Comments on: Learnings from the Mobile World Congress: 10 predictions for MWC 2009 (part 1) http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1 Distilling market noise into market sense. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tamarin http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-29074 tamarin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:31:51 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-29074 <strong>Learnings from the Mobile World Congress: 10 predi......</strong> Bookmarked your post over at Blog Bookmarker.com!...

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]]> By: jon http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-29013 jon Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:02:04 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-29013 The G series uses PLAIN UIQ3, with a new shell and some optimization...please read and hear what the AAS guys though about them...and other people too You find the UIQ experience techy...well...i don't...i find the s60 experience techy and horrible...but that's me Anyway, i really am becoming more convinced that there's a only a slim chance about you really saying anyting right about UIQ in your upcoming article, because i only see ignorance about the subject The G series uses PLAIN UIQ3, with a new shell and some optimization…please read and hear what the AAS guys though about them…and other people too

You find the UIQ experience techy…well…i don’t…i find the s60 experience techy and horrible…but that’s me

Anyway, i really am becoming more convinced that there’s a only a slim chance about you really saying anyting right about UIQ in your upcoming article, because i only see ignorance about the subject

]]> By: Tom http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28904 Tom Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:50:36 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-28904 Jon, I work as a mobile interaction designer and believe that it would have been a disaster for Sony Ericsson to push UIQ onto the K750 etc. feature phones. I don't know about the latest version of UIQ but up til now the user experience has been too techy and - in my opinion - outright horrible. Even people I know at Sony Ericsson admit that it has been a failure. Perhaps UIQ is on the right track now, but I doubt it until I have seen the new version. Tom Jon,

I work as a mobile interaction designer and believe that it would have been a disaster for Sony Ericsson to push UIQ onto the K750 etc. feature phones.

I don’t know about the latest version of UIQ but up til now the user experience has been too techy and – in my opinion – outright horrible. Even people I know at Sony Ericsson admit that it has been a failure.

Perhaps UIQ is on the right track now, but I doubt it until I have seen the new version.

Tom

]]> By: Andreas Constantinou http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28870 Andreas Constantinou Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:24:12 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-28870 Olivier, True, today there is 10s of companies who have created ECMAscript-esque implementations for mobile devices to recreate the iPhone idle screen experience (and you 've obviously done your research). However, I see that widgets will evolve from 'wired' to 'tired', to 'expired' in a very short space of time. (to borrow the terminology used in Wired magazine). Widgets will not only become commodity but the word itself should become detrimental to their sales pitch in the next 12 months (i.e. 'oh, so you are a widget company. so what's new ?'). As a result, vendors will move to the next step, which is connected core applications, or widgets in an app. This is what you get by taking applications like calendar, contacts, email, idle screen, album viewer or music player and adding some visual wrapper around an rss feed or other internet-borne data. As such, my prediction is that there will be 30+ companies doing widgets-in-an-app type of software solution in 12 months. However, they will not necessarily be using the word widget, but something like 'connected addressbook', 'social calendar', 'live music player', etc. Widgets, or single-function visual manifestations of online data will be the easiest way to develop and deploy such connected applications. Andreas Olivier,

True, today there is 10s of companies who have created ECMAscript-esque implementations for mobile devices to recreate the iPhone idle screen experience (and you ‘ve obviously done your research).

However, I see that widgets will evolve from ‘wired’ to ‘tired’, to ‘expired’ in a very short space of time. (to borrow the terminology used in Wired magazine). Widgets will not only become commodity but the word itself should become detrimental to their sales pitch in the next 12 months (i.e. ‘oh, so you are a widget company. so what’s new ?’).

As a result, vendors will move to the next step, which is connected core applications, or widgets in an app. This is what you get by taking applications like calendar, contacts, email, idle screen, album viewer or music player and adding some visual wrapper around an rss feed or other internet-borne data.

As such, my prediction is that there will be 30+ companies doing widgets-in-an-app type of software solution in 12 months. However, they will not necessarily be using the word widget, but something like ‘connected addressbook’, ‘social calendar’, ‘live music player’, etc. Widgets, or single-function visual manifestations of online data will be the easiest way to develop and deploy such connected applications.

Andreas

]]> By: Jon http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28863 Jon Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:41:24 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-28863 Andreas

Unstable??? Well, that¬¥s better and very reasonable…i do agree UIQ is in a key point of its existence.

