iPhone AppStore, Android Market, Nokia Ovi, and thousands of AppStores from third parties are being opened worldwide. That is the no-limit entertainment, that is going to go mass-market in the following 2 years. Mobile applications and services on mobile web are slowly becoming a dominant feature of these platforms, and soon will become a standard of every mobile phone sold. This means that any phone sold in the next quarters will be a browsing and mobile service phone. Subsequently, there is a higher and higher chance that every time a new phone is sold, that a new mobile services user was just born. With the iPhone, it’s definitely like that, and if there is something that we can’t take from Apple it is that they have supported this heavily.... Read full article

It’s time that someone in Nokia really woke up and started doing something with these phone UI’s. I had a chance to view the lovely Nokia N97 in the last week. The phone has a genius construction, it’s practically unbreakable, the designs finally looks nice, fully functional keyboard is awsome. But: The phone UI was just simply horrible. I just hope I was holding the pre-release alfa or so.... Read full article

Last week, Opinions in Mobile had a “real-world” non-virtual panel at the European Mobile Media conference. Thanks to that, we have a new person on board - Mark Linder from WPP, and many interesting responses on this week’s question - What do you think about LTE? Will it be an enabler of new mobile services? So here is a small summary about most controversial upcoming technology in the mobile world - LTE, and what opinion leaders from the mobile industry think.... Read full article

I would say this is the moment we all have waited for, both as industry people, and as customers of mobile operators. The European Parliament has approved new price caps for mobile network roaming within the EU, including voice, data/internet and SMS messaging.... Read full article

I’ve now been blogging just over a year. Being in the mobile industry for almost 10 years, I now see that the most exciting times are still in front of us. I am looking forward to all the mobile advertising, mobile services, and other mobile ventures to rise and thrive.... Read full article

A few presentations from Euro Mobile Media 2009 got in my hand including mine right now, so I will be forwarding them as they will be coming, so here they are. Hope everybody who came enjoyed the show, and everybody that wasn’t there will come when we do a show next time! It was great seeing everyone!... Read full article

Ad-funded mobile games - where is it going? Today, ICQ launched ad-funded mobile games, and we have some exclusive commentary for you - so will they make money? Where is the ad-funded mobile game industry generally going? Are the ad-funded companies going to make any money?... Read full article

The Euro Mobile Media last minute special discount for HungryMobile readres is here! For 300 EUR, you can join the entire show, which brings together the top of the top executives in the global mobile industry. We have mobile operators, we have handset manufacturers, we have service providers, we even have agencies on board - so it’s a great combination of people to meet up and chat with.... Read full article

Apple limits its freedom for iPhone developers and application makers. Can it get any worse? To people that think iPhone was such an open garden, this might just show how Apple means it with it’s openness, showing it’s much more walled than many operators are. If I would compare this with mobile operators, this would mean mobile operators would, by terms and conditions, block any developers to sell on 3rd party portals, which is, in my opinion, insane.... Read full article

Euro Mobile Media is a conference this April in Prague, and HungryMobile is on board as 1. the media partner, and 2. the Opinions in Mobile panel will be present. We put together an all-stars-team program, which is a must-see in the mobile industry. We have mobile operators, we have handset manufacturers, we have service providers, we even have agencies on board - so it’s a great combination of people to meet up and chat with.... Read full article