An article in Forbes lays out Christian Lindholm’s 8 Trends for a Mobile World that he sees happening in 2008. Among them he predicts: (1) A flood of bad touchscreen phones as companies try to copy the iPhone, (2) GPS becoming the new killer-app (he thinks 50% of phones will have it by the end of the year) and (3) The “Dawn of the Casual Computer” - the iphone in your pocket. Read the article. Its interesting.
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A recent report by Portio Research is predicting that 75% of the people in the world will carry a mobile phone by the year 2011. We are already seeing reports of how mobile phones are changing societies, cultures and markets in developing areas (see the Indian fishing markets story). In the West, we’ve been living with the changes for a few years and enjoying the new ones. What happens when everyone can reach everyone else instantly? And what happens when the phones become more powerful?
Bostogo helps people keep in touch with what their friends are up to using text messaging. You can use Bostogo to let you know when friends are near by, keep a mobile blog, keep in touch with your “entourage” or post pictures from your phone. The kids love it.