Will these features attract potential customers in a down economy? Among the numerous news reports about T-Mobile's G1 Google Android-based mobile phone, Visa’s plan to launch Android based mobile applications caught my eye.  The key words are “Alert”, “Discount” and a hidden one, “Mobile Phone Advertisement”. According to Visa, the first three mobile services to be developed for the Android platform are— alerts, offers and location help. &nbs... [More]

Well it seems that there is a plethora of new smartphones hitting the market, especially the ones with touch screen capabilities.  To follow up on my entry on 9/17 and 10/8, it appears that the G1 (the Google Android Phone) is set to debut today and made available via T-Mobile USA.  Again, this phone was manufactured by HTC.  Now I like this phone because it does have the slide out keyboard, which if you are a Blackberry user or really like the QWERTY keyboard touch and feel, then... [More]

BlackBerry Storm Set to Debut in October As a follow up to the blog entry on September17th, the BlackBerry Storm will be launching sometime in October through AT&T and sometime in November through Verizon.  This is BlackBerry's version of the touch screen smartphone.  This device is expected to be targeted to both consumers and businesses.  There are 2 models available, the 9500 and 9530.  I believe the differences between the two is that one has Wi-Fi capabilities and th... [More]

  Looking at the SMB Online Experience Compass Intelligence just released new research on the Onlne Customer Experience of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses.  Compass Intelligence’s Online Experience research for Q3 2008, focuses primarily on what kinds of experiences vendors provide to Small and Mid-sized Customers online.  Our Q1 2008 research included primary research with more than 20,000 business users.  Key findings in this period of research include: Top ranked ven... [More]