Mobile Marketing Blog by Punchkick Interactive » cell phone

Apple Leads Cell Phone Industry with 32% of the Total Industry Profit

Ryan Unger — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:32:41 +0000

Question: How does a newcomer introduce just one cell phone, and absolutely obliterate their competition with respect to profit? Answer: They build an iPhone.

Top Cell Phone Manufacturers' Estimated Revenues Compared to Apple's

[/caption] In the cell phone game, the Apple iPhone only accounts for 8% of the total industry revenue, but 32% of the [...]

AT&T, T-Mobile USA and Sprint respond to Verizon’s Unlimited Cell Phone Plans

Ryan Unger — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:56:09 +0000

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 [...]

Random Links for February 18, 2008

Ryan Unger — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:27:54 +0000

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 [...]

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Zak Dabbas — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:00:22 +0000

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 [...]

Are cell phone projectors on the Way?

Ryan Unger — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:59:42 +0000

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]

Who Watches Mobile Video?

Ryan Unger — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:23:58 +0000

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 [...]

Video of the Microsoft Milan showing most impressive computer-to-mobile device integration that I have ever seen

Ryan Unger — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:41:22 +0000

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

Mobile Ocean Flash Lite screensaver/wallpaper now available on Handango.com

Ryan Unger — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:09:22 +0000

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 [...]

SMS campaign demonstration. Feedback requested.

Ryan Unger — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:18:02 +0000

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 + [...]

Sorry to have been away. I was visiting Vancouver, BC.

Ryan Unger — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:59:05 +0000

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 [...]