CTIA in stacks

The CTIA is an international nonprofit membership organization that represents the wireless communications industry. Membership in the association includes wireless carriers and their suppliers, as well as providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products and everyone in between. CTIA organizes 2 wireless trade shows each year that everyone who does anything related to the [...]

My First CTIA

Ever since I started with Textopoly almost 4 months ago, I had been looking forward to attending the twice-annual CTIA conference. This year’s fall CTIA happened to be at the Convention Center in sunny downtown San Diego. I’m not happy to report that this blog will not begin as jubilantly as most, as I stand [...]

CTIA Round Up and Why does Everyone have an App Store?

We’re back from CTIA and overall is was pretty meh….

What’s up with everyone having their own app store?  iPhone has it’s iTunes App Store, Blackberry has App World, Nokia has Ovi, Erikson has an App Store, Windows has an App Store, and the list keeps on going.  Just about everyone has their own app store [...]

CTIA – and it begins. .SMS vs. iPhone

I’m on the train down to SD from OC as I write. I don’t know why more people don’t use this mode of transportation, it’s convenient, quick, comfortable and has power outlets for road warriors. Anyhow, I’m monitoring the various news feeds and short messages being flung around about the mobile convention (CTIA) this very [...]