK subscribers to an open mobile internet portal dubbed My Web. The operator has soft-launched the Fancy dropping into Pitetsbkrrh? - The Register Grant Tower, a Pittsburgh landmark topped with a radio mast and a flashing light spelling out the city’s name in Morse, has instead been spelling out the word “Pitetsbkrrh” for Microsoft topples Google as

Social networks and companies with links to the mobile Internet may represent a perfect match.  The results of a survey from CCS Insight indicate that social networks are a significant factor in increased mobile Internet usage. One important note: since the CCS Insight survey reached more than 1,000 UK residents between the ages of 16 and 35, its findings aren’t too likely to represent a statistical fluke.

Juicy Links Galore   This week’s Juicy Links contains some great tips and updates, including news about BingTweets, Yahoo! Search Pad and more. Also be sure to take a look at the link about niche blogs, and the link regarding mobile ecommerce…both could easily lead you down the path toward great revenue growth. E-commerce: Ecommerce Know-How: Mobile Commerce in Four Steps Internet-enabled mobile handsets, mobile Internet devices, and new wireless broadband standards are all making it easier for consumers to shop online while on the move.

The first week of the Vodafone Summer of Widgets 2009 competition has ended, and winners have been announced yesterday , and I’m totally happy to announce that I’m one of them! The winner widgets are: LiveTube by neverscroll : Live Tube displays real-time status information of the London Underground .

GetJar announced it has passed the half a billion downloads mark today. As the world’s largest independent app store, this can be seen as good news for mobile applications. There are about 50,000 apps on the service now, all available completely free.

HTC TYTN II Smartphone P4551/KAISER Analysts question T-Mobile’s choice of myTouch over Hero - Reuters Blogs The Tech Herald Analysts question T-Mobile’s choice of myTouch over Hero Reuters Blogs 4 US carrier currently has no plans to sell Hero, another HTC phone that runs Google’s Android but has an updated user interface that looks similar in some … T-Mobile Launches MyTouch 3G Android Phone PC Magazine T-Mobile Launches myTouch 3G; No Plans

July 15th, 2009 Posted by John Morris @ 6:07 amCategories:Desktops, Notebooks, PCs, Peripherals, and SoftwareTags:Performance, Mobile, Power Consumption, Mobile Device, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, Advertising & Promotion, Performance Management, NotebooksThis week I’m at the Semicon West show in San Francisco. Most of this is inside baseball–the show is devoted to the companies that make the equipment used to manufacture chips–but in his opening keynote, Anand Chandrasekher, who heads up Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group, discussed some details of the company’s future mobile chips and demonstrated a few prototypes.

A report released this week has found that social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter have greatly boosted the rate at which mobile phone web browsing has grown.  CCS Insight, a communications market research company, has unveiled results of the report, which looked at mobile internet habits based on the …

Yet another App Store has been launched.  This time by LG Electronics.  The LG Application Store was introduced yesterday, starting off with 1.400 mobile apps available, of which some 100 free of charge.  The beta version is only available in certain test markets, such as Singapore, Malaysia and Australia and is expected to expand to Europe and South America before the end of 2009. LG said it has not yet determined when the store will open in the U.S. More info here .

We recently had a catch-up briefing with Kerstin Trikalitis, Co-CEO of Out There Media. The mobile advertising agency recently had big successes in Eastern and Central Europe. We wanted to know what Out There has been up to, and what it has planned next. And Kerstin had some very tasty little tidbits about where Out There is planning on expanding to…

There’s still just about time to register for AIME’s seminar: ‘Mobile Internet: It’s more than just WAP and the iPhone’. The event takes place tomorrow, 16 July at the Grange Fitzrovia Hotel, London, and features speakers from Al Jazeera Network, Wapple, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Net Mobile (formerly Minick UK). Safdar Mustafa, Head of Mobile at Al Jazeera, will explain why mobile is integral to Al Jazeera’s overall web strategy, and how a multimedia organisation uses mobile at the heart of its digital operations both for news gathering, and to encourage viewers to interact with programmes.

Hello, Alex here. You may remember me from such recent articles as ‘ Are mobile calls as secure as you think ‘ and  ‘ Datawind launch three new mobile Internet devices ‘. To say I’ve been a bit busy with other projects lately would be an understatement. However, it hasn’t stopped me putting in the hours for this esteemed publication and catching up with some of the movers and shakers in the mobile industry over the past few weeks.

