October 2009
6 posts
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“Will 2010 be the ‘year of mobile?’” Oh come on,...
we’re not even out of october yet, and already i’m seeing articles, primarily in marketing related pubs/blogs, wondering if 2010 will finally be the year of mobile. it’s like seeing holiday decorations in september at the local department store.
what really peeves me is that this question is even being asked. so i ask, “come on, must we?” the “year of mobile” in its proper significant sense as...
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I’m sorry, but you can’t have 160 of those!
160 characters… that’s all there is a standard text message. If you’re a marketer trying to engage consumers in a meaningful way that adds value to the consumer’s life, then that’s not a lot of real estate to work with. But, you can’t have 160 characters!
The carriers now want all text message based mobile marketing messages to not not only reiterate to consumers over and over that they can...
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iPhone developers – why u selling ur app w/less...
a picture is worth a thousand words. no one really debates that… so many of us learn &/or retain visually.
the Apple iTunes AppStore allows for the inclusion of up to five screen shot images of an app to be posted by the developer to help interested iPhone users consider download (and possibly purchase) of the app.
photo: Christiano Betta, Flickr
yet, have you noticed how many apps have...
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nano-doctors — there’s an app for that!
it’s been a bit over a week of illness in the JimEJr household. all three kiddies were out of school on separate days due to, fortunately quick, bouts with a virus or flu of some sort. fortunately, all are okay now and the symptoms were not too bad. the parents have so far escaped, though hearing my wife sniffle some this evening doesn’t sound like a good sign.
also fortunate was that daddy could...
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apple iPad or iTablet OS? the best of both worlds?
much speculation has been conveyed in the blogosphere lately about the OS that will be on the long awaited and almost certain to see light of day iPad or iTablet from Apple…
Mac OS X –or– the iPhone/iPod Touch OS?
not to purposely pitch the Hannah Montana mantra, but my belief is and I say “why not the best of both worlds?”
consider the iPhone and iPod Touch actually houses a variant of the Mac...
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why the iPhone 3Gs oleophobic screen is likely...
pretend you’re steve jobs. no, you don’t have to outfit yourself in a long sleeve, black mock turtle neck and blue jeans. just try for a moment to put yourself in his shoes of working for years to bring a powerful, game-changing tablet computing device to market…one that meets your many standards in design excellence, usability, performance, durability and more. it seemed so easy… a great OS,...