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This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Jan Kuczynski at the Wireless World Forum. Great articles covering a wide spectrum of mobility - go check it out!
Also, It's the end of the month so, please don't forget to enter the poll for your favourite post in the Carnival this month. The winner will get $250 from Khosla Ventures. So go make a blogger's day and vote now at the Carnival of the Mobilists' website.
Where do we draw the line between messages we can convey by SMS to messages we should deliver ourselves, in a privately manner? Looks like this line is dissolving by the hour if a Minister of Foreign and Defense can give his resignation letter by SMS…!
Don’t believe it? I was skeptic and read it twice too… Apparently the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (where is that?!) received an SMS from his Foreign and Defense Minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, saying he’s quitting, and accepted the resignation by SMS as well.
If someone works for Timor-Leste’s mobile operator and can get us a transcript of those SMSs - I’d be very grateful… I can think of about a million different phrasings for these 2 SMSs, from nasty to most formal… You're welcome to share your speculations with me... ;)
Putting all the sarcasm aside for a moment - people, what’s going on lately?!!! Are you nuts??? If every delicate/ sensitive/ touchy issue would find its way to the evasive world of SMS, where are we heading to as a society?! SMS is very handy, useful, time saving, I agree, but there are situations where this is just not appropriate because it means we don’t cope with the difficulties. If (any) Minister of Defense can handle with politicians, military forces, the media, I’m sure he can handle the discomfort of submitting a resignation letter accompanied by disagreement and criticism. Personally, I think that all of us are capable of handling our sensitive issues. Please be more responsible and less coward and step out the personal convenience zone.
Technorati Tags: mobile, mobile culture, SMS, SMS etiqutte
Acording to Microsoft's demographics, most of my readers are 18-24 males. BTW, Google is for the ladies, lol. Don't believe me? - check for yourselves :)
Technorati Tags: Microsoft adCenter Labs, demographics, blog readers
I believe in people. I'm naïve and I hope to stay that way. The thing I hate to acknowledge each time again is that - there are "little people" out there. By "little people" I refer to people who are manipulative and dishonest. They are little because their lack of self confidence drives them to use these methods to accomplish their goals. If their self esteem was higher, they could have stand behind their words and be committed to themselves/ their opinions/decisions even if it's hard to do so in social/ political terms.
When it comes to my close circle of loved ones - I just cut those people out. -Dishonesty? -elsewhere! But when it comes to the big world outside - I can't help it - there are some "little people" among the rest of the human kind and we just need to learn to live with it as hard as it might be. I can only wish those "little people" to find their inner strength and value to grow and to be able to replace the manipulations with honesty… and there are complicated situations where it really is so *HARD*!
This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Rudy DeWaele. Great articles covering a wide spectrum of mobility - go check it out! Unfortunately, I was sick so no stuff from Xellular Identity for this carnival... :)
In response to Tom Sella, Avner Ronen and Gorillasushi
Things that you probably don't know about me:
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Babysitter
2. Private tutor
3. Dentist's reception desk
4. Counter girl at Burger King
Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. The Little Mermaid
2. The Lion King
3. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar)
4. Talk To Her (Pedro Almodóvar)
Four places I have lived in:
1. Asseret, Israel
2. Jerusalem, Israel
3. Ramat Gan, Israel
4. Shdema, Israel (current)
Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Sopranos
2. 6 Feet Under
3. Nip/Tuck
4. 24 (first and second seasons)
Four books I would recommend:
1. The Wined-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
2. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
3. A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz (Hebrew)
4. Blindness by José Saramago
Four places I have been on vacation:
1. The Dominican Republic
2. Mexico
3. Andorra (Skiing – what else?) ;)
4. Egypt
Web sites I visit daily:
1. Bloglines
2. Moconews
3. MobHappy
4. Ynet (Hebrew)
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Sushi
2. Fetuccine with creamed mushrooms sauce
3. Chilaquiles (and other Mexican dishes, especially my mom's. Yes, btw, both of my parents are from Mexico).
4. Tomato Soup with stars (both of my parents bring this dish to its best with totally different recipes).
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Sandy beach with a fruit cocktail and a good book
2. Learning some latin dancing
3. Anywhere reading a book
4. At work instead of being sick at home…
Four friends I think will respond: (but don't have to)
1. Darla Mack
2. Stowe Boyd
3. C. Enrique Ortiz
4. You :))
Now, here's what you're supposed to do... and please do not spoil the fun. Copy the entire text in this blog, paste this text, delete my answers and type in your answers. And publish your post. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little unknown facts about each other.
Technorati Tags: 4 things, four things
I'm sorry that there were no posting during the last week. I was down with flu and I'm still not feeling 100%... My best friends for the last 5 days were Kleenex, cold showers and Dexamol Cold day & night (what a genius idea to provide a different dosage!). Hoping to get back to the human society very soon!
Another week has passed and The Carnival of Mobilists is back in town! This week, Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino of Mobhappy are hosting the Carnival. Go ahead, look around, read and share thoughts and opinions.
"Klonies Blogging Idol" is still running and kicking... who's gonna win this close competition? Before the final results, let's welcome the last contestant, Nissim Bar-Siman-Tov, a.k.a. D.J. B., who's a dear friend and a gifted software developer. Well, enough said... Nissim, the stage is yours!
