From the monthly archives: October 2007

Why mobile video is failing

By On October 4, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Picked this up from Fierce Mobile Content:

Wireless communities and consumer services provider BuzzCity says 54 percent of delegates surveyed at the MoCollywood 2007 conference never use the premium mobile content services they market and sell. The survey adds that among the mobile operator, media player, content owner, developer and retailer execs in attendance, [...]

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Adobe releases Media Player beta

By On October 3, 2007 · 1 Comment

The beta version of Adobe’s Media Player is now available. Originally announced in April at NAB, the beta was announced at MAX 2007. [Links at the bottom of post]

Make no mistake. This will be big. Expect AMP to exceed QuickTime penetration numbers within 18-24 months of its 1.0 release. Pairing FLV with H.264 [...]

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[Inter]face of things to come

By On October 2, 2007 · 7 Comments

The iPhone has been out for a few months, but I’m neither in the market for a smart phone nor a new carrier. My only experience with the iUI has been running colleagues’ phones through the paces for a minute here and there — not terribly enlightening. But yesterday my iPod Touch arrived, and I [...]

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