Carnival of the Mobilists #233 – the best of mobile blogging

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back once again to Mobsessed, the home for all you mobile nuts out there, for another round of the very best in mobile blogging. We have quite an eclectic mix of posts this week, covering a range of different topics, so here is the best for you to get your teeth into.

• Kicking off for us is the brilliant Andy from MobiThinking, with a post about Mobile awards. What do they achieve? How should they be judged? With some great advice about submitting for mobile awards, it is also a chance to highlight MobiThinking’s listing of mobile awards and recent winners case studies.
• James Roswell over at The Fonecast writes about the Wholesale Application Community’s mission to take on Apple’s App store. Some big claims made, but with so many operators on board, I don’t doubt them at all! Check the post out here.
• Foursquare goes from strength to strength almost every day, and as the number of users increases, making sure you conduct yourself in the correct fashion is important as not to a) embarass yourself, or b) reveal information you do not want to. Eric over at MobileSlate gives you an insight into the cardinal sins of Foursquare, many of which I expect some of you have already done!
• C. Enrique Ortiz offers a great, succinct insight into reasons for the mobile boom, and how businesses, models and practice will continue to change. A particular favourite because it has a venn diagram
• Peggy Anne Salz interviews the brilliant Alan Moore about engagement marketing, and how mobile completely changes the way we should understand and conduct marketing communications. In this podcast, the common themes of permission and the relationship gap are explored in greater detail and offers a welcome change to the rest of the text only carnival submissions!
• And last, but not least, in true Tomi style, is a lengthy yet captivating piece about understanding the smartphone market by Mr Ahonen. Tomi tackles many common questions and arguments discussed by the industry, and addresses them head on. Grab yourself a cup of tea and a few biscuits for this one!

So thats it, that your mobile reading for this week! I hope you enjoy it all, and please do not forget to share this with your peers

Next week is currently hostless, so if you would like to take up responsibility for the hundreth time, or make your carnival debut, be sure to get in touch with Peggy Anne Salz.

Bye bye for now!

Carnival of the mobilists #218 – the best of mobile blogging

Mobilists of the world, welcome to Mobsessed, and the 218th edition of Carnival of the Mobilists. Its my first ever hosting of COTM, so feel very privileged to be part of its ongoing success.

We have quite the eclectic mix of posts this week, and for those of you who read this blog more regularly will be glad to hear there is no iPhone bashing from yours truly this week. Le’ts get the ball rolling. (read more…)