Comments on: Emerging Markets Call For Novel Thinking, Not Just Basic Products http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/05/08/emerging-markets-call-for-novel-thinking-not-just-basic-products/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mystiq_elephant http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/05/08/emerging-markets-call-for-novel-thinking-not-just-basic-products/comment-page-1/#comment-102369 mystiq_elephant Wed, 09 May 2007 06:08:45 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/05/07/emerging-markets-call-for-novel-thinking-not-just-basic-products/#comment-102369 IMHO creativity is often best expressed in constraint medium. In a phone with color screen, camera etc. etc any body can write a great app! But how would you do that on phone like this? For example if I were to write mash up of Google Map with Flickr photos to provide driving directions from point A to B with pictures of places en-route. I would also provide support for Nokia 1110. 1110 users wont get pictures but would get text or an audio playback, like "Go 2 miles north, on the way you would see starbucks caffe, WalMart and two traffic signals. From third signal take left and join highway-5. Go 10 miles and and exit. Then you would see CircuitCity mall, pass by that... " This would make my product offering unique and ubiquitous. And over period when 1110 user migrates to highend phone I am pretty sure he would use my product only! IMHO creativity is often best expressed in constraint medium. In a phone with color screen, camera etc. etc any body can write a great app! But how would you do that on phone like this?

For example if I were to write mash up of Google Map with Flickr photos to provide driving directions from point A to B with pictures of places en-route. I would also provide support for Nokia 1110. 1110 users wont get pictures but would get text or an audio playback, like “Go 2 miles north, on the way you would see starbucks caffe, WalMart and two traffic signals. From third signal take left and join highway-5. Go 10 miles and and exit. Then you would see CircuitCity mall, pass by that… ” This would make my product offering unique and ubiquitous. And over period when 1110 user migrates to highend phone I am pretty sure he would use my product only!

]]> By: Mehdi Ghorfi http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/05/08/emerging-markets-call-for-novel-thinking-not-just-basic-products/comment-page-1/#comment-102357 Mehdi Ghorfi Tue, 08 May 2007 11:25:59 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2007/05/07/emerging-markets-call-for-novel-thinking-not-just-basic-products/#comment-102357 Hi, The call tracking function reminds of a very smart idea Meditel (2nd mobile Carrier in Morocco) had a few years ago. It was simple but really smart : control how much you want to spend on your phonecall ! I don't remember exactly the procedure, but it was something such as : dial 333, than the phone number then the minutes you want to talk. REgards Hi,

The call tracking function reminds of a very smart idea Meditel (2nd mobile Carrier in Morocco) had a few years ago. It was simple but really smart : control how much you want to spend on your phonecall !
I don’t remember exactly the procedure, but it was something such as : dial 333, than the phone number then the minutes you want to talk.

REgards

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