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An interesting parallel to my recent post and speculations on the entry level phone market and Nokia market-share in Thailand.
This report from India…

Nokia currently has 38 models available on the retail shelf, of which around 13-25 can be categorised into the low-end segment
This segment has a product at every Rs 200-400 price [...]

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I’m by no means an expert on Thailand’s mobile industry but I do spend quite a bit of time here. Since 2000, we’ve spend about 14 months in Thailand—mostly living in Bangkok but also in smaller provincial areas like Krabi and Phuket. Much of that time has been spent observing ICT and mobile use as [...]

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This installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists (#50) is hosted by the fine folks at MobHappy. Look for the post of the week from Michael Mace’s Mobile Opportunity Blog with some great commentary on the rise of the smartphone at the expense of the PC. Carlo has graciously paired Michael’s post with my [...]

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My graphic designer roots are showing Yee olde font house Monotype is partnering with Ikivo (which provides mobile SVG products and players) to release a series of scalable (!) fonts for mobile devices. The ESQ® Mobile series includes 200 fonts and quite a nice selection (PDF) at that.
“Monotype Imaging’s ESQ® Mobile mobile fonts are [...]

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A great interview with Jan Chipchase from the folks at the Convivio Network (”a Thematic network of researchers and practitioners from many backgrounds (computer science, human sciences, design, business) developing a broad discipline of human-centered design of digital systems for everday life.”)
A few notable passages…
The extent to which the research team spends time in context [...]

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This installment of the Carnival of the Mobilists (#49) is hosted by Michael Mace of the Mobile Opportunity Blog. A great edition bu Michael as usual and be sure to take a moment to complete the very quick and anonymous Carnival of the Mobilists survey (opens in a new window.)
Enjoy!

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Funny. I spent a while yesterday hunting around for a good a link to Twitchr—the lovely exploratory mobile game by Future Platforms—for one of my posts. Could only find a few links so I thought the game was defunct; having never gone past the Beta stage.
So I was very pleased to get this news in [...]

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Welcome observations from Geoff at CTAD about learning content for the PSP.
I am just back from the handheld learning conference in London, where I showcased our content authoring, and in particular the PSP materials. It seems we have tapped into a latent, and unfulfilled need. We know that there are a lot of [...]

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