Back and overwhelmed! The end of the year saw the usual "year in review" meme, plus some violently clashing forecasts for the year ahead. I'll get to those in the next couple days, but let's take a quick look around at the now...
Among Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick's predictions for the new year in the worlds of "convergence and VoIP:" "Cable companies in the United States will use their partnership with Sprint to offer 'mobile entertainment,' but the cable companies will see little traction as just another third party mobile voice supplier." Yeah, that sounds about right.
An ideal event for anyone open to the vast networking possibilities available in the Ukraine. Seriously. The Ukraine. Apparently it's quite a market.
You like mobile TV, hence, you are a geek. Hence, the mobile-only Geek TV. Consume, you nerrrrrrrrds.
Hey, that Spider-Man franchise sure did great international business, didn't it? You can be pretty sure of that when its Malaysian ripoff gets its own mobile game.
Motricity and Cingular, those crazy kids, just might make it stick. I'm not ready to do in-depth analysis of the deal yet, but in general, this kind of stability is a sign of corporate confidence, which brings consumer confidence. Plus they're headquartered in my grandma's hometown, so I may get out to visit them, although I don't think Nana will be applying for a job.
Hey, kids! Mobile porn!
This intriguing Reuters piece argues that a bad year is coming for digital music, and furthermore, that it needs at least one bad year to become truly healthy. Better a small avalanche today than a giant one next year.
Who can resist an Iron Maiden poly ringtone? NOBODY, that's who! (Warning: link plays sound.)
Last and definitely not least, Mark Rutledge has some great thoughts on what he wants out of a ringtone. Sweet and charming and more valuable than half-a-dozen "industry projections." I wonder if he'd be interested in this ringtone-it-yourselfer?
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