Remember…what had happened if SE started pushing UIQ onto feature phones like k750-k800-k850 before??? Volume sales…and it seems they are finally doing it…besides the g series, there is a UIQ cibershot with optical zoom to be announced

But yes…this year should show if we can count wiht UIQ for the future…Motorola situation is also something to watch on this

]]> By: olivier http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28848 olivier Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:02:42 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-28848 wasn't prediction 2 already met in 2007 ? we have plusmo widgets, nokia widgets, nokia widsets, webwag, mojax, yahoo go blueprint widgets, getmobio, access netfront widgets, opera widgets, zumobi, ulocate, bling, openwave midas widgets, pleyo widgets, iphone widgets (sortof).. guessing all the other suspects will have one too, google, microsoft.. so that's at least 20. 30 is not a big stretch. too fragmented or opportunity for someone to create the "write once run anywhere" ala netvibes UWA ? wasn’t prediction 2 already met in 2007 ? we have plusmo widgets, nokia widgets, nokia widsets, webwag, mojax, yahoo go blueprint widgets, getmobio, access netfront widgets, opera widgets, zumobi, ulocate, bling, openwave midas widgets, pleyo widgets, iphone widgets (sortof).. guessing all the other suspects will have one too, google, microsoft.. so that’s at least 20. 30 is not a big stretch. too fragmented or opportunity for someone to create the “write once run anywhere” ala netvibes UWA ?

]]> By: Andreas Constantinou http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28820 Andreas Constantinou Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:39:02 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-28820 Jon, The demise of UIQ may come on 3-4 years, which is why I changed the phrasing from 'demise' into 'unstable future', which we should observe in 12 months or so (the temporal context of this post). But wait until the next post when I have a chance to expand my argument before refuting it :) Andreas Jon,

The demise of UIQ may come on 3-4 years, which is why I changed the phrasing from ‘demise’ into ‘unstable future’, which we should observe in 12 months or so (the temporal context of this post).

But wait until the next post when I have a chance to expand my argument before refuting it :)

Andreas

]]> By: jon http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28797 jon Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:14:42 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-28797 the demise of UIQ??? can¬¥t wait for that one…let me guess…you think the X1 is a sign of that???

ROTFL

just some hints:

The g series – UIQ goes mainstream

The Xperia series is not wm only (get it??? also see the next one…its related)

P5/Paris (new hardware platform, new UIQ iteration)

ALOT more devices on row to be announced (seriously…do you actually know what SE is doing inside??)

I am not counting with motorola…if they put their act together…well, some more “demise” for you

Finally…you talk alot of widgets…and not mention a single time the upcoming Opera Mobile 9.5 (must be because the main platforms are UIQ and WM)

]]> By: World Series http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-29170 World Series Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-29170 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Learnings from the Mobile World Congress: 10 predictions for MWC 2009 (part 1) Posted in Uncategorized at 4:45 am byVisionMobile Forumwrote an interesting post today on Learnings from the Mobile World Congress: 10 predictions for MWC 2009 (part 1) Here's a quick excerpt [Trying to figure out what are the key takeways from this year's MWC conference in Barcelona ?<!--%kramer-post%-->

Learnings from the Mobile World Congress: 10 predictions for MWC 2009 (part 1) Posted in Uncategorized at 4:45 am byVisionMobile Forumwrote an interesting post today on Learnings from the Mobile World Congress: 10 predictions for MWC 2009 (part 1) Here’s a quick excerpt [Trying to figure out what are the key takeways from this year’s MWC conference in Barcelona ?

]]> By: VisionMobile Forum http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-29228 VisionMobile Forum Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.visionmobile.co.uk/blog/2008/02/learnings-from-the-mobile-world-congress-10-predictions-for-mwc-2009-part-1/#comment-29228 <!--%kramer-pre%-->s interview features quite a few interesting historical facts recounted by Jari from his experience in building up the largest event organising circuit in the industry. On the subject of the MWC, I wrote a detailed post onLearnings from the Mobile World Congress and 10 predictions for MWC 2009. Recommended reading if you're trying to figure out what are the main trends emerging from MWC, particularly if you're interested in service delivery, Ovi vs Trolltech, open source or OHA/Google.<!--%kramer-post%-->

s interview features quite a few interesting historical facts recounted by Jari from his experience in building up the largest event organising circuit in the industry. On the subject of the MWC, I wrote a detailed post onLearnings from the Mobile World Congress and 10 predictions for MWC 2009. Recommended reading if you’re trying to figure out what are the main trends emerging from MWC, particularly if you’re interested in service delivery, Ovi vs Trolltech, open source or OHA/Google.

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