RSS    HOME
LONDON CALLING > thoughts on mobile advertising, mobile location & social networking

August 2008
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

Fresh

London Olympics

London Mayor Boris Johnson Launches London Calling

Well, this has absolutely nothing to do with this blog, also called London Calling but I thought I’d upload the press release anyway.
Press Release: Mayor seeks ‘wow’ factor for London 2012’s legacy
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has today called on businesses and organisations from around the world to submit truly ground-breaking ideas to contribute to [...]

August 21, 2008 Comment?

Featured

Nokia: featured

First look at the Nokia E71 after a week of power use

This post has just been featured at WOM World/Nokia.
Just over a week ago I took delivery of a shiny new Nokia E71.  Those who have been following London Calling lately will know that I have been waiting excitedly for the E71 to be released, having been an early adopter of both the E61 and E61i.
After a [...]

August 9, 2008 4 Comments

Recent

advertising

Orange trial SMS advertising - but will it work?

Orange has run the world’s first in-SMS advertising trial in Switzerland in partnership with Amobee Media Systems, a provider of advertising solutions for mobile phones. Several major brands participated in the project.
Orange ran a trial with SMS-embedded ads in Switzerland to leverage the mobile advertising potential in European markets.
SMS is probably the most efficient channel [...]

August 17, 2008 Comment?
mobile, push email

Motorola Good Mobile Messaging 5 to be launched for the Nokia E71

When Motorola purchased Goodlink, those of us using Nokia devices with Goodlink were rightly concerned that Motorola would downgrade, or stop support for Nokia/Symbian devices because Motorola is a direct competitor of Nokia.
[ For those not familiar with Good, it's better than Blackberry and provides simply the best corporate push email experience around. ]
When Good [...]

August 17, 2008 1 Comment
mobile content

Telcos Believe Launching New Mobile Content Should Take Less Than a Month

 
Over at Cellular news, there is a story on a survey commissioned by Valista and conducted at the Building Blocks 2008 conference held last week found that over 86 percent of the industry insiders interviewed believe that it should take less than a month to launch new mobile content and services with an operator. This [...]

August 13, 2008 1 Comment
advertising

Tomi T Ahonen on permission based and targeted mobile advertising

Jonathan Macdonald recently pointed me to a brilliant post by on permission based advertising by Tomi T Ahonen - someone well respected in this space for among other things his communities dominate brands blog.
In Tomi’s posted titled Permission Based is not enough: Understanding mobile advertising from March 20 this year, he argues eloquently that with [...]

August 12, 2008 1 Comment
mobile search

Firxt.com - a new Australian mobile search website

I received an email via my contact form this morning from Andrew Gray in Melbourne about a new mobile search engine called Firxt.
As I’m always happy to help Aussie startups, I’ve posted the information here as well as a bit from his about page.  Why not point your mobile browser at www.firxt.com and give a try?
Hi [...]

August 12, 2008 1 Comment
google

Google are starting to monetize mobile maps

It was only going to be a matter of time until sponsored Google mobile maps results would appear.
Today when I was seaching for the Waldorf Hotel in London, the actual location was identified by a Hilton logo on my Google mobile maps screen (it was clearly identified as a sponsored link) and the results page also had [...]

August 9, 2008 2 Comments
olympics

Mippin launches mobile Olympic Games channel

The Olympic Games are a hot topic and people from all over the world want to catch up with the latest news about it. According to a recent release from Nielsen Mobile 31.3% of mobile video users and 17.2% of mobile internet users in the UK are likely to follow the Olympics on their cell [...]

August 8, 2008 Comment?

Comments

  • Mark A Briody-Carpet: If you ever need to clean a spot on a carpet but can’t access any store of carpet spotter...
  • Cindy King: Great to see my 6-month-old blog so high on this list!
  • DStevens: I work for a company that uses all three platforms (Exchange, Good, and BB). I have the ability to use...
  • Luis Gomez: The best piece of machine I ever had after owning Mobile Windows, iPhone, Nokias (N95, N95-4, etc)....
  • Dr. Mike: NeoMedia Technologies solves this permission based mobile advertising issue with the cellphone owner...
  • NNicol: I think you should ad to you title of this post “The Top 100 Advertising, Marketing, Media & PR...
  • BG: Thanks for the shout!
  • C. Enrique Ortiz: One month? Very wrong: minimum 3-9 months depending on target platforms, is about right… ceo
  • Andrew: Martin, you bet - fully integrated with the E71 browser when you hit the link. Good question regarding the...
  • Martin: Hi Andrew, Very nice! What happens when you click on the link? Does it open the Nokia browser for more...
  • Martian: Also, could you post more applications that you use that are recommendable for a new to symbian enthusiast....
  • Martian: Yes. All agreed. E71 is a definite buy. I bought one. Full price..ahead of time..couldn’t wait for the...
  • Guillermo Di Donato: Hello Andrew, I agree with you about the SIM Card potential for location based services....
  • Rapolu: It is very frustrating with the keyboard issue. I understand that E71 is not “officially”...
  • James Gordon-MacIntosh: Nice work on heading up four spots, Andrew. Sweet stuff indeedy. And thank you too for the...
  • Ciaran: Two big things, one what is/how to find the best route to market for your mobile app? Has Apple got it right...
  • andrew: Another Good Evangelist, Gerald Lampaert joins the growing chorus of E71 users who want their Good fix! See...
  • SGL: I too am a loyal Nokia user and quickly jumped on the E71 bandwagon after using an E61, upgrading to E61i and...

Visitors

About

Based in London, Andrew Grill is an experienced Telecoms Senior Executive and mobile advertising evangelist. The views expressed here are my own. Find out more at andrewgrill.com