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This week’s logo features the first half of the Saga of the Sub-Mariner limited series, covering the history of Namor’s birth and his adventures through the Golden Age! #marvel #cmro #mda

Father's Day has always been weird for me: Traditionally, it was the day I'd abandon my daughter to get rid of my son.

Let me explain: We'd have to drive a few hours away to drop off my son for #MDA Summer Camp, which for whatever reason always started on Father's Day in our area. After the drive back, the day was mostly done. When my daughter was old enough to leave at home, we spared her the trip.

Though my son lived a few years beyond "aging out" of camp, that die was cast.

MDA Presentation

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2009/06/mda-presentation/

I was deeply honoured to be asked to present the keynote address at the Mobile Data Association's "Monetising The Mobile Internet in Tough Times". I was a last minute stand-in for Henry Stevens of the GSMA.

You can ~~download the day's presentations directly~~, but as slides only tell half the story, I've written a brief commentary to what I was presenting. Naturally a presentation or blog post cannot capture all the questions & and answers (nor my "inimitable style") but I'll do my best.

Overview of the Mobile Internet and its current usage

We think that we are living in interesting times.

All of this has happened before...

Mobile data is blooming. We're at the start of a glorious adventure.

Literally anything we can conceive will come to pass. I want to show you a concept advert that we've been working on to explain why mobile data is so important.

As all of you know, Palm is preparing to release a phone which will revolutionise mobile data access.

I've got a very special treat for you ladies and gentlemen. May I present The Palm....

Treo 180. 16 MB of internal memory and a 33 MHz Dragonball CPU.

Touch screen. Handwriting recognition. Full access to emails. An application store with hundreds of thousands of free and premium application. The ability to play music and view your photos.

With GPRS, you'll be able to access the internet at a faster speed than your home connection. The Blazer web browser works with WAP,HTML and i-mode.

...And All Of This Will Happen Again

Mobile data is blooming. We're at the start of a glorious path. Literally anything we can conceive will come to pass.

I want to show you a concept advert that we've been working on to explain why mobile data is so important.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmM2zKDu7yU

As all of you know, Palm is preparing to release a phone which will revolutionise mobile data access.

I've got a very special treat for you ladies and gentlemen. May I present The Palm....

Palm Pre

Pre.

Touch screen. Handwriting recognition. Full access to emails. An application store with hundreds of thousands of free and premium application. The ability to play music and view your photos.

With HSDPA, you'll be able to access the internet at a faster speed than your home connection.

I think you get the point. To understand where we are now, we need an appreciation of where we've come from and where we want to be.

I want to focus this morning on where we are right now.

Vodafone Results

Vodafone Data Report

There has been an astonishing rise in data revenues. Data revenues are now where SMS was 3 years ago.Undoubtedly, high end phones are important - but of a far greater impact, in my personal opinion, is pricing is an issue. Moving to flat rate & bundles has increased data usage and revenues just as it did for text & voice.We still have the "Unlimited" issue... Customers find it very hard to know what a MB is - or how much of one they've downloaded. Various companies have experimented with time based charging, session charging and even page charging. I think that "Unlimited" may be the way forward - but only if us geeks get to know what the "Fair Use" policy is.

Devices

Vodafone Device Date

Personally, I find it disappointing that only 44% 3G. Having said that, good devices are useful but NOT essential.

UK Usage

The ONS has a wealth of data on UK Internet usage - here's a sample.

Shockingly low, but growing.

Lessons From Voice

We've been on the cusp of a mobile data revolution for several years now. To understand what's driving it, we have to understand whatdrives people to use data.

So, slightly counter intuitively, let's look at voice.

Who here knows what the killer app for voice is?

The killer app for voice is......your mother!...pregnant wife!...Women in general.

Essentially - talking to people all the time is a great driver to use voice as much as possible.

In the same way, the killer app for mobile data is... fixed line data. Getting great services which people want to use with their fixed line is a key driver to getting people on to mobile data. It only takes a few missed emails, Facebook pokes, etc., to make people desperate for connectivity where ever they go.

