Another timely snapshot from The Economist  Makers of handsets, which consumers are replacing more slowly, will be hard hit: unit sales are expected to fall by at least 10% this year, having increased by 6% in 2008 to 1.2 billion. But at the same time the industry is going through a transformat...

It is a truism in Broadsight Towers that according to Planet Mobile, "Next Year Will Be The Year of Mobile Internet" - every year. A combination of short sighted strategies, long winded self delusion, overestimated market growth projection and underperforming devices have bedevilled it so far. Howev...

When it comes to using the mobile web, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone that denies the iPhone’s multi-touch web browsing experience as anything less than top-notch. The mobile world scurried to bring their own touchscreen competitors to market when the iPhone blew up the scene with...

Throughout the many stages of the BOLT BlackBerry Browser private beta, we’ve had a hard time keeping up with the demand for invites to make sure every member of the BlackBerry Nation got a chance to kick the tires, so to speak. Thankfully, Bitstream has answered the call with a public beta of...

When BlackBerry Cool became the first BlackBerry website on the Internet to provide free invites to the BOLT BlackBerry Browser private beta, we never thought so many people would have such rabid interest. After thanking you the readers for providing ’substantial feedback’ on the initial...

Since Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s allowing third-party browsers into the App Store now, InternetSafety.com has jumped in and released Safe Eyes Mobile. Looking at the video demo, this new browser functions just as well and smoothly as Safari, only blocks content from a long list of questionable sites...

As a BlackBerry programmer, I’m quite used to seeing Web pages that don’t look very good on my BlackBerry, even on the very latest models. Still, when I got an email promoting Nasty Dirty Money I was surprised to see an essentially blank screen show up in my mobile web browser when I cli...

Mobile services are still a very new market, and this is a time when all the necessary technologies (hardware & software) are hitting a tipping point in pricing. Just very recently it became very affordable to use all the services offered through mobile devices (such as the internet), and as the...

I went to an interesting mobile event this week called "Mobile Persuasion" all about mobile user experience and design.  It was hosted by City University and Human Factors International.  "Persusasion, Emotion, and Trust are the design rage, but how are they applied to mob...

UPDATE 2: I’ve added some quick initial impressions of the BOLT Browser after the jump. If there’s something you’d like to know about, post a comment! UPDATE: Because of the huge traffic influx, we’ve heard that some of you are still waiting for your download link from Bitstr...