ShoePhone - A Truly Unique Way to Take a Call

Posted by: tjchan on Mar 06 2007 - 1,047 views

Hello? Who? Sorry, you got the wrong number. EEEWW I got gum in my hair! Yep, whoever thought of the shoephone is brilliant. Walk a several hundred miles through who knows what from oil spills, dog poop, gum, you name it…and then you put that thing on the side of your head by your ear? Noooo thanks. I’ll pass.

But for those of you who are adventurous enough to try, you can now get a shoephone from CustomPhones for $49. Granted it comes corded so you won’t be able to walk very far in them, but it may just be that unique thing that sets your phone apart from the rest of society.

Photos courtesy of: WouldYouBelieve and CustomPhones.
Source: CustomPhones via Gizmodo

Technorati Tags: CustomPhones, ShoePhone, Just, Another, Mobile, Monday

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Who Makes This Stuff - with The Makers of Agendus

Posted by: PatrickJ on Jan 04 2007 - 2,054 views

"It’s really tough to say how Agendus will stack up against Pocket Informant and Agenda Fusion. Personally I believe there is space for a third player in the WM PIM area– a player focused on ease-of-use, user interface, "pleasantness", and desktop integration." - Adriano Chiaretta, Chief Operating & Information Officer, iambic, Inc.

Ever wondered who’s behind some of those essential, favorite applications you use every day on your Pocket PC or smartphone, and how they’ve made them so popular and successful?

If so, hopefully you will enjoy this series of posts, where we will talk to some of the very best mobile software developers and publishers. In these brief Q&A sessions, we’ll learn a little about how they got started, their views on how the whole mobile applications area is going to develop, and their thoughts on what it takes to make excellent mobile software.

For this latest entry in the series, we’ve talked to Adriano Chiaretta of iambic - who produce premier mobile applications like Agendus,  Agendus Mail, YourCall, TinySheet, and SalesWarrior.

Here’s just a few quick reasons why Adriano’s Q&A was especially fun to work on:

• iambic have been around since 1993 and now develop leading programs for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Windows desktop!
• Agendus - their award-winning and hugely popular PIM program on the Palm platform, is now in advanced beta release for Windows Mobile.
• Adriano offers some great insight on the Palm OS platform and the new ALP (Access Linux Platform)

Read on for Adriano’s full Q&A session with us …

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Who Makes This Stuff - With SplashData

Posted by: PatrickJ on Sep 22 2006 - 2,380 views

 

"In my mind, PDA’s are a bit like dinosaurs – they’re not going to disappear, they’re just transforming into birds.  Deep inside a Treo smartphone you can still find the DNA of the old Palm Pilot PDA.  The same is true for Windows Mobile and Symbian." - Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData

Ever wondered who’s behind some of those essential, favorite applications you use every day on your Pocket PC or smartphone, and how they’ve made them so popular and successful?

If so, hopefully you will enjoy this series of posts, where we will talk to some of the very best software developers and publishers. In these brief Q&A sessions, we’ll learn a little about how they got started, their views on how the whole mobile applications area is going to develop, and their thoughts on what it takes to make excellent mobile software.

For this latest entry in the series, we’ve talked to Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData - makers of SplashID, SplashPhoto, SplashMoney, SplashShopper, SplashTravel - and developers for ALL the major mobile platforms.

Each of these Q&A sessions has been fun to do, and I have just thoroughly enjoyed seeing the great answers and insight we’ve got back.

Here’s just a few quick reasons why Morgan’s answers are so interesting:

• SplashData develop for and support virtually every platform possible for mobile apps:  "…we’re the only company I know of that has multiple applications on eight different platforms – Windows, Mac OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Nokia S60, Symbian UIQ, and BlackBerry"
• SplashData produces some exciting and everyday essential products - for password management and virtual wallets, handling of photos and graphics, finance and travel, and more.
• And they’re now seeing major growth in selling into enterprises - one quarter of SplashID sales now come from business deployments

Read on for Morgan’s great Q&A session with us …

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Who Makes This Stuff - with The Makers of Pocket Informant

Posted by: PatrickJ on Aug 24 2006 - 2,795 views

 

 

"We listen to customers, communicate with them one-on-one and give them the ability to pitch ideas and see them come to fruition. I really believe that the main reason for our success is this close relationship with our customers. Its not just a business transaction to us."

Ever wondered who’s behind some of those essential, favorite applications you use every day on your Pocket PC or smartphone, and how they’ve made them so popular and successful?

If so, hopefully you will enjoy this series of posts, where we will talk to some of the very best software developers and publishers. In these brief Q&A sessions, we’ll learn a little about how they got started, their views on how the whole mobile applications area is going to develop, and their thoughts on what it takes to make excellent mobile software.

For our third post in this series, we are very happy to have Alex Kac, President and Founder of Web Information Solutions, makers of Pocket Informant, FlexMail, FlexWallet, and their newest product, VoiceMinder. Alex provides some great background on his company’s philosophy, thoughts on what makes a great mobile app, the story of where the idea for the exciting new VoiceMinder app came from, singing Karaoke with Agenda Fusion’s CEO, and lots more.

I hope some of you are enjoying the posts in this series even half as much as I’m enjoying reading them. One thing that keeps coming across so strongly in all three of these Q&A sessions is how each of these great software publishers places HUGE emphasis on communicating with and listening to US, their customers - in shaping their product development.

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Who Makes This Stuff (2) - with The Makers of eWallet and ListPro

Posted by: PatrickJ on Aug 04 2006 - 3,096 views

 

What makes a great mobile app great?

Ever wondered who’s behind some of those essential, favorite applications you use every day on your Pocket PC or smartphone, and how they’ve made them so popular and successful?

Or wanted to know more about how some of this great software get developed, and what’s coming along in the future from leading
publishers? 

If so, hopefully you will enjoy this series of posts, where we will
talk to some of the very best software developers and publishers. In
these brief Q&A sessions, we’ll learn a little about how they got
started, their views on how the whole mobile applications area is going
to develop, and their thoughts on what it takes to make excellent mobile software.

For our second post in this series, we are very happy to have Ilium Software, makers of eWallet, ListPro, NewsBreak and other great titles.  Two of their principals have provided some great answers and thoughts on what makes a useful and useable app, which other developers they rate highly, the future of Windows Mobile, and lots more!

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Who Makes This Stuff (1) - with The Makers of PocketBreeze

Posted by: PatrickJ on Jul 26 2006 - 2,053 views

  

What does it take to make truly excellent mobile applications?

Ever wondered who’s behind some of those essential, favorite applications you use every day on your Pocket PC or smartphone, and how they’ve made them so popular and successful?

Or wanted to know more about how some of this great software gets developed, and what’s coming along in the future from leading publishers? 

If so, hopefully you will enjoy this series of posts, where we will talk to some of the very best software developers and publishers. In these brief Q&A sessions, we’ll learn a little about how they got started, their views on how the whole mobile applications area is going to develop, and their thoughts on what it takes to make excellent mobile software.

We are very happy to say that our first one of these Q&A sessions is with SBSH Mobile Software’s CEO, Amit Regev. Amit, and SBSH, are the people who bring you PocketBreeze, PocketWeather, iLauncher, and other great mobile titles.

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