Friday, June 27, 2003

MMS Redux: Betting Against the Telcos MMS Redux: Betting Against the Telcos. I was reading an article the other day about MMS pricing and it suddenly dawned on me how little idea the operators have about how they are pricing multimedia messaging. It's not based on any real profit model (i.e. "it costs x to send a message and we will then add y profit and get a result of z to charge the consumer"). These guys are just half ass guessing. .... Mobile Email and Chat Pros Familiar Concepts (interfaces and ideas close to desktop apps) Open (services using these functions could be set up for free) Relatively cheap (only data rates apply) Multi-user (CC: emails and group chats) Standard Cons Setup is Difficult Apps are non standard, and many times not available Must "Pull" all data or try to stay connected 24/7 Mobile Spam (pulling spam to your mobile is a waste of time and money) Inertia (newbies will use MMS because it's there. Like the IE icon on a windows desktop) Comments and corrections welcome on this bad boy. -Russ Posted by Russell Beattie (Madrid, Spain) [Mobitopia] 7:34:15 PM  comment []       My Conversation with Mr Safe Jon Udell: My Conversation with Mr Safe.  " ... If you think I've been a bad leader, talk to me, tell me what you want to do, and I'll see if I can accomodate. I don't think the Big's are going to care. I haven't found Google particularly interested in keeping the market open, and my experience with IBM on SOAP was not very good either. Both companies use patents. You may believe they have your interest at heart, but I'd keep my eyes open about that."  [Scripting News] 7:27:41 PM  comment []       The ONEbox Media Center The ONEbox Media Center. New digital entertainment PC called the ONEbox Media Center that combines a progressive scan DVD player, a digital video recorder, an MP3 jukebox, and a 6-in-1 memory card reader for viewing digital photos, and is designed to sit in your living room rather than on your desk. Interestingly, it looks like the ONEbox foregoes Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center operating system entirely and runs on its own custom software instead. Read [Gizmodo] 4:55:01 PM  comment []       Apple's iChat AV and AOL IM Interoperability Apple's iChat AV and AOL IM Interoperability. Well, now we can guess why AOL asked the FCC to cancel the instant-messaging interoperability requirement (CNet) for video services,... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 4:35:15 PM  comment []       Dell readies new PDA, Smartphone Dell readies new PDA, Smartphone. Axim handheld to offer integrated Wi-Fi, cell phone radios [InfoWorld: Wireless] 4:29:28 PM  comment []       Review of Sony's new ultralight laptop Review of Sony's new ultralight laptop. Walt Mossberg takes on Sony's new ultralight laptop, the Vaio PCG-TR1A, proclaiming it, "an impressive little machine." The WiFi-enabled PCG-TR1A (which looks like a slightly different version of the PCG-TR1 which just came out in Japan), weighs 3.1 pounds, is about the size of hardcover book, and has a 900MHz Centrino processor, 512MB of RAM, a 30GB hard drive, a DVD/CD-RW drive, and a built-in digital camera (which Mossberg isn't particularly fond of). Read [Gizmodo] 4:26:16 PM  comment []       McDonald's to Launch in Three Cities with Three Providers McDonald's to Launch in Three Cities with Three Providers. McDonald's on branding panel at 802.11 Planet says three markets will launch next week: New York, SF Bay (along Highway 101), and Chicago: Their brand will be the at-sign with a "m" in it, and they will put three-foot tall round signs with this brand on store signs that offer this service. ... [Wi-Fi Networking News] How long before Burger King and Wendys have to follow with their brand of Wi-Fi?  H.G. 1:15:19 PM  comment []       Daves's tentative endorsement of Echo Here's a tentative endorsement of Echo. [Scripting News] 5:35:56 AM  comment []

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