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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Carnival of the Mobilists, issue 65
This week Golden Swamp (what does that mean?) hosts Carnival of the Mobilists. Judy Breck there is now one of the admins for CotM.
Over time I see a general increase in notes about services (especially of the social network kind) and less about individual phones and network technologies, which indicates a maturing market where focus shifts to what the technology should be used for. Again, it's interesting to see that India, China etc are seemingly way better at being creative about data/information services than the more developed markets.
Actually one of the more interesting notes I found wasn't in the CotM, rather it was a note about Mobile Learning in the side-bar. It says mobile phones (despite their small real estate etc) are personal and hence better suited as learning tools than PCs at schools. Interesting point, yet to be verified. At least pupils are way easier to reach via their mobiles than via any other means, except possibly "over-the-air" shouting.
Over time I see a general increase in notes about services (especially of the social network kind) and less about individual phones and network technologies, which indicates a maturing market where focus shifts to what the technology should be used for. Again, it's interesting to see that India, China etc are seemingly way better at being creative about data/information services than the more developed markets.
Actually one of the more interesting notes I found wasn't in the CotM, rather it was a note about Mobile Learning in the side-bar. It says mobile phones (despite their small real estate etc) are personal and hence better suited as learning tools than PCs at schools. Interesting point, yet to be verified. At least pupils are way easier to reach via their mobiles than via any other means, except possibly "over-the-air" shouting.
