Question: How does a newcomer introduce just one cell phone, and absolutely obliterate their competition with respect to profit?
Answer: They build an
iPhone.
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In the cell phone game, the Apple
iPhone only accounts for 8% of the total industry revenue, but 32% of the [...]
Tags: Apple, Apple iPhone, cell phone, cell phone manufacturers, iPhone, operating margin, revenue, RIM
Posted in Apple, Mobile, Statistics, iPhone
AT&T is offering unlimited voice for $99 and unlimited connectivity and messaging for $35. One year contract is required for new subscribers and data plans are unchanged, though.
Analysts are expecting Sprint to, “offer flat-rate calling plans at up to 40 percent discount to it’s rivals” — bringing unlimited
wireless minutes into the $60 range for [...]
Tags: AT&T, cell, cell phone, Mobile, PR, price war, punchkick, Sprint, t-mobile, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Wireless
Posted in AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless
20+ Tools For Working With Colors
Sometimes all you need to get inspired to build a site is picking a color scheme, or even if you get stuck later in development you need some color help. Mashable.com has gathered 20+ tools for helping the “color challanged” designers.
Source: Mashable
The Analog Cellphone Timeline
Source: Gizmodo
Hide an Image in HTML [...]
Tags: cell, cell phone, color theory, colors, css, Design, editorial, google, google search, random links
Posted in Design, Mobile
Every once in a while—perhaps as often as the solar equinox or emergence of the breeding cicadas—I open my mouth and say something I later regret. And when I do so, I feel it is my duty to own up to my mistake. So, with my sneaker on my plate, I apologize to all of [...]
Tags: Apple, cell, cell phone, editorial, geek, ie, iPhone, Mobile Marketing, PDA, PR, punchkick, update, Verizon
Posted in Apple, Mobile Marketing, Smartphone, iPhone
Via Gizmodo
South Korea’s Iljin Display has been crowing about its coin-sized laser projector module for more than a year with no haps, but now the company says it’s inked a deal with South Korea Telecom (SK Telecom) to mass-produce the projector for use inside cellphones. Is Iljin’s so-called Nano Projector finally for real? [more]
Tags: cell, cell phone, korea, PR, projector, punchkick
Posted in Mobile, Mobile Video
A recent article by Katie on NewTeeVee pointed out that according to data from Nielsen, middle-aged men with high incomes are the main demographic of Americans watching video on their cell phones. On the surface it may seem that this proves that the price point is still too high (which it is), but my theory [...]
Tags: cell, cell phone, ie, Mobile, PR, punchkick, VCAST, Wireless
Posted in Mobile Video
I never write 2 posts about the same topic but Microsoft’s Milan is just amazing.
You can actually:
1. Take a photo on a digital camera
2. Place the camera on the table
3. Place you cell phone on the table
4. Drag the visual image of the photo from the camera to the phone
Via Popular Mechanics
Link sent from Phil
Tags: cell, cell phone, Flash, ie, Microsoft, Mobile, PR
Posted in Design, Microsoft, Mobile
We have released our Mobile Ocean ™
Flash Lite screensaver/
wallpaper to Handago.com today. Mobile Ocean is the perfect cell phone screensaver/
wallpaper for any marine lover. This product features seven tropical fish, four underwater scenes, and a digital clock.
Learn more about Punchkick Interactive’s mobile screensaver design capabilities.
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.punchkickinteractive.com/content/handango/MobileOcean_DEMO.swf" width="176" height="208"/]
Detailed Product Features:
Built using Adobe
Flash Lite [...]
Tags: Adobe, cell, cell phone, Flash, Flash Lite, Handango, ie, MAX, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, mobile ocean, Mobile Screensavers, PR, punchkick, Punchkick Interactive, screensaver, Symbian, wallpaper
Posted in Adobe, Design, Flash Lite, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Nokia, Press Release, Punchkick Interactive, Symbian
We are experimenting with sending phones SMS messages based on actions within a Flash Lite movie. To test this, we have implimented a way for our visitors to sample an SMS campaign—simply type your mobile number in the form located at the top right of our blog. Use the following format: 12165261544 (country code + [...]
Tags: cell, cell phone, Flash, Flash Lite, ie, Mobile, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, SMS
Posted in Flash Lite, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Punchkick Interactive, SMS
Sorry for the lack of posts the past few days—I have been away on business in Vancouver, BC. Along with the opportunity to see haunting anti-smoking ads (p.s. I don’t smoke), I have been poking my head into a few cell phone shops. Nothing really has come up that I haven’t already seen online. The [...]
Tags: cell, cell phone, Flash, Flash Lite, ie, punchkick
Posted in Punchkick Interactive