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Recently, ABC announced its free broadcast of new episodes of rating-dominating TV series like Lost, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal and Alias over the web. This announcement followed a former one which stated that “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” will be provided for Verizon’s mobile devices supporting Web 2.0 for $2.99 for each episode added to the $5 Mobile Web 2.0 monthly access costs, just to watch Eva Longria on the go.
In the 3G world, most of the business models depend on broadband-supported content to gain back the billion $$ invested in 3G networks. However, I don’t think they expected their business models to fail so quickly. Most of the content offered by mobile providers can be obtained freely from the web or through other media networks, and can be downloaded to mobile devices very easily. Any user who has a broadband can access any multimedia content and either store it on his/her PC, view photos, listen to ripped CDs, watch pre downloaded movies, pre recorded by PVR or even watch live TV according to cable/satellite subscriptions. All that thanks to the “Media Shifting” technology, which has reached its matureness. With this brilliant technology, why would mobile users pay twice for multimedia content they can download from their Computer/TV at home?? All they really need is an unlimited internet package for their mobile device!
Yahoo! declared its intention to be a major player in this huge promising market with its recent acquisition of “Meedio” (Yahoo! Go!). This service provides content both to PC and to Mobile devices with the same interface. However, Yahoo! Was preceded by Orb networks which seized the business potential and offered an excellent service of “Media Shifting” for some time and allowed its users to have their multimedia on the go…
Realizing that these business models might not survive in the long term, mobile operators should seek other ways of expanding their services. One way is to make the most from call-related content, like ringback tones, forward tones and branded Avatars. Since the media shifting’s hype can jeopardize current mobile content business models and change the world again, better be ready than sorry.
Technorati Tags: Nissim Bar-Siman-Tov, mobile, mobile content, mobile operators, mobile TV, media shifting, Meedio, Yahoo! Go!, Orb networks
I'll start with a deep apology to my statistics and experimental methodologies teachers, since what I'm about to say doesn't rely on a properly held study... :) Reading all your answers to my question "what is the appropriate time to wait to a reply to an SMS (knowingly that the other side is 'online')" I came to these conclusions:
I'll look for better held studies and see if these observations are valid... and thanks again to all of you who commented! :)
Technorati Tags: SMS, SMS etiquette, mobile, mobile culture
the situation:
I received an SMS.
I replied with a question.
Then - nothing... silence.
what would be the 'appropriate' time to wait for an answer according to the SMS etiquette? 
Comments are very welcome :)
Technorati Tags: SMS, SMS etiquette, mobile, mobile culture
The Carnival of Mobilists is here again. This week, All About Symbian is hosting the Carnival. So go ahead, look around, read and share thoughts and opinions.
Motorola has a new self-expression outlet for you - stickers! 
"Phone Tattoos for the Motorola RAZR V3 and Motorola SLVR line-up, allowing customers to change the look of their handsets to reflect their mood, style, and interests. Additionally, customers can create their own designs with Phone Tattoos By You! Offering blank tattoos and complete instructions on how to design and print customized tattoos, Phone Tattoos By You! allows users to show off family photos, other favorite images, or just create a unique design. To create tattoos."
[via MOpocket]
This reminds me that a few years ago there was the stickers fashion in Israel: everyone had a cool sticker on the back of the mobile shell. I also liked the "do it yourself" thing, why should Motorola invest time and money in creating content, if users can do it on their own? Plus, that is being truely artistic (=self expressing). Nice.
Technorati Tags: Motorola, phone tattoo, mobile, personalization, self-expression
"Football fans will spend a combined total of EUR36.5m on mobile calls, text and video messages during this month's FIFA World Cup, according to the latest research from Telecoms.com's parent, Informa Telecoms & Media."
[via Telecoms]
I personally hope that fans will also spend some change on personalizing their Skype Caller ID... ;)
I'm very happy to share our excitement: the Klonies avatars are now available on Skype!!
With the Klonies, Skype’s users can create and personalize their Klonies to reflect their looks, moods and interests and share with friends, family, and community groups. Check it out and tell me what you think :)
Disclaimer: I work at Comverse, on the Klonies project.
Technorati Tags: announcement, avatars, klonies, skype, IM
No more lack of self expressiveness, no more tacky ringtones deafening delicate ears, and no more fights and loud disputes over the mobile, turning all the passengers around into innocent victims… A precedent in Europe, a new law in Sweden takes in consideration the mobile perimeter and brings the 'silent mode' (and tranquility?) to public transportation. From August 2006, the use of mobile phones in the Swedish public transportation would be allowed only in restricted areas. Needless to say that Swedish people are furious as hell...
One of probable outcomes - if only voice services are prohibited - would be content services’ thrive together with the already very popular SMS…
Technorati Tags: the mobile perimeter, mobile, sweden, mobile culture, legislation, ringtones, public transportation
The Carnival of Mobilists is here again. This week, the first lady of mobile, Darla Mack also known as the Mobile Diva, is hosting the Carnival. So go ahead, look around, read and share thoughts and opinions.
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