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Media Network Roundup: December 1st-5th

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Kyle
on December 5, 2008
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If you’ve been following QB, you know we’re one piece of a media network puzzle. Our company does a BlackBerry industry site called BlackBerry Cool, as well as a Windows Mobile site called Windows Mobile Cool. The two sites combined with this smorgasbord of mobile entertainment, we’ve got all your mobile needs covered. The editor in chiefs of the other 2 blogs have chosen their 3 favorite articles from this week which I would like to share with you.
Click through for more some great linkage from the past week

The best of the mobile web 2008

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Kyle
on December 5, 2008
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MobiThinking has put together a list of what it considers to be the top principles of a good mobile website and they list examples of what sites they feel exemplify these best practices. The list of principles is great but I found their examples to be very lacking. The white paper mostly focuses on the major sites and brands such as ESPN and the Weather Network, but completely lacks any popular technology blogs such as Engadget, who have a great mobile site. I’ll post the categories and examples, as well as point out some good insight from a fellow blogger Jason DaPonte, who works with BBC Mobile Platforms.
Click through to read the best of the mobile web 2008 as well as some good insight

TiVo Mobile isn’t what you think it is

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Kyle
on November 25, 2008
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sort of

TiVo and mobile app developers Mobui, have announced TiVo Mobile. Although the news may seem to suggest that we now have streaming TV to the iPhone with the ability to record and watch later, it’s simply not true and we’re still years from that experience. The app simply lets you schedule recordings on your TiVo box. It also gives TiVo subscribers and non-subscribers alike the ability to browse, search, and discover television shows, regardless of the mobile phone type, carrier, or mobile browser they use.

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Makers of mobile phone viral video scorned

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Kyle
on November 18, 2008
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Remember those videos of the kids popping popcorn with their mobile phones? Well it looked like a hoax and it turned out to be one. The video was meant as a viral marketing campaign to get people to buy more Bluetooth headsets. The logic was fairly simple in that if you can convince people to not put a phone to their ear, they’ll buy a headset.

About 5 months after the video was revealed as fake, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus released a statement saying the following:
Read more about the viral video after the jump

Gmail for mobile 2.0 - BlackBerry and Java rejoice

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Kyle
on October 24, 2008
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Gmail for mobile has gone 2.0 and there are a ton of updates. The new Gmail mobile is directed at J2ME and BlackBerry devices. Here are the highlights:

  • Overall performance improvement: You should experience significant raw speed improvement, smoother scrolling, and no freezing.
  • Multiple accounts management: If you have both a Gmail and Google Apps email account, you can easily switch between them quickly. You will no longer have to use two different mobile apps to access personal and work emails.

    • Continue reading about all the great updates to Gmail mobile

    Steampunk mobile phone looks great but non-functional

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    Kyle
    on October 21, 2008
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    Steampunk mobile phone

    I am really sorry to say that one of the best mobile phone mods I have ever seen doesn’t work. But wow, imagine if it did? The steampunk styled phone uses a binary punch-card system to dial numbers. I wonder how difficult it would be to slip in some real phone parts and have the punch-card system work. It would be perfect for my 90 year old grandfather.
    Check out more pics of this cool phone

    Virtua Fighter Mobile - a little before its time

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    Kyle
    on October 17, 2008
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    Virtua Fighter Mobile

    It isn’t quite time for Virtua Fighter Mobile. We have the processor power to handle vs battle games, but we’ll need some better controls first. The hardest game to play on mobile has got to be Street Fighter. At least Virtua Fighter is mostly based in the P,P,P,K kind of fighting, whereas Street Fighter is like QCFx2 + P. That’s just not happening on mobile.

    [Via MobileGameFAQ]

    Top 5 free audio and video apps for Windows Mobile

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    Bambi.Blue
    on October 16, 2008
    in Mobile Music, Opinion and Video
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    Mobile music and video

    If you’re like me, you use your phone for all kinds of things besides making phone calls. I watch videos, play games, surf the web, and listen to music almost constantly! So here are a few of my personal favourite audio and video applications. They are in no particular order as it’s difficult to pick and choose between them - they’re all very cool and useful in their own ways. So have a look through and grab a few and let me know what you think!

    Top 5 free audio and video apps for Windows Mobile.

    Google will allow you to auction your talk time to multiple carriers

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    Kyle
    on September 29, 2008
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    Google has a patent to search for cell towers

    Google has filed a really interesting patent that works much like a WiFi signal search platform. The technology, will allow you to broadcast your mobile device’s information to cell towers which will ping you back with a list of prices for using their services. From there, you’ll be able to choose your own carrier based on the lowest price.

    This technology fits perfectly into the Google mentality of open software and open mobile technology. Google isn’t sure if this technology will come to fruition because as it said in a press statement “We file patent applications on a variety of ideas that our employees come up with. Some of those ideas later mature into real products or services, some don’t.” Lets hope this particular patent makes its way to the consumer.

    Mobile TV in South Korea - A consumer perspective

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    Kyle
    on September 29, 2008
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    Mobile TV (DMB) in South Korea

    Jason DaPonte, is the Managing Editor for the BBC’s Mobile Platforms. I met him at Mobile Content 2008 in Seoul Korea, and I’ve started paying attention to his blog. He’s got a good post on mobile TV (DMB) in South Korea. Something I’ve also posted about and am really interested in.
    Continue reading about mobile TV in South Korea