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SRM and YJ, Excellent! This gives me a whole different perspective both technically and commercially than I understood before. I look forward to any additional insight you 4 amigos provide. It has proven again to be invaluable!
Thanks again,
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OT Didn't someone fire "Nurse Ratchet" yesterday? Can we get her back...LOL
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Koko, you know I have been and continue to be one of the biggest supporters of Neom. However, I also continue to have concern with Neom's inability to execute their business plan in a timely manner...essentially they lack the core competency of "Speed-to-Market", which is so critical for a company with such large ambitions.
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Koko, This is just another example of a LOI that has not come to fruition yet...now 7 months later! Letters of intent don't provide revenues...completed acquisitions do!!!
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Koko, what I don't understand is if NMPR is so technically superior to what is being done today, why can't Neom launch it in a big way in the U.S.? It seems Neom is putting a lot of energy trying to launch it globally rather than demonstrating its superiority here in their own backyard. Maybe I just don't understand fully what the hurdles are, but IMO the strategy should be to expand in the US first in a big way, then put their energies toward global expansion.
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Qcurt, They said they would post today. Remember they are on the west coast. It is only 6:30 PM there.
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KGR, You expressed my sentiments exactly. I am still hoping that we will get an additional PR related to a major SP contract. Neom sometimes issues PR's at 12:30 Eastern so stay tuned.
Failure to do so would be a "missed opportunity" with the hoopla of CTIA IMO. Each day we wait lessens the impact of the Keyword Registry PR's that were issued on Monday & Tuesday. The market wants to know the answers to the questions PP wrote earlier this week. And without this type of PR I would predict the pps will decline somewhat again as the "market will be disappointed".
Regarding PC launch, the rockets are fired, but we really haven't left the launch pad yet. JMHO.
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OT Clawman, Great minds think alike. LOL EOM
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Clawman, I agree. See my prior post http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=7905448
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Hope that volume spike is an indication that Neom will announce tomorrow morning, the last day of CTIA IT, a SP deal for PC / WR with one of the major providers (e.g., Vodafone or T-Mobile).
We know Neom Mgmt spent time in Germany recently, and then there were German visitors to Neom's offices in Fort Myers the following week. Lets hope they struck a deal and will announce tomorrow.
As the saying goes..."get 'er done!"
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OT DD Real-Time Mobile Retailing Solutions Bring Content "Mall" to the Handheld
Motorola Ventures Announces Equity Investment in July Systems
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In an agreement
announced today at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2005, Motorola
(NYSE: MOT) and July Systems, a leading provider of smart mobile retailing
technology, are enabling the rapid creation of mobile storefronts to give
consumers the convenience of "virtual mall" browsing and shopping on their
handheld devices. Combining July's Integrated Mobile Marketplace, with the
rich features and functionality of Motorola's Global Applications Management
Architecture (GAMA), the companies have created a next-generation, seamless
service-enabling solution that brings operators the end-to-end advanced
architecture needed to handle all dimensions of mobile services retailing,
from content value chain management, service creation and provisioning to
retailing, delivery and operations.
The companies also announced today that Motorola Ventures, Motorola's
equity investment arm, has made an equity investment in July Systems.
Motorola Ventures made the investment, along with July's existing investors,
as the leader of July's $10 million third round of financing. Financial terms
of Motorola's investment in the Company were not disclosed.
The new solution called Motorola GAMA Integrated Mobile Marketplace allows
all the players in the mobile content value chain-mobile operator, retailer,
content provider, and consumer-to collaboratively and dynamically participate
in establishing, managing and leveraging mobile content services. Through the
use of GUI-based tools for the operator, retailer, and content provider,
advanced retailing models such as subscriptions, rentals, pay- per-use and
try-before-you-buy, along with personalized real-time promotions for consumers
can be managed effectively on mobile devices. The solution supports all
mobile content types including games, tones, pictures, streaming, and music
and video clips.
The solution architecture provides a secure, end-to-end mechanism for
distribution and delivery of mobile content to virtually any mobile device
while delivering a seamless user experience. It has the flexibility to be
fully integrated into operators' differing network infrastructures and
introduces a platform for rapid application development and delivery of new
services.
