A Wet Phone is a Ticking Time Bomb

May 5, 2009

Back in December, I posted my advice on what to do with a wet iPhone. I’d nursed my iPhone back to (relatively good) health, and all seemed fine. Calls would be dropped now and then, and the screen was a bit flaky, but on the whole the phone wasn’t ruined. Or so I thought…

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Incase Power Slider iPhone Case a Must-Have for Power Users

April 7, 2009

You may have seen me last week at SXSWi; I was the one with the big iPhone. Ha ha. Well while it appeared the majority of attendees at South by Southwest Interactive Festival had iPhones, I was one of the few who came prepared for the data-intensive event with the Incase Power Slider Case.

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Have iPhone, Will Travel

March 12, 2009

No more struggling with printed itineraries and handfuls of frequent flyer cards, these days I travel light with thanks to my trusty iPhone and these handy apps and services.

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Is “Building an iPhone App” really a Good Mobile Marketing Strategy?

February 17, 2009

Do you remember when you first saw the iPhone? The simple yet elegant design, the engaging interface. You’ve heard that mobile is gonna be big, and now that the iPhone is the best-selling mobile phone, maybe you’ve started to think about creating an iPhone app for your organization. Yes, creating an iPhone app can help [...]

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5 Differences between iPhone Native and Mobile-Web Apps

February 10, 2009

The iPhone is now the best-selling handset, and offers marketers an ability to deliver an enhanced experience. Do you know the difference between a “native” iPhone application, and a web application optimized for the iPhone? You should..

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One Reason North America is so far behind in Mobile?

February 5, 2009

At Web Directions North ’09, Rachel Hinman from Adaptive Path presented an inspiring session on the Mobile User Experience (further cementing my adoration for everything the Adaptive Path folks touch). One comment that she made (slide 84, below) was that on the web we can annotate expectations. In accessibility, we’re explicitly told not to rely [...]

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How the iPhone is Causing Web Design to Go Backwards

February 4, 2009

The iPhone is being applauded as a game-changer, fundamentally changing how people access the (mobile) web. As of January 2009, 0.59% of all web traffic is being accessed via the iPhone and the iPod Touch (up from 0.36% in September 2008). As this number continues to rise, it’s clear that user expectations will result in [...]

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The Mobile Marketing Handbook – Review

January 27, 2009

In late November 2008, Kim Dushinski of Mobile Marketing Profits released her book “The Mobile Marketing Handbook.” Having heard Kim speak at the Thin Air Summit earlier that month, I was eager to pick it up. It’s always difficult for a book on emerging technologies and marketing strategies not to be out-of-date as soon as [...]

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What to do with a Wet iPhone

December 26, 2008

We all know that cell phones and water don’t mix. So imagine my concern when, on a business trip, I managed to drop my iPhone neatly into a glass of water.

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Is mobile part of social media?

December 7, 2008

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on the mobile web, where I stated that I was really interested in mobile technologies and the possibilities they afford. In a recent post on The Evolutionary Role of Social Media on his site Social Media Rockstar, Brett Borders wrote about a growing digital divide. my first [...]

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