Year: <span>2007</span>
Year: 2007

MobileMonday Tokyo – November 12 – Smartphone Series

Many thanks to all who attended our 22 October event – the presentations are now available for download – It was super to have everyone out for a great evening. MoMo Tokyo returns to the ultramodern Canadian Embassy venue in Akasaka for our upcoming Shichi-Go-San event on 12 November with presentations from smartphone makers RIM and HTC. Those who attended last year know it’s a fantastic venue and we expect this will be yet another great evening for our local mobile community members: full details below.. 😎

Acision survey confirms the Middle East is ready to embrace targeted mobile ads

According to a new survey conducted by Acision, the world leaders in mobile messaging and charging, mobile advertising is exhibiting strong potential in the Middle East, with 64 per cent of respondents believing it will mirror the successes of Internet advertising. The Mobile Advertising Survey was conducted at Gitex 2007, with almost 300 delegates from across the region responding.

Creating Success in MMS

Aram Krol, Product Marketing Manager, Acision

Five years ago we all looked in awe as the first camera phones rolled off the production lines at Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Following a succession of fast-paced improvements in colour screen technologies, these devices seemed to hold entire business strategies in their power. They would be single-handedly responsible for hockey stick upward curves in data traffic revenues, changing the way consumers interact with their handsets. Not only would they put traditional camera makers out of business but users would inevitably all send each other all of their exciting holiday snaps, thereby driving data traffic through the roof…OK, so we now know that despite the popularity of camera phones MMS has not taken off as expected or as hoped, but it may not be such an impossible dream.

Forum Nokia invites to Moscow

CIS countries are very important players in the worldwide mobile software development industry. Due to the launch of MoMo Moscow Chapter Forum Nokia representatives come from Finland to Moscow to help the local developer community find the best means to excel on top of the Nokia platforms. Focus will be both on building innovative applications/ solutions and finding the most appropriate channels to market for the innovations.

Internet Convergence Dominates MobileMonday Global Summit

Lending it a resemblance to a United Nations conclave, flags flew high at the MobileMonday Global Summit, held September 10 in Helsinki. The image befits a thoroughly international event. Corporate executives, MobileMonday chapter heads, developers, early stage companies, financiers and vendors from around the globe gathered to assess the mobile industry, generate new business, and network. With dozens of countries represented, interconnectedness remained the watchword—panel discussions, presentations and pitches reflecting the community’s scope. But the event was dominated by variations on a theme: mobile’s inevitable convergence with the Internet.

Mobikyo and Infinita Release the ‘Japan Mobile Internet Report’

Tokyo, Japan, Sept 26, 2007 – (JCN Newswire) – Tokyo-based Mobikyo KK, publisher of the industry leading Wireless Watch Japan media site, and Infinita Inc., Japan’s leading mobile market research firm, announced today the release of "Japan Mobile Internet Report – Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services," (www.infinita.co.jp/research) a 202-page market report providing the latest insight and in-depth details on how and why Japan’s mobile Internet industry continues to matter to the rest of the world.