"Service providers face considerable challenges in dealing with the
complexity of continually delivering new and feature-rich applications to meet
consumer demand, remain competitive, and generate new revenues," said Sri
Kannankote, Motorola's corporate vice president, Network Services. "Through
this alliance, we are bolstering our portfolio to bring a robust service
enabling solution that delivers intuitive and seamless services to help
operators increase time to market and reduce churn as well as offer advanced
applications to their subscribers."
"July is an outstanding addition to our portfolio of technology
investments," said Warren Holtsberg, Motorola's corporate vice president,
Equity Investments. "This winning combination of highly complementary
technology solutions will provide customers with the unique ability to
dynamically deliver advanced mobile content retailing services to consumers."
"The joint force of Motorola and July Systems is a strong endorsement of
the need for advanced mobile retailing technology to drive stronger growth in
the mobile services industry," said Ashok Narasimhan, chairman, CEO and co-
founder, July Systems. "We expect to accelerate our sales efforts to
demonstrate the powerful features of the GAMA Integrated Mobile Marketplace
solution to Motorola's top tier operator customers worldwide."
At CTIA Booth #1308, see how Motorola GAMA Integrated Mobile Marketplace
supports all types of mobile content including games, tones, pictures,
streaming, and music and video clips. The technology allows for easy, rapid
creation, personalized stores, advanced pricing models, and flexible real time
promotions to be offered to mobile consumers. The solution extends the
advanced retailing features found in brick-and-mortar and Internet retailing
worlds to the world of mobile devices. All this is offered via a simple easy-
to-use GUI-based suite of tools for operators, retailers, and content
providers.
About July Systems
July Systems provides innovative mobile market solutions that enable
mobile operators and content retailers to multiply revenues and profits by
transforming the retailing of mobile content to reach the mass-market. July's
integrated end-to-end mobile marketplace solutions and managed services are
currently deployed across multiple operators and other customers across the US
and Europe who reach over 220 million mobile consumers. Founded in 2001, July
Systems is privately held, and has its headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, Global
Product Center in Bangalore, India, and European offices in Germany and UK.
For more information, visit http://www.julysystems.com .
About Motorola
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that
provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded
systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces
in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and
information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the
power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective
and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004.
For more information: http://www.motorola.com .
MOTOROLA and the stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent &
Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their
respective owners.
SOURCE Motorola, Inc.
Photo Notes: NewsCom:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020307/MOTLOGO
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020415/MOTNOTAGLOGO AP
Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk,
photodesk@prnewswire.com
Web Site: http://www.motorola.com http://www.julysystems.com
http://www.wirelessit.com
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DD Live from CTIA IT: Day Two (From email by Fiercewireless.com)
It's day two here at CTIA IT in San Francisco and the show rolls on. Yesterday was the mobile enterprise section of the show, which felt odd since the majority of attendees here are focused on content and entertainment. During yesterday's keynote, Microsoft and Nokia took turns trying to convince the audience that they should abandon the BlackBerry and switch their solutions for mobile email. Microsoft pointed out that even though mobile email often requires the use of a second Exchange server -- many enterprise-wide deployments require one server for regular email and another to mobilize Outlook -- the cost of using two Exchange servers is still cheaper than licensing BlackBerry. There was little new in either presentations, but they demonstrated the degree to which Microsoft, Nokia, and others are trying to turn up the heat on RIM.
Despite yesterday's focus on enterprise, there was still plenty of talk about content. John Batter, VP and GM of EA Mobile, spoke about the growth of the mobile game market and the evolving mobile content ecosystem. Comverse briefed me on their new mobile avatar system that will allow carriers to add avatar and personalization functionality to mobile chat and other applications.
Now on to the party front. There were so many receptions yesterday that I simply could not make them all. I did manage to attend three events: Mobile Focus, the Wireless Internet Caucaus reception at the Cartoon Museum, and the Gameloft party. All three events were reasonably well-attended, which is a testament to just how many people are at this show. At Mobile Focus, Microsoft showed me their latest smart phone, the Motorola i930, a push-to-talk device that will run on Sprint Nextel's iDen network. The Microsoft people also beamed as they reminded me about the upcoming Windows Treo, though they offered no additional details. Sony Ericsson was also on hand, showing off some of their new and upcoming devices, including the Walkman phone.
