Obopay – pay via mobile phone

Today I want to introduce you to a company new to me. Obopay. The company allows money transfer via mobile. All you need is to set up an account with them, and then you can start transferring money to other mobile phones. Clearly, you need to deposit some funds. Once that is done, you can immediately transfer some money to any US mobile number. Transferring money it is easy: it just takes a text message like...

2008 still not the year of mobile advertising

According to a recent Forrester research, 2008 won’t be the year of mobile advertising. Lots of companies are counting on it, but the numbers aren’t still there. Only 7% of users, according to Forrester, trust ads on mobile. Yet about 83% of the marketers believe mobile will become a more effective platform over the next 3 years. And i am amongst them. It can’t be otherwise. With convergence of...

The mobile as an integrated enabling device

I am just writing down a few features and services I would really like my mobile to have, based around considering the mobile phone as an integrated enabling davice, more than a communication device. I am not sure if any of these “dream” services already exists. If they do, then please let me know and will upgrade my gear, otherwise, just pass the suggestion on to the mobile product guys 1- hassle-free...

Mobile social network

A very interesting article from Michael Arrington of TechCrunch on mobile social networking.

3D SatNav

I have rarely seen something as cool as this. These guys work for UK defense and, on top of producing software that is used to control some UK and US airfields, they produce this 3D rendering Satnav software. It works on mobile too! Check it here: AGS.