Mobility News Weekly – Week of June 17, 2012

The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
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Microsoft has unveiled Surface - its own-brand family of tablets. The touchscreen computers will be powered by its upcoming Windows 8 system and contain a choice of an Intel or ARM-based processor.  Read Original Content

Imagination Technologies, the British company behind the graphics for the iPad and iPhone, has posted a 53 percent rise in full-year profits.  Read Original Content

Apple’s iPad will grow its share of the booming tablet market over its Android-based rivals this year, thanks in large part to new features introduced with the iPad 3 and the company’s decision to reduce the prices further on the iPad 2, according to market research firm IDC.  Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware.

It is estimated that around 9.1 Million Canadians have migrated from feature phones to smartphones by the end of 2011, according to TechSci Research.  Read Original Content


Devices from Samsung and Apple captured 50 percent of the global smartphone market in the first quarter - and 90 percent of its profits, according to data from ABI Research.  Read Original Content

By 2017, smartphone accessories will grow to $38 billion in revenues, while feature phone accessory revenues will decline to $12 billion, according to ABI Research.  Read Original Content

Contract electronics maker Celestica Inc. will stop making products for its biggest customer, Research In Motion Ltd., by the end of the year as the BlackBerry maker seeks to cut costs by shrinking its global supply base.  Read Original Content

Mobile Marketing News Weekly – Week of June 17, 2012

The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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Facebook, the world's largest social network, says it is working on a location-based mobile-advertising product that will allow companies to target users with real-time data showing their whereabouts. Read Original Content

Mobile marketing delivers a higher return-on-investment than traditional marketing programs, according to new research findings from Luth Research, a research partner of the Mobile Marketing Association. Read Original Content

Mobile marketing and advertising solutions provider Velti has been named the winner of the 2012 Juniper Future Mobile Award in the mobile advertising category. Read Original Content

Verivo is a leading provider of enterprise mobility software. Verivo helps companies accelerate their business results. Its unique technology empowers teams to build, deploy, manage and update their mobile apps -- rapidly and securely. Verivo’s mobility platform is used by hundreds of companies in numerous industries, worldwide. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Verivo.  To learn more, visit www.verivo.com

Escalating mobile device penetration and changing consumer lifestyle are driving mobile marketing in India. A new report from Netscribes entitled Mobile Marketing in India 2012 describes a market with strong growth potential.  Read Original Content


Like search and social before it, the rapid and widespread adoption of new technology -- in this case, mobile apps -- will increasingly pitch marketers in a heated battle for surface area in an entirely new theater of operation: the app stores. Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Video Series: Chris Willis, Part 1

I had the privilege of interviewing Chris Willis, Chief Marketing Officer of Verivo recently in beautiful Waltham, MA.  We explored his thoughts on what makes Verivo unique in the market, HTML5, enterprise mobility trends and mobile strategies.

I hope you find these interview series useful!



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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Eggs with Benedict Mobile Strategies Workshop in London

Eggs with Benedict
I had the honor of presenting a mobile strategies workshop (Eggs with Benedict) yesterday in Convent Garden's Hospital Club in central London.  The Hospital Club is a high tech and digital media gathering spot that was perfect.  The interior was very chic with couches and over-stuffed chairs, funky lighting and a lounge inside.

Attendees traveled from all parts of England, and we had some even fly in from other parts of Europe for the workshop.  I was told by a group of attendees following the workshop that it was valuable and useful.  I even had requests to return and present another series of workshops.

It is my observation, backed by solid research, that companies are struggling with developing an enterprise-wide mobile strategy.  Sometimes the IT department is the laggard, but most often I believe the business is the laggard.  Mobile technologies can truly transform a company.  It can change business models, and revolutionize industries.  The business must understand how they will respond and utilize mobility to drive competitive advantages.

I think some businesses are approaching enterprise mobility as simply an interesting set of technologies.   There is danger in not recognizing it for what it is.  Just like the web revolutionized and transformed media and the publishing industries (just to name a few), mobile technologies will lead to the demise of many companies that are not capable of understanding the scope and scale of the sea change introduced by mobile technologies.

I believe business leaders should enroll their staff in an educational process on mobile technologies.  Find an experienced mobility expert (google mobile experts) and have them stretch the imaginations of your leaders as to the possibilities of enterprise mobility.  Mobility is here for the rest of your careers, so the faster you can understand it, and create a vision and roadmap, the better for your company.


