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SMS Still Leading Big In China

Net — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:12:18 +0000

Piper Jaffray summed up China’s 2005 Mobile Market Share, revealing these takeaways:

SMS still remains a major revenue contributor
KongZhong, Hurray! and Tom Online dominate WAP and are best positioned for the transition to 3G
KongZhong and Tom Online are the most diversified players

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New Service: Maxthon Access!

Net — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:24:00 +0000

We just launched a new service called Maxthon Access with our new partner Avvenu. Maxthon Access is a FREE service that allows you to remotely access your home or office computer from another internet-connected computer – all through your Maxthon Browser.

Need to edit a contract? Look at the latest sales report? Share a family photo? If it’s on your PC, and your PC is connected to the Internet, simply log on to Maxthon Access from your Maxthon Browser, select the computer you want to browse, and navigate to the file you need. Then you can choose whether to share it with a colleague or download it for viewing or editing.

Here are some of the key features:

Browser based
Secure Access
Remote Search through Google Desktop Search
Simple Sharing
Multiple Computer Support
Mobile Device Support

This is just the first of a series of services we are planning to roll out in the near future, and we need your input to make it better. Please let us know what you like, dislike with Maxthon Access, and what type of features etc you would like to see on it.

Download Maxthon Access here! User Manual here.

Full Press Release here.

Tags: Maxthon Tags: Maxthon Access Tags: Avvenu Tags: Remote PCÂ Tags: Sharing Tags: File Sharing Tags: Remote File Access

The Future of Film-making?

Net — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:46:00 +0000

Here’s a great story from about mobile phones and film-making from South Africa:

South African director Ayran Kaganof, created the world’s first feature film shot entirely on cell phones. Equipped with eight cell phones, $160,000 Kaganof made SMS Sugar Man over 11 days! The movie tells the story of a pimp and two high-class prostitutes moving around Johannesburg on Christmas Eve.

The film will have its premiere in May will be screened on traditional cinema as well as in a truly innovative fashion – beamed to cell phones in three-minute episodes over a month.

Another amazing thing is that while a Hollywood picture usually cost around $40-$50 million (and easily exceeds $100 million) SMS Sugar Man only costed $160,000 to produce…

Could this be the future of film-making?

Brrreeeport – Meaningless Words Coming To A Search Engine Near You

Net — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:26:18 +0000

It seems like Scoble have nothing better to do over at Microsoft today than inventing a new word (brrreeeport), then tag it and see what happens. BTW, the brrreeeport sounds extremely familiar to a certain bodily sound that Adam Curry happens to let loose in the Daily Source Code on a regular basis like a 30 second spot…sponsored by (oh you know by whoom..). The worst thing is that even I find myself writing a post on it..Is this the sad true state of the blogosphere today, or is it just what makes people tick’?

Looking at the more serious side of it (if there is any..) when I was running a blog campaign for Samsung Mobile’s Anyfilms.net some time ago, I noticed that Google Blog Search by far out numbered Technorati and the others in tracking the posts. Technorati turned out to be really disappointing as a reliable tracking tool (which was a pity since I really like their service). The big surprise however, was MSN Search tracking far more blogs with the tag “anyfilms” than the others (after Google of course).

Technorati Tags: Brrreeeport, Technorati, Google, MSN Search, Scoble, Microsoft, Tags, Search, Tracking, Blogs, Blogging, Adam Curry, Daily Source Code, Samsung Mobile, Samsung, Mobile, Anyfilms, Video, Film, Movies

Mastworld – Ringtone Masala For Your Mobile

Net — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:28:24 +0000

Mastworld – Ringtone Masala

Ethnic-themed ringtones are becoming big business. Masttones.com just came out with the first ever ethnic market trends for ringtones. Surprisingly, the top selling ringtones were from Punjabi Bhangra songs and Bollywood films. Four of the top five downloaded ringtones were from albums released by labels with no connection to Bollywood, and three of the top five were Punjabi Bhangra songs. Due to its popularity as dance or party music, Bhangra is often called the hip-hop of South Asia. Now, that is Masala for my ears!

Technorati Tags: Ringtones, Masttones, Ethic, Punjabi Bahangra, Bollywood, Music, Mobile, Entertainment

Today I Become the Offical Anyfilms Blogger For Samsung Mobile

Net — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:31:32 +0000

Anyfilms.net Blog on Yahoo 360

Today I offically become the “Anyfilms blogger“, on behalf of Samsung Mobile for the Anyfilms.net project through my cooperation with Hyper Happen on Yahoo 360. On the Anyfilms blog on Yahoo 360, I will discuss the cross over between cell phones and movie technology, and the future of movie making in general. Check it out for yourself, come join me in the discussion and let me know what you think.

Technorati Tags: Anyfilms.net, Anyfilms, Samsung , Samsung Moblie, Movies, Films, Mobile, Cell phones, Gadgets, Blogs, Yahoo, Yahoo 360, Hyper Happen, Media, Blogging