State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan

Here’s a video report from Mobile World Congress 2010 at Barcelona, which talks about the  innovation and cool new gadgets.

Apple announced iPad, a new device with features similar to iPod touch and iPhone but with a modified interface. and enhanced capabilities. The iPad is for surfing web, reading, watching pictures and videos, email and for accessing apps such as maps, contacts and a calendar.

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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. a global leader in cutting-edge technology has signed with TeleTec Solutions Pakistan as its new official partner and has also unveiled its latest GenoA touch screen mobile phone for its customers.

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Music play a vital role in chillaxing human brain both in leisure or work and in youth its much more than that. Nokia’s recent study reveals that youth, the predominant majority of Pakistan’s total population, have expressed a high preference for music. According to it out of every 10 youth 8 prefers to have a Nokia music device. It also claims to take over the Sony Ericsson’s music device business share with its XpressMusic series.

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Interesting presentation which talks about why smart phones are so important for marketers, what are the major areas of growth and how to target this group of early adopters.

Windows Mobile’s share of the global smart-phone operating-system market fell to 7.9% in the third quarter from 11.1% a year earlier, research firm Gartner estimates. Also losing ground was Nokia’s Symbian. In contrast, both Apple and BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion boosted their shares, while Android grabbed 3.5% from zero a year earlier. That will likely increase given the popularity of Motorola’s new Droid phone.

Here’s an interesting illustration of how Apple and Google are competing.

Illustration via WSJ.

The latest Corby series from Samsung designed around the Corby concept, which aims to deliver stylish devices to support the highly connected lifestyles of today’s younger mobile users. They have now entered into promotional partnership with Beacon House School Systems, where with fun activities students are given an opportunity to win corby via luck draw.

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As smartphones become more like portable computers, scammers, phishers and other cybcer criminals have stepped up their attacks on smartphones. Here are a few excerpts from an article which provides tips on securing your smartphone.

Security experts have long warned of the vulnerability of smart phones to hackers. And in the past year the threat has been highlighted by an attack on the Symbian operating system, used mainly by Nokia Corp. phones, and a demonstration at a conference of a flaw that was found in the iPhone’s security.

As the software for smart phones becomes more sophisticated and open, they become better breeding grounds for a new generation of spyware and viruses. Hackers can work their way into your phone through text messages, steal your information and use your contact list to find more victims. Scammers can now dupe you into revealing your Social Security number or credit-card account number on your phone, just like they’ve been doing for years on PCs.

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The new battle ground for smart phones is Motorola Droid versus iPhone. The Droid is offered  by Verizon Wireless in the US and runs on Google’s Android OS. Verizon and Google teamed up against a common rival to come up with the Droid, which is supposed to offer a number of features which iPhone lacks. Droid has been getting good reviews but iPhone remains a tough one to beat. I think the discussions around comparison of these and other smartphones will continue. At the end of the day this is a subjective discussion and the market will determine the winner.

A GSM version of the Droid is also available and its only a matter of time before it hits the market worldwide, including Pakistan.

The first one is a Verizon advertisement which pokes fun at the limitations of iPhone.

For those who are interested in details, read this review by Mossberg or watch this video after the break which compares Droid and iPhone:

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Here is an interesting slide which shows the rapid growth of cloud-based connected mobile devices. The trends depicted here will be important for the telecom industry. The numbers for 3G users worldwide are important and I will soon write more on that topic.

Source: Morgan Stanley (Economy + Internet Trends October 20, 2009. Web 2.0 Summit – San Francisco)

HTC used to take the backstage as its phones were marketed by US carriers. Google’s G1 and G2 are examples of HTC hits. Now HTC has started advertising its brand by launching a simple but powerful campaign. What do you think?

Mobile Learning Environment is a product for promoting learning in schools using mobile phones. More information is at GoKnow web site. I will write additional posts about this soon.