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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Mobile messaging in Europe
The info about SMS and MMS is nothing new: SMS dominates, MMS disappoints.
One thing caught my eye: The MIM market is still fragmented, and IDC believes the true value to users will be observing presence of their IM contacts.
That's a pretty bad excuse. What users want is to be able to do IM, at all. Compatibility with non-existing Wireless Village servers is obviously not a solution. Neither is a complicated setup process.
mobispine that I reported about before is still among the top 3 downloads at GetJar (beat by Opera mini and Movamail), and this is a completely proprietary solution, creating a community in itself.
I'll watch out for more software that support existing IM services, like the previously mentioned imseven.
Digital Media Europe: News - W. European mobile messaging market to reach €12.1bn in 2010 – report
One thing caught my eye: The MIM market is still fragmented, and IDC believes the true value to users will be observing presence of their IM contacts.
That's a pretty bad excuse. What users want is to be able to do IM, at all. Compatibility with non-existing Wireless Village servers is obviously not a solution. Neither is a complicated setup process.
mobispine that I reported about before is still among the top 3 downloads at GetJar (beat by Opera mini and Movamail), and this is a completely proprietary solution, creating a community in itself.
I'll watch out for more software that support existing IM services, like the previously mentioned imseven.
Digital Media Europe: News - W. European mobile messaging market to reach €12.1bn in 2010 – report
