Mobile Jam Session

10:30am – Noon ‘Unpanel’ discussion: Opening the Mobile Web

How do we open up the mobile web to ease development and really open up the mass market to consumers? Let’s talk about native apps and web apps; suggest common interfaces and consistent security; and review best practices. Contribute to OMTP’s BONDI initiative.

1:00pm – 3:45pm Improv sessions

Led by developers and industry leaders alike, where everyone gets a chance to be heard and have their questions answered in small discussion groups with these topics:

* Mobile Security and Anti-viruses
* Mobile banking and payments
* Browsers & widgets
* Device attributes – vendors and mobile use cases
* Porting, Testing and Certification
* Distribution and channels

4:00pm – 5:00pm ‘Unpanel’ discussion: The Broken Path to Market

Where’s the money? Following the path from investors to customers and all links in-between. How do developers make choices and get rewarded.

5:00pm – late Wrap Party: offsite

Mobile Web Europe
22-24 September 2008, Paddington Hilton, London

Hot Topics for 2008

* Understanding the User Expectation of MobileWeb
* Developing Exciting Services for the Subscriber
* Shaping the Future of Web 2.0 via the Mobile
* Gauging the Importance of the Mobile Web Widget
* Examining Handset Design and Browser Usability
* Evaluating Mobile Content and Assessing New Deployments
* Encouraging Innovation through Location Based Services
* Viewing Content as a Commodity
* Putting the User at the Centre of Convergence
* Mobile Search and Discovery
* Where is Mobile Advertising Heading?
* Taking the Mobile Only Approach to Social Networking
* dotMobi Advisory Group Task Force Initiatives

Learn from the leading speakers in the Open Source in Mobile space:

* Frederick Ghahramani, Founder, airG
* Ed Candy, Technology Director, 3 Group
* Mike Dunphy, Manager MUmobile, Manchester United Limited
* Tim Faircliff, General Manager, Consumer Media UK & EMEA, Reuters Media
* Tim Hussain, Head of Mobile Monetisation, Europe, AOL (UK) Limited
* Nikos Kryvossidis, Director, Partner Solutions EMEA, Google
* Dominique Hazel-Massieux, Mobile Web Initiative Activity Lead, W3C
* Sunil Gunderia, VP Mobile, Walt Disney Internet Group

Die Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group der W3C Mobile Web Initiative hat heute die finale Version 1.0 ihres Mobile Web Best Practices Dokumentes publiziert. Die Best Practises enthält eine Reihe von Empfehlungen wie man Information in mobilen Webseiten am Besten darstellt.

Als nächstes bereitet die MWI eine neue Recommendation zum Thema Mobile Web Applications vor. Auf alle Fälle ein wichtiger Schritt in ein standardgetriebenes mobiles Web.

WordPress hat nun eine eigene IPhone Applikation am Start. Die Anwednung gibt es natürlich kostenfrei im Apple AppStore zum downloaden. Unterstützt werden von der App neben gehosteten Blog auf der hauseigenen wordpress.com Plattform auch stand-alone Installation ab der WordPress Version 2.5.1. Und so sieht das Ganze in etwa aus:

Leider konnte ich wegen aktuellem Projektstress nicht an der Mobile 2.0 Europe teilnehmen, aber hier ein paar Eindrück davon:

Some notes from the Mobile 2.0 conference (Nokia Conversations)

Europe’s Mobile startups come together (TechCrunch)

Mobile 2.0 Europe: exploring the future of mobile (The Next Web)

Mobile 2.0: Rummble, Zipiko and Dial2Do shine, but venture capitalists express caution (VentureBeat)

Mobile Europe 2.0: Recreational Mobile Search, Intention Broadcasting & Much More; The Future Is Here, But Will MVNOs Like Blyk Drive It? (mSearchGroove)

mobile 2.0 – VC panel summary (Tony Fish)

Mobile 2.0 – The Conversation in the Wireless Industry Becomes A Shouting Match (Max Niederhofer)

(Dan’s Blog)
Open Business Models at Mobile 2.0 Europe
Early Stage Startups at Mobile 2.0 Europe
Mobile 2.0 Europe Kicks Off

Mobile 2.0: following up on the operator perspective (blog cpinto)

Zipipop wins at Mobile 2.0 Europe (Arctic Startup)

The Electric Knife Syndrome (Charlie Schick)

Shout’Em after Mobile 2.0 Europe (Five Minutes)

Recap: Mobile 2.0 Europe (Cultureslurp)

Rummble: A Unique Play On A Location-Based Mobile Search Engine (GPS Obsessed)

[tce] mobile 2.0 europe takedown (Vitor Domingos)

Live from Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona (Federic Dummeny)