Kickin Facts…

You want exposure? You want people to know about your brand, your product, or your service; well the answer is in your pocket!

Mobile usage across the globe is growing faster and stronger than a 13 year old girl can say Justin Bieber! First, let me hit you with some facts:

-          According to the International Telecommunications [...]

Google Smoogle…

This is going to be a ‘rant’ filled blog about how much I hate Google Maps.  So, if you like Google Maps, sorry, bottom line it’s unreliable, and for god sake, blue dot? Come ON!

So, here is my tale… my co-work Karla and I are driving down Bristol in Costa Mesa because we were trying [...]

Surprising News from Apple – VoIP Calls over 3G?!?

Interesting news from AppleInsider:

Apple now allowing iPhone apps to make VoIP calls over 3G networks

In an update to its iPhone SDK, Apple is now permitting apps to make VoIP calls over 3G wireless networks, an option that was once only available over a WiFi connection.

According to a press release issued Wednesday by [...]

My “A-Ha” Moment

Week after week, day after day, I have been waiting for it. That one glorious moment when the light turns on and everything makes sense…my “a-ha” moment. Well last week I’m proud to report it happened!

My trusty partner, Evan, was on a two week family vacation, leaving me to manage two boatloads of live programs. [...]

HTC Hero – It’ll Save You!

In response to Shehzad’s “HTC…No One’s Hero”

Ohhhh little brother… You have so much more to live and learn. Kudos on the attempt though!

We can at least agree on the fact that AT&T’s network is anemic at best. However, when comparing the HTC Hero and Apple iPhone, both of which I have also owned and operated, [...]

‘Oh Disney Where Art Thou?’

I starting writing this blog while listening to a webinar about mobile; one of the panelists was explaining how brands and agencies will pay more attention to mobile if they can understand its full potential ‘reach.’  We’ve heard many times before that most agencies and brands don’t fully understand the reach of mobile, or how [...]

HTC, My Hero

About 7 months ago I made the jump from my Blackberry to the brand new Apple iPhone 3GS; and about 6 months and 2 weeks ago I jumped to the Sprint HTC Hero, and I couldn’t be happier. Now, before you jump to comment on how much the iPhone is better and that I have [...]

AT&T non-compliant?!

Ok, here’s a quickie. I was on hold with AT&T customer service earlier today. While on hold AT&T plays ads highlighting new features and services to upsale. I usually zone out when this is happening but there was an ad that caught my attention, it was an ad for Napster mobile for which AT&T has [...]

Verizon Finally Nails Down a Andriod

The L.A. Times just published this article about how Verizon and Google are finally joining up to provide a decent smart phone for their network.  It’s about time Verizon.  You’ve really been lacking on the Smart Phone front…check out the full story here.

Short Codes

SMS, Mobile websites, WAP, mobile marketing, mobile messaging, texting; whatever you want to call it, welcome to the exciting world of mobile! I’m fairly new to the Textopoly team: 1 month, 2 weeks, and a day to be exact and have learned more here in the past month and a half than I have in [...]