The big hit of Mobile Focus, though, was MobiTV. Their small table was flocked with venture capitalists and reporters, a sign of just how big a trend mobile TV is in this industry. MobiTV showed me their newest versions of their product, including a version that has a cable set top box-like display for schedules and other information. I have to admit, when I first saw MobiTV almost two years ago I was underwhelmed. In a short period of time this company has taken their product to the next level. On top of that, they now claim 500,000 subscribers. If this trend continues, it looks like mobile TV skeptics, including yours truly, may have to eat our hats.
As a final reminder, the FierceWireless Ole party is tonight at the Thirsty Bear at 661 Howard Street in San Francisco from 7-10 pm. Click here to RSVP. I look forward to seeing many of you at our party tonight. - Stephen
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OT koko, my purchase of neom stock is exactly the same as Mactex except I didn't attend CTIA. Glad to have found this board during the spring of 2004. I monitored it for a few months, then became a member and started contributing as of August 2004.
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DD: Virgin Mobile as a SP...Lets try to connect some more dots here
First understand that Virgin Mobile operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)
What is a MVNO?
http://www.mobilein.com/what_is_a_mvno.htm
Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use (MOU) for sale to their own customers.
To date, MVNO's are mostly a European, GSM phenomenon. With many simple resellers in the United States gaining popularity, it is likely that the concept will catch on in the US and other parts of the world as well for the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO).
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Now understand Virgin Mobile's relationship with T-Mobile
http://about.virginmobile.com/about/us/history/
Virgin Mobile launched its operations as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in November 1999. As we are an MVNO, we operate a virtual network providing a broad range of mobile communications services to our customers over
T-Mobile's network under our non-exclusive, minimum ten year term, telecommunications supply agreement with T-Mobile signed in January 2004.
Virgin Mobile started as a joint venture between Virgin and T-Mobile. In January 2004 in connection with the settlement of various disputes involving Virgin Mobile, T-Mobile and certain Virgin Group companies, Virgin purchased from T-Mobile all of the shares that T-Mobile owned in Virgin Mobile.
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Now lets understand more about T-Mobile
About T-Mobile International http://www.t-mobile-international.com/CDA/about_t-mobile,2,0,,en.html?w=1016&h=625
The mobile world has been changing rapidly in recent years and continues to do so. New technologies are driving innovative voice and data solutions for businesses and consumers. At the same time, one-product national businesses are moving into a complex multi-product service world. Just ten years ago, national operators with almost no international presence dominated their respective markets.
One of the global market leaders.
T-Mobile International is one of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom’s three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. By the end of June 2005, more than 80 million customers are served in the nine T-Mobile markets. T-Mobile is a partner of FreeMove, an alliance formed by four of Europe’s leading mobile companies - Orange, Telefónica Móviles, TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) and T-Mobile - to help their customers communicate as easily while travelling abroad as they do at home.
Global player in mobile communications.
T-Mobile International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, was established in December 1999. Since then, it has positioned itself as one of the largest international mobile communications carriers. It is the first to operate a trans-Atlantic mobile network based on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), the world’s most successful digital wireless standard. T-Mobile subsidiaries and affiliates were among the first operators worldwide to use future-oriented technologies like GPRS, UMTS (3G) and W-LAN.
T-Mobile Deutschland
Deutsche Telekom, within the group, holds direct or indirect investments in mobile communications companies in Europe and the USA. T-Mobile owns network operators in Germany (T-Mobile Deutschland), the United States (T-Mobile USA), Great Britain (T-Mobile UK), Austria (T-Mobile Austria), and the Netherlands (T-Mobile Netherlands). In the Czech Republic, it has a majority stake in T-Mobile Czech Republic, a major holding in Poland (PTC), as well as indirect shares in Belarus. In addition to these complete and partial ownerships of T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom is represented with mobile operators in Hungary (T-Mobile Hungary) Croatia (T-Mobile Croatia),
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Where was Neom last week...Germany
Some including myself speculated that Neom was working a deal with Vodafone. That is still a very good possibility.
However, because of today's news with Virgin, and now understanding their relationship with T-Mobile, I now speculate Neom might have been working a deal with T-Mobile.
Either scenario would be fine with me. I just hadn't taken T-Mobile seriously until now after understanding more fully the connection with Virgin.