The iPhone created a mass exodus into a movement that had slowly been gathering momentum. Ever since my early years in the telecommunications business at Ericsson in the late 90:s there was talk about the future of hand held devices. We would have smart phones that would be portable Internet stations, we would be able to communicate in real-time with foreign nations at the same cost as local calls and we would have information literally at our fingertips.

Aloqa is a new mobile search company that will go live at MobileBeat tomorrow with a funding announcement. In short: Sanjeev Agrawal (former Head of Google Product Marketing) is the new CEO.

Start to book your Maxis iPhone 3Gs now! * Note : To complete your Online Booking, please make a non-refundable deposit of RM200 at Maxis Centre or MEP Outlet that you wish to pick up your iPhone from. So don’t think you can just simply book like that! =) Maxis iPhone 3Gs iValue Plan Maxis iPhone 3Gs iData Plan Customer may sign up for Extra SMS RM8 per month to send 500 SMS to Maxis numbers. Postpaid Rate Plan Terms & Conditions 1.

A report released this week has found that social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter have greatly boosted the rate at which mobile phone web browsing has grown.  CCS Insight, a communications market research company, has unveiled results of the report, which looked at mobile internet habits based on the responses of more than 1,000 adults, aged between 16 and 35. Results revealed that the increasing need to access social networking websites such as Facebook is driving growth, with a third of young adults frequently accessing the sites through their mobile phone.

Great stat start like the graphics.. Get a different Domain name like something that speaks to what you do in Noobie terms . Remember the people that would need your services have no clue what all the technical terms are. And break the information on the home page up into multiple pages. What concerns is that you offer web hosting and site building yet you have ads on your site for godaddy and other companies…When contracting with the ad company ask that you have the right to block competing businesses ads from appearing.

With an increase in Internet-friendly mobile phone handsets and “all you can eat” tariffs in the UK, it’s no surprise that a recent survey finds that mobile Internet usage in Britain is soaring. The CCS Insight survey of 1,000 adults aged between 16 and 35 found that a third of them accessed Facebook and Twitter from their handsets (despite some teens suggesting Twitter is for “old people”). Men are twice as likely as women to access the Net via their mobile phone, while this age group particularly expects mobile content, and in particular music and video, to be free.

According to Bango, over 20% of people visiting web sites to purchase content using their mobile phones are now connecting via WiFi. This presents a major challenge to both content providers and operators as these mobile visitors are unrecognized by the networks, making it difficult to sell and market mobile services to them and significantly impacting mobile content revenues. Smartphones and high end mobile devices with WiFi, such as Blackberries, the Apple iPhone, Windows Mobile devices, Google Android and Nokia Series 60 (N95, etc) represent the fastest growing mobile phone segment.

Things that I think are both obvious and true in this study: Facebook is more useful than Bebo, MySpace and Twitter; Twitter is, in fact, a bit silly and pointless, even more so than Facebook; Mobile internet is not being used for anything creative at all; it’s all about the Facebooking. A third of young people regularly access Facebook [...]

ITProPortal £39.99 3 Skypephone S2 3.2-megapixel CameraphoneITProPortal… a bundle of free texts and 150MB Mobile Internet data allowance for 90 days, free 3-to-3 calls, free voicemail and free Windows Live Messenger. … Original post by messenger - Google News

Manufacturers Association for Information technology (MAIT) the India IT hardware group has set itself an ambitious target. Ambitious would be an understatement if we look at the numbers. India could have 500 million internet users, 100 million broadband connections and 100 million connected devices by 2012, provided infrastructural bottlenecks are removed and 3G and Wi Max networks are rolled out early, industry body representing the IT hardware MAIT today said.

Micromax, No. 1 Indianmobile handset manufacturer, & ONGChave entered into a national agreement for sale and distribution of Micromax 3GData Cards to the employees of ONGC across India under a special scheme. Speaking about the tie-up, Mr.Vikas Jain, Business Director, Micromax said “At Micromax, we are committed to provide revolutionarycommunication solutions within an increasingly fragmented environment. ONGC hasbeen the biggest corporate tie-up for Micromax on 3G data cards.

SPB Software announced today that the Pharos Traveler 137 smartphone will be shipped with versions of SPB Mobile Shell 3 , SPB Keyboard and SPB TV .  SPB Mobile Shell and SPB Keyboard are included to work with the Traveler 137’s flush-mounted touch screen, while SPB TV will provide users with the opportunity to watch streaming TV while on the move.    Read on for the full press release: Pharos Packs Traveler 137 with SPB Software St.

