According to a report in New Media Age, mobile internet usage has grown by 4% in Europe.
According to the Forrester report, some 24% of Europeans regularly access the internet on their mobile phones.
The research found mobile internet use increased over the past year, from 20%, and found the growth in take up increased for consumers [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted May 26, 2009
in mobile internet
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Tagged 3G, 4% mobile web growth, apple, barriers to growth, browsing, data roaming, Forrester, Forrester resrearch, hsdpa, iphone, mobile advertising, mobile internet pricing, mobile web, New Media Age, nma, sponsored informaton, Thomas Husson, unlimited data, vodafone
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This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop – a Sony TZ31WN to be precise.
Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one. Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back in [...]
This year I was not able to attend Oxford University’s Forum Oxford Conference, but the next best thing – having my friend and fellow blogger Martin Sauter write up a comprehensive review over at wireless moves has allowed me to catch up with what transpired at the conference last week. I also had the opportunity [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted April 20, 2008
in conference
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Tagged 3G, bbc, broadband, conference, daily, data, flat, forum, iplayer, mobile, mobility, oxford, oxford forum, rate, telegraph, thought leadership, wirelessmoves
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Much has been written on the “Davos Effect”, where the musings at this annual event from senior executives of large companies such as Google and Sony actually become true, or at least offer a window into the current thinking or focus of a particular company or industry segment.
By now, many of you will have read the summary [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 27, 2008
in opinion
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Tagged 2008, 3G, advertising, advertisment, broadband, conference, consumer, convergence, creative, davos, Eric, gmm, google, gps, handsets, industry, internet, lbs, location, mapping, marketing, microsoft, mobile, mylocation, navigation, positioning, predictions, privacy, Schmidt, search, social networking, web, wireless
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Over at MobHappy which Carlo Longino describes as the “spiritual home” of Carnival of the Mobilists, there is again a wide range of commentary on a range of subjects including…
Dennis at WAP Review takes a look at mobile email WAP sites, and wonders why they don’t offer many of the same features as their desktop [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 21, 2008
in carnival
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Tagged 3G, advertising, apple, barcelona, carnival, carnival of the mobilists, conference, convergence, data, dongle, google, gps, handsets, MobHappy, mobilists, wap
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Since my recent post on USB dongles vs Coffee shop WIFi Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?, I received a number of follow up posts following the post being published on Carnival of the Mobilists.
Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis had a similar theme to his post on Joining the 3G [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 20, 2008
in mobile
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Tagged 3G, 3G stick, broadband, carnival, coffee, dongle, hsdpa, hspa, mobile, mobilists, starbucks, USB, vodafone, WiFi
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The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago. I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 9, 2008
in mobile broadband
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Tagged 3, 3G, 3G broadband, bbc, bill thompson, coffee shop, dongle, high speed packet access, hsdpa, london, mobile, starbucks, vodafone, WiFi, WiFi hotspots, WiFi vs 3G
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We all know that the time leading up to Christmas and New Year is a very slow news period, but many mobile commentators including myself had a quiet chuckle when they read the story on the front page of the UK’s Financial Times on Christmas Eve 2007 – iPhone users raise network hopes.
Quoting the story from [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted December 28, 2007
in opinion
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Tagged 3G, advertising, advertisment, data, EDGE, google, hspa, iphone, marketing, mobile, news, o2, predictions, press, sms, text
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