Looking forward to more news to clear this up.
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Koko, Good post. Thanks EOM
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OT DD Palm's tale of Treo intrigue
http://news.com.com/A+tale+of+Treo+intrigue/2100-1047_3-5883320.html?part=rss&tag=5883320&su...
Published: September 26, 2005, 5:47 PM PDT
By Ina Fried
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Palm CEO Ed Colligan spent several days in Cannes in February 2004 talking up the Treo handheld computing device over its Windows-based competitors. But that same week, away from the massive 3GSM trade show, he was secretly meeting with the enemy.
At a nondescript Comfort Inn a short distance from the main conference center, Colligan and several Palm colleagues held a clandestine gathering with a team from Microsoft that was led by mobile unit head Pieter Knook. The groups took separate cabs to the hotel, met for several hours in a conference room, and then returned to the tech confab as though their rendezvous had never happened.
The secret meeting, to discuss business terms of a possible partnership, paved the way for the developers of the Palm operating system to join up with a company that had once been their fiercest rival.
Now Colligan and his Microsoft counterparts have gone public. On Monday, Colligan and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates were on a ballroom stage at the far-tonier Palace Hotel in San Francisco to announce plans for a Windows-based Treo.
Rivals' fortunes tied
The combination seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. Palm envisioned itself as a substantial rival to Redmond, threatening to head off its computing dominance as the power of desktop computing shifted to pocket-size devices. But a series of miscues substantially weakened the company, leaving it little choice but to team up with the world's largest software maker.
Although Palm has pledged to continue using the Palm OS in both handhelds and phones, the company has now significantly tied its fortunes to the rival it once denounced.
In doing so, Palm is making a tough bet. The company is gambling that Microsoft's operating system has advanced far enough to power a decent cell phone, while still having enough rough edges that Palm can carve out a niche by going beyond the standard Windows Mobile software. In doing so, Palm hopes it can avoid the fate of being just another clone cranking out hardware on Microsoft's behalf.
Microsoft, meanwhile, has scored a significant win in its decade-long quest to crack the mobile market. In wooing Palm, Microsoft has brought a one-time rival into its fold and ideally gained a new creative force as it tries to move its PC empire into the burgeoning market for cell phones.
"Palm always did great work, and so we lusted after some of those things that they do well," Gates told reporters at Monday's launch.
The partnership is not totally out of the blue, of course. The two companies offered a glimpse at the detente last year, announcing a pact that allowed Palm OS-based Treos to connect directly with Microsoft's Exchange servers for corporate e-mail and calendar information.
But even as that deal was being announced, Microsoft and Palm were already meeting in secret to plan a much broader alliance. The companies followed their Cannes discussions with a meeting at another trade show in March. During the CTIA cell phone trade show in New Orleans, executives from the two companies met at Arnaud's, a well-known Creole restaurant in the French Quarter.
The two companies had booked a private room for the gathering. However, executives arrived and found their table was not yet ready, so they divided into their separate camps and headed to opposite ends of the 20-foot-long bar, pretending not to notice one another.
Code name Hendrix
Finally seated some time later, executives from the two companies, as they sipped bisque and ate Creole bruschetta, hashed out their marketing plans over a four-hour dinner one described as a "17-course extravaganza." The execs have fond memories of that meal, which sealed their partnership.
Following Hurricane Katrina, "we're wondering if that restaurant is still there," said Palm senior vice president Ken Wirt. (The 87-year old restaurant issued a press release on Monday saying that it is still assessing damage, but plans to reopen "as quickly as possible.")
Even when not trying to hide in the middle of the entire cell phone industry in New Orleans, the two companies went to great lengths to keep their relationship a secret. In phone calls and e-mails they referred to one another only by code names. Microsoft was "Woodstock," Palm was "Purple Haze." The Windows-based Treo itself was called "Hendrix." Anyone who forgot to use the psychedelic pseudonyms was fined.
When attending a meeting at Palm's offices in Silicon Valley, Microsoft workers were reluctant to offer up their affiliation to a security guard who was printing visitors' badges. After failing to convince the guard, the delegation spent an awkward few minutes in the lobby, with their hands across their chests to cover up the labels that indicated their company affiliation.
