Dale had some thoughts I paralleled on this “Apple’s 99 cent store” article on pocketgamer, over on his blog.

Looks like there are a couple of mobile “unconference” sessions sponsored by FITC concurrent to Adobe MAX 2008 San Francisco.
Nov 16th 2:30 pm (Mon):
Flash Developers Guide to building iPhone Applications
Nov 18th 12:00 pm (Wed):
Flash Lite’s future in an iPhone Dominated Landscape with Tony McDonald
Unfortunately, I’m fairly sure if I can make it to either, due [...]

There is a mobile conference going on in San Francisco, on November 3rd, 2008 called “Mobile 2.0″.
Here are details:
This one-day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile Innovation, brings together experts and thought leaders from all areas of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and [...]

Nokia has another great marketing piece called:
www.somebodyelsesphone.com
It depicts, 3 typical consumers of Nokia devices and their daily usage of their devices. It has 3 profiles, from various regions:
  • Jade (APAC)
  • Anna (Europe)
  • Luca (South America?)
Check it out when you get a chance.
P.S.
“Shout out” to Charged Magazine for letting me know about [...]

Mobile Internet World 2008 is going on this week in Boston, October 21-23, 2008.
Join 175+ industry executives from the entire mobile Internet ecosystem including Google, Intel, Access, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Hearst Publications, Yankee Group, Texas Instruments and many others. Mobile Internet services are an untapped $66 billion global market according to Yankee Group. Learn how [...]

I got some marketing literature from GSM (underdog) T-Mobile USA. It has some good “TXT’ing 101″ tid-bits, that I’ll share in this post.
Yes, we more than still have silly adverts about TXT’ing and voice plans here in the US … although, data and mobile services are growing and thriving businesses, as mobile devices become even [...]

There is an upcoming mobile event in Boston put on by neasist. Here are the details:
Mobile Mania: Developing information services for portable devices
Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:30am - 4:00pm
Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA
This event is co-sponsored by NEASIS&T and the Simmons College Student Chapter of ASIS&T
Campus Map / Public Transit / Driving Directions + [...]

I’m just back from Flash on the Beach 2008 (Brighton), and now Adobe MAX 2008 is not far away (November 16-19, actually).
In addition to the numerous mobile and device sessions this year at Adobe MAX 2008, there are several exciting (free) social events related to Mobile and Devices that you may be interested in attending:
MOBILE [...]

Bill Perry (Adobe Mobile & Devices) posted some clips of Shantanu’s keynote from CTIA that happened earlier this September.
The presentation is awesome, and gives a pretty clear and concise message about how Adobe views the next generation of Mobile.
Here are videos, and thanks to Bill Perry for taking the time to shoot, edit, and [...]

On October 10th, Forum Nokia will be holding a Flash Lite Technology Day here in Boston (at the Nokia Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts to be exact).
Event Overview:

What: Flash Lite Technology Day in Boston
When: October 10th, 2008 (9am - 5pm)
Where: Nokia Research Center (NRC),
3 Cambridge Center,
Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: It’s FREE.
Forum Nokia invites all developers [...]