Urban Puddle : Using the N73 as a Bluetooth Modem. ScreenTonic: Nokia N70. Introducing Google Analytics for Mobile Apps. AppsFire.com ★ blog ★ - discover and share apps on ★ fire ★ Pizza Hut making $1M from iPhone app « i-level mobile blog. Mobile Web Is Taking Over the World (and Other Internet Trends) Mobile Internet usage is on the rise. Apple's share of the mobile smartphone market is only going to increase. AT&T's mobile data traffic has increased by 4,932% over the last three years. There will be over 1 billion "heavy mobile data users" by 2013. These are just some of the stats that were shared with the audience at the Web 2.0 Summit today in San Francisco.
Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker led a speedy and high-charged presentation over Internet trends. The data and stats packed in her 68 page presentation is nothing short of mind-boggling. The focus of her presentation this year (she gives this rapid-fire speech every year at Web 2.0) was on Mobile Internet and 8 key trends that Morgan Stanley has identified, including that social networking + mobile are driving big changes in communication and commerce. If you want to see all of the juicy numbers, we've embedded the entire presentation below: Augmented Reality Goes 3D, Gets Even More Awesome. Remember Layar and their augmented reality app for Android devices? It uses your phone's camera to display a layer of real time meta data on top of the physical world around you. Until now, that reality was just a bunch of 2D tags, but with Layar3D it also includes virtual 3D objects. If you have trouble imagining what those might be, just look at the video below. That's right, it's Pacman, and it happens in the real world!
Of course, the potential uses for this technology go far beyond gaming, but in our geeky eyes, it all boils down to awesomeness (and, potentially, looking very strange as you roam around, looking at the world through your Android phone). Here's a bit on how it works: the 3D goodness is created with the help of OpenGL, while the positioning is calculated with the accelerometer, the GPS and the compass of the phone. Unfortunately, the new version of Layar is aimed at developers only, with a planned public launch in November. I-level mobile blog. Mobile operators are tomorrow's broadband providers | Opini. Digital Britain could set the wheels in motion for mobile operators to surpass fixed-line ISPs and become the real powerhouses for internet connectivity.
The Government has called on the operators, with their vast network reach, to help tip the UK towards 100% penetration of 2Mbps connectivity. But there’s little reason why they can’t have ambitions beyond this. While fixed-line access currently offers a far faster, less restrictive and more robust way to connect to the internet, it’s looking increasingly obsolete as a long-term solution. Plans involving 4G technology are already underway to offer speeds of 50Mbps over the air. The astronomical growth in dongle sales over the past 12 months – for many operators the fastest growing part of their business – has proved there’s a real appetite for the flexible, subscription-free offer even though the experience is relatively slow at the moment.
So where does this leave fixed-line ISPs in the long term?