"We were frankly scared out of our mind about leaks," said Scott Horn, a senior director in Microsoft's mobile and embedded device unit.
Palm executives tried to do the same when they visited Redmond, opting for generic bags over the standard corporate issue gear. However, several failed to remove the bright orange luggage tags emblazoned with the company's new Palm logo.
"Clearly none of us are going to be spies," joked Page Murray, Palm's vice president of marketing.
In its secret meetings, Palm execs managed to convince their Microsoft counterparts to build several software hooks they needed into the latest version of Windows Mobile. The changes allowed Palm to add some handy features into the Windows version of the Treo. One new trick allows Treo owners to ignore an incoming cell call, instead sending a brief text message to the caller. A second feature allows Treo owners to navigate multiple voice-mail accounts using VCR-like buttons, rather than having to know that "5" is the key for fast forward or remember that "7" saves voice mail at work, but deletes it at home.
A key question, though, is whether Microsoft will give Palm enough room to innovate in the future, now that it has successfully wooed the device maker. By going with Microsoft, Palm is letting go of one of the key differentiators between its products and those from better-known competitors.
Colligan said he understands the risk and only undertook it with assurances that Palm would be able to build enough software on top of the OS to make his products stand out.
"It was the only way we felt it could work for us," he said at the Monday press conference.
Executives from both companies suggest that the Palm-Microsoft relationship, forged at those meetings in Cannes and New Orleans, will continue to be close. But it remains to be seen whether Palm will retain its individuality now that it has the Microsoft imprimatur.
Previous Next Wirt acknowledges that there are no formal procedures in place that ensure that Palm will get the things it asks for the next time, or the time after that. "It's functioned more as a relationship-type thing."
Colligan said Palm could try to patent particularly strong advances, but in general he said the company believes the best way to stay ahead is to keep cranking out new products.
"We have ideas about many things that we didn't get to do in this version," he assured reporters.
But for all its ideas, Palm is still a relatively small company. And given that it has pledged continued support for the Palm OS, it must now divide its limited engineering resources between two incompatible efforts.
Colligan acknowledged that the challenges of developing for two entirely different operating systems are enough to keep his firm hopping. He emphatically shook his head back and forth when asked if Symbian and Linux-based Treos might be next.
"We don't need another operating system," he said, adding later, "It's too much effort."
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OT DD ESPN to start mobile service with Sanyo phone
http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-0077973.html
27 September, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - Sports television network ESPN plans to start selling a wireless service for sports fans on a limited basis this year with a mobile phone from Sanyo Electric Co Ltd (6764.T), it said on Tuesday.
Disney‘s (NYSE:DIS - news) ESPN sees the mobile service, which will operate on a high-speed wireless network that Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S - news) is building, as a way to expand its brand and its sports programming beyond traditional television screens.
Sprint Nextel leases network space to several wireless providers including Virgin Mobile USA, its joint venture with Virgin (VA.UL),in an effort to gain revenue from consumers it has not signed up for Sprint branded services.
Sprint Nextel, which plans to have a high-speed network that covers about half of the U.S. population early next year, will also support a separate Disney branded mobile service.
ESPN said customers could sign up for its Mobile ESPN service and buy the Sanyo MPV phone on its Web site in time for the winter holiday season. It plans to follow with a full national retail launch in February.
Along with traditional phone call services it plans to deliver sports score alerts, breaking news and commentary as well as some audio and video clip services to mobile phones. It did not reveal pricing for the service or the phone.
The Sanyo MPV has a 1.3 megapixel camera, a video and voice recorder, and an MP3 digital music player, ESPN said.
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DD Live From CTIA IT: Day 1 - From an email I receive from FierceWireless.com
Live From CTIA IT: Day 1
It's day one here at CTIA IT in San Francisco and this show is in full-force. Before we turn to today's action, I'll give a re-cap of yesterday.
Our market segmentation panel at the Mobile Entertainment Summit went well. Three major points emerged during our discussion. The first is that carriers do not know very much about their subscribers beyond billing information. In fact, carriers really have only three segments: family plans, teens, and professional users. Beyond that, most carrier marketing is not segmented.
The second point is that segmentation can allow both carriers and content providers to develop new types of services they would not normally think of. For example, women are a large demographic for mobile content, yet most marketing campaigns target male users between the ages of 16 and 35.
