Mobile

Local Search Via Blackberry Storm

Have not posted in a while, simply because I have been busy and playing….with my new Blackberry Storm. Yes I got one last week and I really like it.  If you read the reviews, some think it is great, others a piece of garbage. Now I came over from a Palm Treo. I really liked [...]

The Future-Mobile Web – ILM 08

The first talk today was with Mike Liebhold, Senior Researcher, Institute for the Future. He and Peter Krasilovsky had a nice discussion on where Mike sees technology going. To sum it up it is a mobile web. Mike said “…see in 5 years everyone will be able to afford a mobile computer like the iphone” [...]

New Mobile Phone App Powered by Zvents

I have not yet gotten in line for the new Apple iPhone but was speaking with Paul O’Brien the other day at Zvents and he tells me about a new Yellowpages.com mobile app that is powered by Zvents.  I have written about Zvents before and I think this sounds like a really cool app. The [...]

Making a Mobile Ready Web Site

Building a mobile ready website is not as easy as it sounds.  I am also a web site designer, with 6+ years of experience and even I am getting confused on all of the options out there right now.  I know as time goes on and the local mobile market stablizes, the standard for mobile [...]

Should My Business Be Mobile Search Ready?

Last week, I began discussing local mobile marketing.  As I began writing today,  I decided I wanted to finish up this initial discussion but as always I  found more stuff I want to go over.  Lets start today by looking at two reports. ICrossing did a study on mobile users and found: 30% of mobile [...]

Local Mobile and the iPhone

So how many of you are waiting for the iPhone? It sounds like it is going to be pretty cool, but if I am not mistaken, right now only one network will support it or is it vice versa.  This week a couple of articles on the iPhone and local search came out that I [...]

My Mobile Search Experience

If you have to be an expert to write on a subject, well then I guess I am out of luck…I have to admit, I do not do a lot of mobile searching. I have a Treo 650 that I purchased a few years ago. I got it to combine my pda and cell phone [...]