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33% of connected users to have a MID by 2011; but what’s a MID?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 20th 2008 No Comments

mid appsAccording to the Institute for Mobile Markets Research (IMMR), come Q3 2011, 33-percent of the people who currently own or use a cellphone, smartphone or PC will have bought a MID [pdf link].  That’s quite a statement, considering Mobile Internet Device sales have been less than impressive up until now.  However, this is another example of abbreviation confusion, with IMMR defining a MID as:

“MIDs, or Mobile Internet Devices, are a new class of devices/PC’s that offer many of the features of a PC, but at 1-3lbs. are lightweight and portable enough to easily carry and use virtually anyplace, at any time.”

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MobileMe – Why It Makes Me Angry and Hopeful

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Jul 24th 2008 No Comments

mobile meApple’s MobileMe is an innovative synchronization service that allows you to keep your bookmarks, emails, calendar, contacts and photos all up to date on all of your devices including your laptop, desktop and iPhone. This is a fantastic idea because I have wasted more hours than I can count getting all of my devices to sync up and “talk” to each other. I e-mail myself things instead of plugging in my phone to my laptop, because it takes too long. You get the picture.

So with MobileMe, I was pretty excited. It offered a convenient way to connect all of my junk (as I call it) and since I already had a .mac account, this was a no brainer. Of course when .mac switched to Mobile Me, all the images on my website disappeared, but that’s an entirely different story…

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Gadget Envy – Why Early Adopters Are Especially Subject

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Jul 24th 2008 4 Comments

You see them several times a year. They stand in lines for hours. They shell out hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars at a time. And what do they walk away with? The latest piece of technology, of course. But they also walk away with envious stares boring into their backs. “They” are the early adopters. And if you’re reading this, you’re probably one of them, too. (Initiates secret club handshake).

Vincent Nguyen of SlashGear

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