The Carnival of Mobilists no. 15

Hello friends,

Another week has passed, the weekend is peeking around the corner, and we're gathered here for the weekly round-up of the Carnival of Mobilists, the very best writing on mobile that the web has to offer. Before we start, I'll take the mike (testing…1…2…?) and remind you the thrills that are waiting for most of us next week:

• Stuart Mudie is organizing a Mobile Sunday Gathering, which will take place on Sunday (of course ;-)) the 12th of February, at the Café Schilling, c/ Ferrán 23. If you need more details or a map - check this wiki page.
• Rudy Dewaele and Kelly Goto are organizing a great cocktail party for the mobilists on Tuesday the 14th of February, at the old Riz Hotel. Using Rudy's own words: "the guests are an explosive mix of mobile bloggers, students, developers, journalists, pioneering mobile projects and industry leaders”. Wow! That’s going to be a hell of a night!! By now, the list is fully booked (I’m sorry for those who were late to join us). See you on Tuesday night. :)

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Now, we can begin with a lot of quality mobile writing for this week. Puff the cushion and sit comfortably, because you really want to enjoy all of these!

This week, there was a great deal of conversation about connectivity from various aspects. Stuart Mudie of Blethers, shares his extreme experience in being connected to the internet with only having a mobile phone. Stuart my friend, I hope the wind will keep being in your favour since you need internet connection to be able to read these lines! :)

From a political point of view, Emily Turrettini brings a top news-coverage to demonstrate how modern technology helps in turning a local incident into a global one, and how these technologies have been used to distribute a political message. While writing these lines a thought came up: is modern technology any different than "old" technology in bringing closer far communities? Hasn't that always been media's contribution to society?

Martin Sauter brings great examples of what combining web server embedded in a mobile phone, programming language and Wifi could contribute to our total mobility and accessibility.

Vanilla Gorilla a.k.a. The Pondering Primate describes the value of the physical world connection (which is the ability to read or scan machine readable identifier by a mobile computing device to the internet) and the obstacles which PWC is facing in its way to get adopted. As usual, he never reveals all his cards. But is he holding a full house?

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On to a different theme, Justin Oberman describes the revolution of the VoIP. In this battle field are the phone manufactures, the carriers, and even a Trojan horse! The consequences, according to Justin, will be the mobile VoIP as the future standard in the mobile industry.

Speaking of revolutions, another social change is taking place in the world of journalism. Smart Mobs bring a great news story about inmates journalists in the Italian prison. I think that all people are able to tell a story, why not inmates?

At the Mobile Enterprise Weblog, Daniel Tylor brings great guiding lines on how companies should secure mobile devices (laptops, mobiles etc…). Daniel thinks the first step is to determine the company's mobile policy. IMO, this is hardly done because it requires a lot of preliminary work, and most policy makers prefer to hit the road without doing hard things first. Maybe these guiding lines should start with obtaining important managing tools

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At Mobilejones, Debi reviews Shozu (what?), a mobile application that enables to upload pics directly from cameraphones to photo sharing websites, like Flickr and others (oh, ok). She brings Shozu as an example for a true consumer added-value service. With that kind of a worm embrace, I'm heading over to try it myself!

The Wap Review has a great tip for you as well. Next time you go on a holiday to a tropical sensation (or other sensation) and want to have a peace of mind regarding your returning flights, make sure you read the Wap Review's recommendation before you decide whether to take the mobile with you.

Ian Wood from the Digital Evangelist reviews a new Sony Ericsson mobile handset with some cool new features. Don't forget to click on the title to get a pic of the handset.

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There are millions of kids equipped with mobile phones around the world. How about leveraging these known facts into something useful, like education? Judy at the Golden Swamp has some ideas about the benefits of better mobile phone displays for education.

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My favorite post of the week was Oliver Starr's "Mobile 2.0 IS NOT Web 2.0" at MobHappy. Oliver distinguishes between Mobile Web 2.0 and Mobile 2.0 in the different interactions they have with the end users and their effects on society. Very mind opening!

Last one, I'm adding a little contribution of my own. With the latest surveys about mobile TV's apparent popularity among consumers, a few thoughts about watching live sports games (or other live broadcast) through the different screens in our lives (stadium screens, TV & mobile).

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Before closing this great event, I'm sure that upcoming gatherings in Barcelona will provoke your appetite to meet again. C. Enrique Ortiz invites all of us to Austin Texas to participate in two conferences: The Digital Convergence Initiative Mobile Content Festival on March 14th, 2006; and the SXSW on March 10-19th, 2006. For more details and submission deadlines check Enrique’s post. Mobilists, who’s going? Leave a comment so we’ll know! :)

BTW, have you noticed this beautiful special-made Carnival Klonie? Isn't she a real beauty? I want to thank a dear friend of mine, Oryan Ventura, for her great hard work and effort! Oryan, thank you so much!

It was a real pleasure to see how things are done at the offstage, like learning how to do the cutting-a-woman-in-half magic! See you on Tuesday holding a high glass with a little umbrella… :) 

Comments

[Tal]

Hi Xen,

Great roundup. Keep up the good work.

BTW, love your Carnival Klonie. Bring her to the cocktail on Tuesday (o:

[Xen Dolev]

Hi friends,
During the last 3 hours there was a technical problem in the editing feature of the blog. Therefor there was a problem in the blog's display.
Seems ok now.
enjoy,
Xen

[Jonathan]

I have to say that my favorite blog entry of the week is this week's Carnival of Mobilists right here on this site. Mazal Tov!

[Darla]

Hey Xen,

Excellent job!! You go girl!!

:)