The third take away from yesterday's panel is that behavioral segmentation (i.e., specific behavior patterns versus targeting by non-behavioral factors like age) is often more effective.
The real issue for segmentation, however, is consumer data, the lack of which remains the Achilles heel for most new wireless content strategies.
Now on to the parties. Last night I attended the CTIA Press Reception at the Argent Hotel. At the event, I got a sneak peal of the new ESPN Mobile handset. The ESPN Mobile phone has the best custom user interface I have seen to date. In addition to the ESPN phone, Qualcomm gave me a look at their prototype Media FLO mobile TV phone. The device I saw had a very good video reception and sported a swivel displace screen that can show video in both portrait and landscape modes. After the press reception, the hot ticket last night was the Disney party, which was packed.
This morning I participated in a breakfast panel sponsored by mobilitec. Our topic was "The Future of Mobile Applications." Not surprisingly, segmentation played a key role in this panel as well. The first hot topic was the family market. Several panelists cited instances of using mobile TV to entertain children, especially on long trips. One speaker noted that children, unlike wireless industry insiders, do not complain about the small screen size of handsets.
The next topic of discussion was content aggregators -- companies that work with carriers and content providers to bring new content to the wireless industry. Many panelists, including yours truly, argued that aggregators will eventually disappear from the content ecosystem. Aggregators that figure out how to provide original content have a chance, but those that do not will likely die off.
Product announcements at this year's CTIA IT are big. Yesterday, Bill Gates was on hand to help launch the new Windows Mobile version of the Palm Treo. Today Kyocera Wireless launched the Xcursion KX160, a clamshell cameraphone with Bluetooth.
For those of you at CTIA IT, I want to remind you about our party on Wednesday, Ole. We start at 7pm at the Thirsty Bear. Click here to RSVP. And don't worry, I'll give you the scoop on tonight's parties tomorrow. - Stephen
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BillyBass, someone can correct me if I am wrong but I believe PC is only compatible with 160 phones...not preinstalled.
Note the language on the PC website: http://www.paperclick.com/devices.jsp
The PaperClick Go Window supports over
160 different models of mobile phones from manufacturers such as:
Kyocera, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Siemens, Samsung Hitachi, and Handspring
The Go Window also supports a wide variety of PDA’s from manufacturers including:
ASUS, Dell, HP, Meo, Toshiba, PalmOne, Sony and others
Below is a sample list of devices supported
by PaperClick:
The key words are "supports or supported"; that IMO does not mean it is pre-installed. I have a new Samsung smartphone and as far as I am aware, PC is not pre-installed on it. However, it could be compatible with it such that at some future date I can download it, and it will work fine with my phone.
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There were 2 deadlines for the Mobot deal. See my post http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=7845363&txt2find=mobot
It appears that with no PR announcing the completion of the deal either yesterday or today, that we are now working towards Oct. 26th.
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Re: Mark Cuban ---I educated him about Neom on his blog
See my post: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=6720414&txt2find=cuban
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PP is astute enough to ask all the right questions:
Excerpt:
Yes it looks much faster than SMS but I have a few questions I couldn't find answers to.
How much does a "keyword" cost? If I'm a brand manager that's probably my first concern in starting a campaign.
How many users have the GoWindow installed on their mobile?
Is there a service provider that plans on introducing this? Every phone can SMS today, how many consumers could respond to a mobile campaign if I used my "keyword" today? Is there an option to SMS for people that don't have the GoWindow?
I like the idea of direct connect using a keyword, will this be a WAP browser?
Instead of typing in lengthy websites on my mobile, would i Just type in GOOG to get the WAP(mobile) version of Google's site?
Will keywords direct me to only WAP versions of sites for my mobile?
If Coke did a campaign today and said type "Coke" in your GoWindow, how many people could do that? Will Coke offer the ability to SMS them to download the GoWindow to the phone?
How much does the GoWindow cost?
I would team up with a service provider and share in the revenues from keywords sold. The service provider could help launch the GoWindow and provide more leverage to sell words to corporations AND consumers.
The Virgin PR today is a good start. The market is anxious for the rest of the answers to PP's questions. I got to believe it is just a matter of time before they are satisfactorily answered by Neom. Stay tuned.
