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Jon Box on Windows Phones and Windows Mobile 6.5 – and my quick take on the HTC Pure
08 October 09 12:32 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

Check out what my teammate, Jon Box , had to say about the new Windows Mobile 6.5 release yesterday.  I was just gearing up to write my own post, but Jon’s is an excellent round-up on the announcements and why they matter.    See Jon’s Read More...

Filed under: Windows Mobile, phones, mobile

Use technology to make life better
24 April 09 12:20 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Use technology to make life better – for your family, friends, neighbors, customers, suppliers, partners, and yourself. Sounds obvious, and yet sometimes it’s not. Take the so called “mobile web”, which excels primarily in sucking. So often people try Read More...

Filed under: innovation, mobile, consumer value stream

Amazing Day 1 Keynote at MIX!
05 March 08 08:28 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Wow -- so much at MIX I can't possibly do it justice right now, but check out the summary here .   Really, really amazing stuff and some super announcements.  Just a teaser: Silverlight for Mobile devices -- and not just windows mobile Read More...

Filed under: Automotive, silverlight, mobile, MIX

Ordering by RFID at McDonalds... Do I have to?
25 October 07 08:38 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Interesting stuff that McDonalds is doing in Seoul, Korea, to let customers order food with their cell phones. See here , and if your Korean is rusty, see here . The approach uses a flavor of RFID, which is sounds ok at first -- but it requires a software Read More...

Filed under: barcodes, mobile

2-D Barcodes: Siren Song or Beach Party?
05 June 07 01:44 AM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Jon Box posted some about 2D barcodes a couple weeks back. In that post he threw down the gauntlet, challenging me to identify a set of business scenarios -- beyond the great examples he already listed -- that could leverage this technology to create Read More...

Filed under: embedded, grocery business, social networking, phones, rfid, barcodes, mobile, cameras