Posts Tagged ‘DeviceAtlas’
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Last week we hosted an event loftily titled “The Future of the Mobile Web” at the Dublin Convention Centre.
We had a small but heavy-hitting guest list in the shape of the Riegers from Yiibu @stephanierieger, @ bryanrieger, Jason Grigsby @grigs and Lyza Danger @lyzadanger from Cloud Four, Nokia’s Andrea Trasatti @andreatrasatti, Dave Evans from Amobee, Ernesto Jimenez from Vodafone @ernesto_jimenez and Adobe’s Roger Wood @rogerjwoods.
The genesis of the event was admittedly self-serving – we spend far too much of our time debating the finer points of mobile web in here and felt there was a lot of noise in the debate that we wanted to cut through with the help of a broader, expert forum. But we also had a nobler motive: we wanted to see if we could establish some common ground/consensus on things like HTML 5.0, web versus native apps, responsive design, standards, fragmentation, the long tail of devices that are in use out there and other issues.
We managed to cover this and more in a frenzied day and half at the Dublin Convention Centre last week. I think we made good progress. There was plenty of common ground but there were certainly more nuances than at least I would was expecting. Bottom line? This stuff is not easy. It’s a complex landscape not just for developers but also for those whose job it is to formulate strategy. But we think we made some inroads into sorting out the myths from the realities and have enough to go on to provide some idea of the direction of travel. We are planning to get all these topics down and documented in a whitepaper that we will publish openly soon. So watch out for that. In the meantime, our sincere thanks to all the above who attended (and tweetstreaming on#fomw) the event last week and I look forward to next time.
Tags: device detection, DeviceAtlas, dotMobi, goMobi, mobile web, Twitter
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
dotMobi is happy to announce that we’ve just released version 3.2 of DeviceAtlas. This version introduces many new Web-focused properties that let developers fully harness the power of mobile devices with both DeviceAtlas Enterprise and DeviceAtlas Cloud.
We’ve also extended the property set of DeviceAtlas Cloud Premium to include all of the multimedia properties, making the property set at par with DeviceAtlas Enterprise.
The major focus for these new properties is HTML5, which allows advanced Web apps to be completely optimized and provide a faster, richer experience for end users. Having these properties on the server side means fewer requests for the client and less content that has to be sent. It’s a win-win on both sides!
We’ve also introduced a number of standard JavaScript properties that nicely complement the HTML5 set. Many devices, especially non-smart phones, have inconsistent support for JavaScript. These properties take the guesswork out and allow appropriate content to be sent to all users.
The other new property of note is Display PPI. This returns the pixel density for a device’s screen and can be used with the resolution properties to produce images that look sharp on any screen. Many new devices are being introduced with high-resolution “retina” displays, so it is becoming increasingly important to take pixel density into account when resizing images for devices.
This release also brings a new mobile site, built using the award-winning goMobi platform and full access to the Data Explorer for all registered users.
All of the new properties can be found listed on the property pages in our Resource Center.
If you have any questions or comments, please send them to da.tech@mtld.mobi.
Tags: apps, device database, device detection, DeviceAtlas, dotMobi, HTML5, mobile web
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
We were delighted to see DeviceAtlas customer Paddy Power leading the way on mobile by racking up impressive results in their first half financials announced today. Figures showed a substantial growth in pretax profits, which were up by 15% with mobile a key component to this increase.
Some 81% of Paddy Power earnings are generated online and mobile has been a strong driver of growth. Active customers on paddypower.com were up by 48%. Paddy Power was early to the market with mobile and has continued to improve their offerings in both the gaming and gambling markets.
Paddy Power use DeviceAtlas to detect mobile devices visiting their site to ensure they are making their services available to customers on an “anytime, anywhere” basis.
Given the fast paced nature of the gambling industry and the variety of mobile handsets available Paddy Power needs to be able to provide a Web site that delivers the best possible user experience to the widest variety of mobile phones.
Tags: DeviceAtlas, Mobile Strategy, Paddy Power
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
As the headline says, it’s all about the numbers: specifically 3.0 and 1.4. Last week, we released version 3.0 of DeviceAtlas and — this past weekend — we released version 1.4 of goMobi. DeviceAtlas v3.0 takes the award-winning device detection database to the “cloud” so that smaller designers, development shops and agencies now have access to state-of-the-art device detection. But what about goMobi 1.4, what’s new with it? Well …
- You can now harness the power of social networks by integrating your goMobi site with sites like Facebook, Twitter, and foursquare.
- You can implement QR codes and print easy-to-design flyers to connect mobile and print marketing campaigns.
- You can access a custom analytics tool for traffic analysis, profiling and data gathering.
- You can upload photos through a hosted image gallery and customize your site with more icons and colors than ever before.
You may notice these new goMobi features have a common theme: building customer relationships by giving you additional ways to market your mobile site. After all, what good is spending the energy to build a cool mobile site if no one knows about it?
And while we were at it, we spent some time updating the goMobi website. Now, we have case studies, testimonials and example sites so you can get a better overview of why goMobi is the best choice, and how to use your site to drive customer loyalty and sales.