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YJ: That prior post was from yours truly. Thanks for the additional info...glad to see SP's will be better represented than what I first thought.
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Nokia's Relationship with Neomedia
http://www.neom.com/press_releases/2005/20050106.jsp
http://www.neom.com/press_releases/2003/20030908.jsp
http://www.symbian.com/partners/neomedia.html (Nokia mentioned)
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Service Provider, Phone Mfr - CTIA Exhibitor List
http://www.wirelessit.com/general/exhibitor_list.cfm
Major Service Providers
Cingular Wireless
Not Present: Vodafone, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile
Cell Phone / PDA Manufacturer
Ericsson
i-mate
Kyocera Wireless
Motorola
Nokia
Palm
Not Present: Hitachi, HP, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba
My Conclusion: Unfortunately, only one major service provider will be present, Cingular Wireless. If there is going to be an announcement with a major player at CTIA, the most logical based on who will be present would be Nokia due to their strong European presence and their working relationship with Neom up-to-this-point.
Note also that Google is not an exhibitor; Microsoft is exhibiting, but with today's PR including the "Google-like" reference, it seems doubtful we will see Microsoft and Neom hitching together in the near-term.
All JMHO.
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SRM, YJ, MartyMac, and anyone else attending: TIA We appreciate you all taking the time out of your schedule to attend CTIA, and look forward to your observations /comments.
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OT...Lesnshawn, pleasant dreams...may they all come true :>)
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MM's drove the price down at the end of trading day to only a 2% gain - closing at .454 with 3.76M shares traded. IMO, the market is definitely wanting more substance in terms of a major paperclick license (or similar) agreement that will answer the question about the public availability of the paperclick operating system that will be needed for widespread acceptance of Keyword registry with its Paperclick Mobile Go-Window. The market cannot assess the potential for future profitable growth of today's PR without this information. Stay tuned for more announcements.
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Koko, Thanks for the reply. I think that makes it even more apparent that a SP (such as Vodafone or Verizon) or a phone manufacturer (such as Nokia or Motorola) need to make a commitment to paperclick. Hard for me to believe that Keyword Registry will take off without that...and I've got to believe Neom Mgmt knows that as well...so I am hopeful they have something lined up that they can announce soon.
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OT YJ: See my post 36787 EOM
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I think one of the concerns of this morning's PR is the present lack of public availability of paperclick on cell phones (paperclick has been made available to some individuals in demo mode). It is unclear to the public if Neom is going to be making it free to download from the paperclick website or if service providers will be adding this as an option or if Microsoft or Palm is going to make it part of their mobile operating systems. Big name companies might be hesitant to invest large $ on registering their keywords until they understand this better. Why would they pay large $ to register a keyword if they are unsure how much of the public will be able to take advantage of accessing it. Hopefully, Neom will issue a further PR explaining this better during CTIA this week.
YJ: this might be a good question to ask Neom while visiting their CTIA booth tomorrow or Wednesday. TIA.
I think the market is looking for that answer as well.
JMHO
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Paperclick.com is back up. EOM
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It appears we will need the 20% stakeholder PR or a license agreement with a major player to propel the pps to new highs. While today's PR is a good start, the market is apparently saying "show me more".
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Moxa1, or Google EOM
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Lesnshawn, looks like a hint to me :>)
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Success, As you acknowledge, the PR states it is forward looking:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With the exception of historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
Why do you believe it is material news as well?
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Success et al: Is the quiet period over? Great PR this morning on WR. It is forward looking news (not material news) which I thought was not allowed by the SEC during a quiet period. Does that mean the SEC has approved the S4, or has Neom decided to drop the acquisition of BSDS? What are your thoughts?
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SOG, Thanks for taking the time to visit the NYC Times Square Virgin store and report to us your experience. Now imagine thousands upon thousands of people gaining the same experience as Virgin rolls this out throughout their stores world-wide. Exciting times ahead!
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JP, Looks like Semapedia would need to get a license from Neom. Do you agree?
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GONEOM, IMO there are now 8 possiblities for the 20% equity partner (some are not in the F100, but that isn't stopping me from listing them since TS has referred to Google as a possibility several times and they are not in the F100): P&G, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Verisign, Intel, DuPont, Vodafone
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