Mark July 11th on your calendar. The iPhone is coming to Canada and 22 initial countries on its roll out to more than 70 countries worldwide. Rogers in Canada will require a 3 year commitment but pricing will be the same as the US: $199 for the 8GB version and $299 for the 16GB version. Data and voice plans will be announced at a future date. The full press release is listed below. As expected, along with the new iPhone supporting 3G technology, Apple announced a number of products at WWDC including the replacement of .Mac with MobileMe and further clarified features in iPhone OS 2.0 and iPhone SDK. Apple Here are some notes of interest around the new iPhone: no longer includes Dock. includes USB Power Adapter supports HSPA (High speed packet access), technically 3.5G technology not available through the Online Apple Store activation in-store only requires iTunes 7.7 (not yet released) continues to feature 2.0MP camera A-GPS technologies Enterprise support significantly … [Read more...]
A New Era in Mobile
A new era in the mobile world is expected to begin on Monday with news from Apple of the next version of the iPhone. The importance of this cannot be underscored enough. On the heels of the iPhone announcement, BlackBerry is poised to release the oft rumored BlackBerry Thunder - their first release of a full-faced touch screen smart phone. Both devices are expected to accelerate increasing web traffic from mobile devices. They are also expected to operate on the faster 3G networks. The guys over at CellFanatic.com have posted a mockup of the Thunder along with initial specs: hybrid CDMA EVDO Rev C, GSM HSPA for international traveling Full Touch Screen 4 Simple Keys: send, end, menu, and back Hybrid device supporting many carrier technologies Available exclusively on Verizon Wireless in the United States Available exclusively on Vodafone in Europe Tentative Model Number is BlackBerry 9500 Enter the next iPhone. The second version of the iPhone would have the following … [Read more...]
Mobile Subscriber Usage – US & Europe
For those trying to determine whether to plan for mobile technologies, M:Metrics has come out with some interesting stats on mobile subscribers in the US and major European markets. With rapid adoption in the next two years of converged devices such as the BlackBerry Thunder and the Apple iPhone, growth in Internet usage (social network sites, news, sports, weather, media access, and applications such as productivity and game downloads) is expected to increase dramatically. If you haven't considered planning for a mobile version of your website, it should start showing up on your radar. To build on a recent post, mobile subscriber growth is increasing faster than Internet access over the last 5 years and is cheaper to roll-out than building fixed Internet connectivity such as cable or adsl. Marketing initiatives will also be increasing for mobile technologies and will be introduced in mobile video, sms messaging, mail (such as mobile Gmail), instant messengers, social network sites and … [Read more...]
A New View on Mobile Tech
I am sure many people were wondering how long it would take for me to include Apple in one of my posts. I have admired Apple ever since I purchased an iMac for my wife back in 1999. After spending a weekend configuring and setting up a brand new Pentium PC and uninstalling all the crudware that came standard on most systems, I thought I finally had a system I was happy with. It took me about 16 hours to get everything setup, configured, working with my mail, connecting via dialup to the Internet. I felt rather smug and pleased with myself. During that week I received a call from Jeff (the CEO of BuildDirect) offering me a chance to help build a dream - help build a company that would change an industry. A pretty compelling offer for sure. I had lived in Ontario for almost a decade and it was a difficult decision at first. My wife's family were all in Ontario and this would be a big change for both of us. She surprised me greatly when she thought it was a great opportunity. We knew that … [Read more...]
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