Tags: device detection, DeviceAtlas, goMobi, mobile web
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Earlier this week, RCR Wireless News made a visit to Dublin and interviewed several Irish tech companies, including dotMobi. The following clip features dotMobi’s CEO, Trey Harvin, discussing the .mobi domain, DeviceAtlas and goMobi:
This next clip is a close-up of how goMobi works, using the award-winning snowboards.mobi site, built on the goMobi platform:
Tags: .mobi, DeviceAtlas, domain, goMobi, interview, video
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Over the past two years of the .mobi domain, many of the first "verticals" that went mobile have not been a surprise because of the nature of their industries: travel (priceline.mobi), hotels (hilton.mobi), transportation (amtrak.mobi, sas.mobi, thalys.mobi) and dining (zagat.mobi).
However, the one industry that caught me unawares in terms of popularity has been banking and finance. Bank of America (bofa.mobi) is the probably the most active in promoting its .mobi site, but there are dozens of others around the world from lacaixa.mobi to deutsche-bank.mobi to usaa.mobi. It proves out a point that we discovered in the study we conducted with AKQA earlier this year: people are most interested in utility in their mobile sites. They're not against entertainment like games and ringtones, but rather that they see a mobile phone primarily as an way to help simplify the day-to-day administration of their lives.
The reason I'm mentioning this because of a press release dotMobi issued yesterday saying that California-based ClairMail has added DeviceAtlas to their service offerings.
ClairMail is a
business-to-business company that builds mobile versions of existing banking
sites, giving banks “transactional” mobile sites that tie into their back-end
systems. Their customers include Alerus Financial, City Bank (Texas), 1st National Bank of Scotia, and Cascade Bank
(Washington State). Now with the addition of DeviceAtlas to their platform, they can offer “device aware” mobile sites to their customers. And with that, we're sure to see the banking market continue to flourish as a prime space for mobile users.
Are there verticals you've seen going .mobi that have been a surprise to you? Let us know in the comments section.
Tags: AKQA, Amtrak, Bank of America, banking, ClairMail, DeviceAtlas, Hilton, hotels, utility, ZAGAT
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Once again we have proof that dotMobi is staying one step ahead because we’ve been shortlisted in the category of “Best Technology Foresight” at the World Communication Awards 2008, to be awarded this November in London.
dotMobi was specifically nominated for DeviceAtlas, and a hearty congratulations to dotMobi’s Andrea Trasatti and the dotMobi technology team who helped establish DeviceAtlas as the leading-edge product it’s become less than nine months after launch.
Tags: DeviceAtlas, dotMobi, World Communication Awards
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
As you’ve heard many a time, "It’s an honor just to be nominated."
And while that’s true, winning is nice, too.
In that spirit, I wanted to take a minute and congratulation our friends at ZAGAT Survey, who — earlier in June — won the Best Listings & Updates site of the year for zagat.mobi in the Webby Awards’ People’s Voice Awards.
We’ve been talking up the zagat.mobi site since it launched because it’s an excellent example of adapting web-based content to a mobile user’s needs and ensuring those users can easily locate the content with a .mobi domain.
While the other .mobi nominated entries didn’t win, it’s still great that they were recognized. The folks at The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences — the people behind the Webbys –- are stringent judges, so it is indeed an honor just to be nominated.
But they’re not the only winners this month …
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Tags: DeviceAtlas, dotMobi, Mobile Content Awards, Technology Innovation, Webby Awards, ZAGAT, zagat.mobi
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
… is the name of a free webinar that the dotMobi Advisory Group is hosting on 6 May 2008.
The webinar, subtitled,"Building Device Aware Content – new tools to simplify the process and increase
your business," will be presented by Paul Nerger,
Vice President of Advanced Services and Applications at dotMobi.I know that many followers of this blog have heard about DeviceAtlas, the dotMobi device database, but many be curious to learn more about it. If so, this will definitely be a good session to attend (and as I mentioned above, it’s free).
Date:
Time:
- 07:00 am PDT (USA,
Canada – Pacific Coast)
- 10.00 am EDT (USA,
Canada
- Eastern Time)
- 15.00 pm UTC (United
Kingdom, Ireland)
- 16.00 pm CET (Norway,
Italy, Sweden, Germany, France)
- 17.00 pm EET (Finland)
- 19.30 pm IST (India)
To register for the session, please send an email to Wendy
Holloway with your name, job title and an indication that you wish to attend. Once you have registered, she will send you details on how to join the presentation.
Tags: .mobi, DeviceAtlas, dotMobi, dotMobi Advisory Group, webinar
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Toronto was the stage for out latest Happening; since it’s a regional center of activity for mobile, we had received many requests to have one there.
So on an unusually warm and gorgeous weekday evening a couple of weeks ago, my colleague Chris Campbell and I were delighted to meet and network with mobile developers, marketers, bloggers, registrars and dotMobi Premium Name domainers and developers from the Toronto metro area. Everyone in attendance was able to introduce themselves and tell the entire group a little bit about what they do in the mobile space. We heard from domainers about what is going on with their sites like ringtones.mobi, price.mobi, scottsdalespas.mobi, roses.mobi; and a quite a few others, too.
We heard what Canadian companies like ooober, jambomobile, Carlson Marketing Canada and Mustard Seed eCommerce are doing with mobile right now. Beginners were networking with more advanced types. Developers were chatting with domainers. Marketers were talking with developers. And of course we spoke about our latest activities, such as what we’ve done with our DeviceAtlas.
As we heard at previous Happenings, several in attendance said that they are interested in attending more of what I’ll call a “Super Happening” for now.
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Tags: bloggers, DeviceAtlas, domainers, dotMobi, happenings, mobile developers, monetization, registrars, Toronto
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