samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 07 2007 | mobiles, web 2.0, web apps"In the US mobile phone carriers run closed networks: my Samsung phone will only run on the Verizon network, and if I switch to another carrier, the applications I bought over Verizon's service won't come with me. This set up has big Internet companies up in arms. Last March, for example, Google CEO Eric Schmidt accused the carriers of creating "walled gardens" that kept Internet companies out. The carriers, however, say that they spend billions of dollars on their networks and shouldn't be forced to open them up. "They use my lines for free -- and that's bull. For a Google or a Yahoo! or a Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes for free is nuts!" he said."
While not as bad here, they should still open it up more, and the carriers themselves should embrace the internet more.
- samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 03 2008 | mobiles, web apps, web 2.0
"Ribbit, which is still in beta testing phase and set to launch in the coming months, is headed up by Silicon Valley tech veterans who plan to load their phone service with applications previously unavailable from a single phone network. Instead of simply displaying a caller ID, for example, Ribbit will create a mashup of relevant information culled from social networks like Twitter and Facebook, revealing what the caller is currently doing/reading/watching."
This is pretty neat, kind of like half-way between now and complete web integration on our phones. When will we get complete integration? Please....
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