tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25773332449972206802009-06-26T18:06:43.958-04:00addictivemobilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15465938529956669523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577333244997220680.post-41971872226629550972007-11-07T13:00:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:39:49.418-05:00The trend in Japan is the dominance of smart phones that act like pocket-size computers, and regular computers are almost forgotten. Millions of Japanese consumers download music directly to their mobiles, use their handsets for online shopping and to play games. <br />One of the fastest growing social networking sites in Japan is Mobagay Town, which is designed exclusively for cell phones. <br /><br />According to a 2006 survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 50 per cent of Japanese people send e-mails and browse the Internet from their mobile phones. The same survey found that 30 per cent of people with e-mail on their phones used PC-based e-mail less, including 4 per cent who said they had stopped sending e-mails from PCs completely.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071105.wjapanpcs1105/BNStory/PersonalTech/home?cid=al_gam_mostview">link to article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2577333244997220680-4197187222662955097?l=blog.addictivemobility.com'/></div>addictivemobilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15465938529956669523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577333244997220680.post-39135828566717403792007-10-30T16:57:00.000-04:002007-10-30T17:09:53.470-04:00Rumours about a Google phone have been floating around for weeks, and today the Wall Street Journal reported that Google phones will be available by mid-2008. Mobile Crunch says that Google did not comment but the Wall Street Journal thinks an announcement will come within the next two weeks. If the rumours are true, a Google phone would be interesting if it integrated services like Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail for the mobile device. <br /><br /><a href="http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/10/30/a-google-phone-in-2008/">link to article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2577333244997220680-3913582856671740379?l=blog.addictivemobility.com'/></div>addictivemobilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15465938529956669523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577333244997220680.post-42963850176543561862007-10-10T15:38:00.000-04:002007-10-10T15:46:10.519-04:00Facebook Camp Toronto 2 happened yesterday with a great turnout. Ideas for Facebook applications were thrown around and presenters included Facebook representatives. The next Facebook Camp will happen in Montreal, and it was announced yesterday that another Facebook Camp will be scheduled in Toronto in November.<br /><br /><a href="http://barcamp.org/FacebookCamp">check the website for details</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2577333244997220680-4296385017654356186?l=blog.addictivemobility.com'/></div>addictivemobilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15465938529956669523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577333244997220680.post-10647215975073826412007-10-10T11:39:00.000-04:002007-10-10T15:33:50.447-04:00MySpace will launch the MySpace Platform, according to Tech Crunch, who contacted a number of third party developers. Rumours have been floating around since June but this is the first indication that the service will actually launch. It is rumoured that the big news will be announced next week at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/myspace-platform-to-launch-next-week/">link to article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2577333244997220680-1064721597507382641?l=blog.addictivemobility.com'/></div>addictivemobilityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15465938529956669523noreply@blogger.com0