The Quick Skinny on Dell’s “Android” GadgetThese days, everyone is looking to hone in on Apple’s dominance in the personal gadget area, and Dell is no exception.  That’s why rumors of a Dell-produced iPod competitor named “Android” quickly emerged and left many people wondering if the gadget really would become a viable alternative to the iPod.  Of course, rumors are just that:  rumors.  So what exactly is the “Android,” and what will it do?  Here’s the quick skinny.It’s hard not to get curious

The digitally deprived have rights too, says BBC News columnist Bill Thompson, who is quite upset about a new French law: “If it is unacceptable to cut people off from the network because their actions are commercially damaging to the record companies, why is it acceptable to offer them poor or no access to broadband and mobile internet just because providing the service is commercially unattractive to ISPs or network operators?

Industry analysts CCS Insight have unveiled a report on what is driving the use of the mobile Internet amongst young adults in the UK today. The report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 adults between 16 and 35 years old, offers insights into the mobile Internet habits of this technology-savvy and demanding consumer group. Key

A third of young people regularly access Facebook and Twitter via their mobile, a new report has found. The study, published by mobile research firm CCS Insight, found that access to social networking sites was driving the take-up of mobile internet services. Facebook is more popular than Bebo, MySpace and Twitter combined, it found. Its study - into mobile usage among 16 to 35 year olds - also found that the service most youngsters wanted on their phones was the BBC iPlayer.

Social networks and companies with links to the mobile Internet may represent a perfect match.  The results of a survey from CCS Insight indicate that social networks are a significant factor in increased mobile Internet usage. One important note: since the CCS Insight survey reached more than 1,000 UK residents between the ages of 16 and 35, its findings aren’t too likely to represent a statistical fluke.

Social networks and companies with links to the mobile Internet may represent a perfect match.  The results of a survey from CCS Insight indicate that social networks are a significant factor in increased mobile Internet usage. One important note: since the CCS Insight survey reached more than 1,000 UK residents between the ages of 16 and 35, its findings aren’t too likely to represent a statistical fluke.

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Industry analysts CCS Insight have unveiled a report on what is driving the use of the mobile Internet amongst young adults in the UK today. The report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 adults between 16 and 35 years old, offers insights into the mobile Internet habits of this technology-savvy and demanding consumer group.

Industry analysts CCS Insight have unveiled a report on what is driving the use of the mobile Internet amongst young adults in the UK today. The report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 adults between 16 and 35 years old, offers insights into the mobile Internet habits of this technology-savvy and demanding consumer group.

Vodafone Malta have announced that they are offering a totally new service in Malta. Vodafone’s mobile Internet is now available on prepaid from as little as €1 a day. “Whether you want to chat online whilst at the beach or check your emails

emergence of the netbook brings word of a new OS Some stories emerge and snowball so quickly, that trying to piece them all together in a coherent manner takes a keen ability to make sense of all the developments. There has been a quite a bit about netbooks, low-cost PC notebook computers, in the news recently. Netbooks are experiencing a tremendous growth in sales world-wide. A previous post had detailed how telcoms in India have started bundling these PC’s with long-term mobile data contracts.

Motorola L6 - Thin Beauty - comtarticles.com 07/14/2009 Affecting our lives in many ways, mobile phones have gradually become one of the most important necessities of our lives. The things have literally gone so far that we just cannot imagine to spend a day without these superb gadgets. Moreover, mobile phones suit our busy lifestyle and keep us ahead of our times. Consequently, they have given a whole new meaning to the mode of communication.

Google’s interest in the mobile space is well known and I have also highlighted it in many of my earlier posts. Google has recently launched Google Voice , Android platform and Advertising platform for mobile applications. Google has been actively looking at expanding its influence in the mobile space in the emerging markets. In order to make its services more accessible, Google has already launched SMS based search and voice based yellow pages in India, China and many African countries.

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The internet, parental controls, and child protection online have always been areas of great concern for parents and children alike. Thankfully, in the past, where Windows and Mac OS have dominated the personal computer market, it wasn’t too difficult for parents to learn how to block access to certain areas of the computer or specific websites. Nowadays, with the emergence of numerous mobile OS’ and devices, parents are largely left clueless.

Tim Smith, Computeractive , Tuesday 14 July 2009 at 17:07:00 Stay in touch with friends while you’re on the move One of the great things about the rise of mobile internet is keeping up with friends on Facebook no matter where you are. The mobile webpages do a good job but can still be restrictive. This app from Microsoft for Windows Mobile devices is a big improvement on using the built-in browser. Installation is done on the device and can’t be started through Activsync, which was a slight disappointment.

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