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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Commerce News Weekly – Week of June 17, 2012

The Mobile Commerce News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking and mobile security that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
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While the mobile channel is not yet the preferred vehicle for small business banking, 54 percent of small businesses are expected to use the mobile channel by 2015. Read Original Content

Airtel Chad has associated with ECOBANK, one of the leading banks of Africa to launch Airtel Money in the West African nation. The service will allow subscribers to carry out financial transactions on their mobile phones. Read Original Content

Online payment service provider GlobalCollect has selected BOKU as its global mobile payments partner and use BOKU's payments platform into its international payment network, allowing online merchants to accept mobile payments at checkout. Read Original Content

Samsung has joined forces with Eurosport to bring a free app to the Galaxy S3, enabling owners of its flagship smartphone to watch the London 2012 Olympics for free. Read Original Content

Verivo is a leading provider of enterprise mobility software. Verivo helps companies accelerate their business results. Its unique technology empowers teams to build, deploy, manage and update their mobile apps -- rapidly and securely. Verivo’s mobility platform is used by hundreds of companies in numerous industries, worldwide. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Verivo.  To learn more, visit www.verivo.com

All the participants in a small four-month mobile payments trial conducted by BNZ, Vodafone, Visa and Paymark in Auckland and Wellington said they were likely to recommend the service to friends and 14 percent said they would be willing to pay a small fee for the service. Read Original Content


Stockholm-based mobile payment company iZettle announced it has closed a 25 million euro ($31.4 million) series B funding round. The investment was led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners and European tech investment firm Northzone, but MasterCard was also involved in the funding round. Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Video Series: Adam Enterkin

On the Northeast corner of Hyde Park in London, England in Kony Solution's UK office.  While I was in London last week I caught up with Kony Solution's VP of Sales for EMEA, Adam Enterkin and asked him about his strategies and Kony Solution's business model.  I hope you find this interview interesting.


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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Expert Video Series: Alec Berry, Part 2

This is Part 2 of my interview with mobility expert Alec Berry, Director of Professional Services with ClickSoftware.  You can listen to Part 1 here.  In this segment Alec talks about best practices for professional services, and how to successfully deliver mobile projects.  He covers mobile project kick-offs, change management, network connectivity, selecting the right mobile devices and keeping it real.


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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly – Week of June 17, 2012

The Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to field mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Mojix has announced the availability of their new Mojix STAR 3000 RFID system, capable of locating passive RFID sensors in large areas with coverage in excess of 200,000 square feet.  Read Original Content

Tanning product company New Sunshine is using RFID technology to protect its products and consumers from illegal product diversion.  Read Original Content

Over 40 of Iowa’s 99 counties are incorporating a system at the polls to scan barcodes on driver’s licenses and voter registration cards to check in voters.  Read Original Content

Since 1995, Syclo has enabled hundreds of companies in 37 countries and industries supercharge their businesses with mobility.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Syclo.

DataDyne has developed a cloud-computing application, EpiSurveyor, which will utilize mobile devices to make real-time electronic data collection possible for nonprofit and government organizations.  Read Original Content

Vehicle mount mobile computers may be a solution to some of the challenges of warehouse operations.  They must be able to withstand extreme temperatures, have keypads that are accessible to drivers wearing heavy gloves, and come equipped with full screen displays that are visible in different lighting environments.  Read Original Content


An M2M solution from web-based telematics provider, Traffilog, will be installed in public service vehicles in the U.K. in time for the 2012 Olympic Games to ensure passenger comfort, safety and security.  Read Original Content

Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of June 17, 2012

Welcome to the Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.

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About 700 of the 800 SAP customers in the Philippines are small to medium enterprises, and SAP is planning to introduce products and solutions for this market segment.  Read Original Content

In a decision that reflects the increasingly important role mobile operators play in the prepaid market in India, Prepaid International Forum India has extended its membership admission policy to include mobile operators.  Read Original Content

The transaction volume of mobile e-commerce in China in 2011 increased 609 percent over the previous year, and the mobile ecommerce market in China is expected to reach RMB 25.15 billion Yuan in 2012, with a mobile e-commerce user population of 146 million people.  Read Original Content

Bharti Airtel and Opera Software have finalized an agreement to allow Bharti subscribers to access a customized version of Opera’s software on their mobile devices.  Read Original Content

The Asia Pacific region, North America and Europe are the largest markets for enterprise mobility solutions, according to an infographic from (x)cube LABS.  Read Original Content


eBay India has announced the availability of a free interactive app, the eBay iPad App for India, allowing users to shop and log into their eBay India accounts.  Read Original Content

Chinese mobile phone company Xiaomi is hoping to give Apple a run for its money with the goal of shipping more than 100 million smartphones annually for one model by 2016.
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Mobile Health News Weekly – June 10, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
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"The global market for mobile health products and services is expected to approach $23 billion by 2017, and much of the growth will not happen in the U.S. but rather in less-developed countries, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers," MobiHealthNews reports. Read Original Content

Developing nations are adopting mobile health technology at a faster pace than developed countries like the U.S., according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Healthcare Finance News reports. Read Original Content

According to the Worcester Telegram, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and UMass Memorial Medical Center have developed a prototype iPhone application that detects if the user has atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the world and puts the patient at high risk for developing a stroke, typically from an embolic event. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

A new report, entitled “The Role of mHealth in the Fight Against Tuberculosis,” details a variety of projects that have shown the effectiveness of using text messages and automatic call-backs on patients’ phones as means of communicating important notices that help sufferers adhere to medication regimens. Read Original Content

AirStrip Technologies is teaming up with Palomar Health to launch a vendor-neutral platform that would allow healthcare providers to access a wide range of patient information sources from smartphones and tablets. Read Original Content


Care transitions technology provider Axial Exchange has acquired mRemedy, a mobile health app company formed by the Mayo Clinic and DoApp in late 2009. Read Original Content

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