A one-size-fits-all approach to solving problems rarely seems to work in the real world, and the mobile Web is no different.
Up to this point, most mobile sites have been developed by re-hashing traditional Web content and squeezing it onto the small screen—an unfortunate “Mini-Me” approach to mobile Web design. The result? While the traditional [...]
Tags: Design, development, Mobile, mobile design, Mobile Marketing, mobile technology, mobile web, mobile web design, WAP, web, wml, xhtml, xhtml mp
Posted in Design, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Punchkick Interactive, WAP, iPhone
An new Experian study revealed a number of mobile marketing and text messaging statistics that I have not seen before. The short list is outlined below:
By early 2006, thirty countries had exceeded 100% per capita cell phone usage
In 2006 there were about 241 million mobile phone users in the United States — or, approximately 80% [...]
Tags: marketing stats, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, mobile marketing statistics, Statistics, stats
Posted in Mobile Marketing, Statistics
This is very exciting news as I can’t think of a single thing that could more quickly expand the reach of Flash Lite.
Sony Ericsson announced today at its Developer World conference plans for a new technology that bridges Adobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms.
The technology, called Project Capuchin, allows Java ME (formerly known [...]
Tags: Adobe, Capuchin, Flash, Flash Lite, J2ME, jar, Java, Java ME, Mobile, Sony, Sony Ericsson
Posted in Adobe, Flash Lite, J2ME, Jave ME, Mobile, Smartphone, Sony Ericsson
Adriana Gil Miner created a great video for her blog, Digital Ecologist, outlining today’s issues with SMS spam, privacy, and how mobile marketing law in the United States may be influenced over the next several years by the CAN SPAM Act. This follows up on Pogue’s Post about The Worst Spam Ever.
Learn more about Punchkick [...]
Tags: digital media law, ie, Java, law, MMS, Mobile, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, mobile marketing law, pogue, PR, SMS, spam, t-mobile, United States
Posted in Mobile Marketing Law, SMS
We are excited to announce that Mobile Ocean, a Flash Lite screensaver that we designed and developed, has been selected for the launch of Adobe’s new Flash Mobile Gallery within Adobe.com.
Hopefully, it will be the first of many featured items for Punchkick Interactive on Adobe.com. The Punchkick Interactive Mobile Ocean screensaver can be viewed within [...]
Tags: Adobe, Design, Flash, Flash Lite, Handango, ie, Mobile, mobile ocean, Mobile Screensavers, PR, punchkick, Punchkick Interactive, screen saver, screensaver, wallpaper
Posted in Adobe, Flash Lite, Punchkick Interactive
Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen, said Tuesday that Adobe has officially started development of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple’s
iPhone and hopes to finish development by June.
Narayen made the comments during a conference call with investors, explaining that Apple’s recent release of an
iPhone software developers kit (SDK) has afforded his company the [...]
Tags: Adobe, Apple, developer, developer tools, Flash, flash player, ie, iPhone, Mobile, Nokia, nokia 810, opera mobile, pocket ie, PR, punchkick, sdk, shantanu narayen, skyfire, software developers kit
Posted in Adobe, Apple, Flash, Flash Lite, iPhone
Yesterday, Bill from Adobe announced that Microsoft has licensed Flash Lite 3 and Reader LE for future Windows Mobile based devices. Flash Lite 3 will be pre-installed in the Internet Explorer Mobile browser on future Windows Mobile devices. Additionally, Reader LE will be pre-installed to allow consumers to open and view PDF documents while they’re [...]
Tags: Adobe, apac, Flash, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3, ie, internet explorer, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile devices, PR, punchkick, Samsung, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, windows mobile browser
Posted in Adobe, Flash Lite, Microsoft
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
I don’t know if I should be upset, or flattered. I think that my cease and desist letters solve that mystery. Some of the sites I found show hundreds of downloads of our Mobile Ocean Screensaver—that’s a bit upsetting.
I am also amazed that there are 1,350 pages in google search for “mobile ocean
punchkick.” This [...]
Tags: Adobe, CS3, developer, Flash, Flash Lite, Games, google, google search, illegal, Mobile, mobile ocean, Mobile Screensavers, punchkick, screensaver, SEO, wallpaper
Posted in Punchkick Interactive