Entries categorized as ‘mobile computing’
This piece of news is exciting enough to merit a blog post.
This year, at least one wireless phone company in the United States will probably offer netbooks free with paid data plans, copying similar programs in Japan, according to industry experts.
But this revolution is not just about falling prices. Personal computers — and the companies that make their crucial components — are about to go through their biggest upheaval since the rise of the laptop. By the end of the year, consumers are likely to see laptops the size of thin paperback books that can run all day on a single charge and are equipped with touch screens or slide-out keyboards.
How long before we have the intersection of 3G and Netbooks in India? I see this as a positive trend for Web services and the Internet economy.
Categories: AirTel · India · gadgets · infrastructure · mobile computing · networks · technology · trends
Tagged: 3G, japan, netbooks, USA, wireless
Why would Google India sign a deal with AirTel to share advertising revenue for data applications?
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest mobile service provider with nearly 53 million customers, plans to tie up with leading Internet portals for sharing advertising revenue when Airtel’s subscribers visit those websites through mobile Internet.
Categories: AirTel · India · advertising · business · gprs · mobile computing · technology
Tagged: adsense, adwords, google, google india, India, search
I will be attending the TiE ISB Connect 2007 for entrepreneurs on November 14th, 15th and 16th at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. BookEazy co-founder (and author here on Sukshma), Anjali Gupta, has been invited to participate in a panel discussion on Funding Software Product Ventures. Anjali will be talking about her approach and experience with closing funding, selecting the right investing partners and deciding on the right amount to raise for a product oriented startup.
Also keep your eye out for the Business Plan Showcase track where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas and businesses to VC’s.
You can watch a live stream of the event here.
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Categories: Hyderabad · India · advertising · business · gprs · marketing · mobile computing · pricing · startup · technology
Tagged: entertainment, Hyderabad, internet, ISB, media, mobile, TiE, TiE ISB Connect
VOIP for mobile happens to be one of my top predictions for fastest growing markets in India. Fring is the application making it happen. It is already the most frequently used application on my Nokia E61i. I use Fring for Skype International calls, chat on GTalk, MSN and other networks. The only drawback is that it seems to suck out your mobile battery faster than you can imagine. I end up having to restrict its use to only when I am traveling.
The people behind Fring seem to acknowledge the huge interest and potential and have dedicated a blog to India. The blog is a great addition to help their customers, announce features and new phones compatible with Fring.
Now if only AirTel, Vodafone and the other big Mobile boys wake up and learn to walk their customers through enabling wireless data on their handsets.
Another product riding the mobile wave in India is Mowser who claim to receive more than twice as many mobile requests from India alone. Rajan attributes that interest primarily to dial-up users from India who use Mowser and other content adaptation engines for mobiles to surf the web.
Categories: AirTel · India · VoIP · gprs · mobile computing · technology
Tagged: chat, edge, fring, gprs, India, instant messenger, mobile, mowser, VoIP, wireless
October 23, 2007 · 1 Comment
Back in 2006, a few VC’s left their Sand Hill Road offices and visited us to talk about what investments they would like to see happen. They cheekily talked about how they were seriously looking at the Internet and Mobile industries. However, their adopted strategies are focused on retail and infrastructure. This is also evident from Sequoia’s current portfolio of late-stage investments in Cafe Coffee Day and Idea Cellular.
Why is this so? How does this impact me?
Primarily, the Internet already has its own Google (Google).
Secondly, what India has to offer in the early-stage Mobile and Internet application space right now is not potentially large enough to fall into their sweet spot.
This is not to suggest that a late-stage deal in an Internet application company will not happen.
Instead, I am asserting that Indian Entrepreneurs need to stop trying to sell old wine in a new bottle. If you truly want to understand the web – aim to build assets that exploit the webs global and interactive nature. An Indian Internet Eco-System is hardly an exciting proposition and will probably not exist by itself.
Ask yourself how large do you need to be to be able to make the transition from good to great. Amazon.com, the darling of the worldwide E-commerce space had already grown in to 5 or more countries before it could IPO. Other E-commerce plays from India treat the web as a secondary medium for Sales after phone and retail. They are already aware of what is required to make it in their own markets.
There is a saying that goes something like – People buy from Friends, Experts and Market Leaders.
Who do you want to be?
~ Santosh
UPDATE I – A few days after I wrote this post, Sequoia Capital invested $6Mn in Printo services in India.
Categories: India · business · capital · infrastructure · mobile computing · technology · web
Some of our early adopter customers have been pushing us hard for a mobile version of bookeazy.com. Last night, our technology team finished and released a Beta mobile prototype of bookeazy.com, what we proudly call beMobile.
If you have GPRS/EDGE enabled or CDMA – data, give the application a whirl. If your phone is GPRS/EDGE or CDMA data capable and you would like your wireless operator to enable it, we have help pages to guide you. Write back to us with your feedback and if you think the application can be improved further.
Categories: AirTel · BookEazy · Pune · gprs · mobile computing · movies · technology