Is your mum on Twitter

Once people have experienced web, IM and email, they want to continue using those services. Bus stop, train journeys, in the toilet.

Woman using a mobile while on the loo

30% browse the internet on the loo. Who knows what percentage wash their hands afterwards? Because 21% browse at the dinner table.

People want data so much, they'll take it everywhere with them.

Popular Handsets

The GX-10. This was the first Vodafone live handset. GPRS, 16 colour screen. Basic HTML browser. It's a dog. It's decrepid. It's old. Obsolete. It's still used by several thousand people every month.The Nokia 6300 - outsells everything in the UK. It's several times more popular than the iPhone.

Eastern Europe

Several parts of Eastern Europe have very little land-line infrastructure. This means that for many the first experience of the Internet is mobile. And it's a pretty good experience.

Emerging Markets

Vodafone India recently reported that it signs up 1,600,000 new customers every month. Other markets report similarly startling growth.

Vodafone Egypt also has caught the data bug

But many - not all, but many - of the handsets there are cheap. They are low-tier devices with low feature-sets. Generally GSM, small screens - not always colour.

Opera

Vodafone recently signed a deal with Opera to place their mobile browser on low- and mid-priced mobile devices.

In a trial with Vodafone Egypt there were 400,000 installs in a single month.

Opera Mini Screenshots

This is software which will eventually be installed by default on Very Low Cost ($25) handsets. This opens the Mobile Data market to a huge and previously neglected segment.

Now, no one is saying that the Opera software turns a cheap and nasty device into an iPhone - but that's not what it's there for. It's to connect the previously unconnected.

So, Where Are We?

There are currently 3,804,064,939 mobile phone connections in the world. (Data supplied by GSMA Mobile Infolink on 22/09/08)

Go and visit the site - see how many 3G devices there are. See where the connections are located around the world. It may surprise you.

We Have Been Here Before

We like to think that the latest craze we've invented is somehow original. We couldn't be more wrong.

Games consoles with downloadable games

Gameline is a revolutionary new system. You plug your games console in to your telephone line and you can download as many new games as you want! (1983)

XBAND is a revolutionary new system. You plug your games console in to your telephone line and you can download as many new games as you want!(1994)

Xbox Live is a revolutionary new system. You plug your games console in to your telephone line and you can download as many new games as you want! (2005)

This Is The Year Of The Mobile Internet

We need to break the cycle. We need to make sure that, this time, it works.

There is a Global Critical Mass of ~3,805,374,038 Global GSM and 3GSM Mobile Connections.

There are more internet phones than internet PC / Laptops

(GSMA)

How do we do that? That's up to you.

#MMI09 #data #MDA

There has been a weird sci-fi/alternate-universe vibe in the most recent issues, and this week’s logo reflects that! Death’s Head is having adventures in the future; Captain Pica—I mean, Xavier is out in space; and Katie Power visits a pocket dimension! #marvel #cmro #mda

https://www.gotorola.com/244706/ ロッキード・マーティン、イージス・システム搭載艦の96分の1模型公開 #dseijapan #dsei2025 #ASEV #ASEV #ATLA #BMD #DSEI #dsei2025 #dseijapan #DSEIJapan2025 #Entertainment #FFM #GPI #Isogo #Izumo #japan #JMSDF #JMU #JMU磯子工場 #JSDF #LM #LockheedMartin #MDA #MHI #MOD #nagasaki #アメリカ #いずも #いずも改修 #エンタメ #ジャパンマリンユナイテッド #ペンタゴン #ミサイル防衛局 #もがみ型護衛艦 #三菱重工業長崎造船所 #川崎桜 #日本 #日米共同開発 #極超音速ミサイル #磯子工場 #米国防総省 #迎撃システム #防衛省 #防衛装備庁 #高橋浩祐

This week’s logo wraps up the Panther’s Quest storyline and honors Zanti Chikane, the South African who helped T’Challa battle mercenaries and eventually find his mother, Ramonda. As they part ways, T’Challa offers Zanti an open invitation to visit Wakanda. #marvel #cmro #mda

This week’s logo covers chapters 10 to 18 of the Panther’s Quest storyline: T’Challa fights mercenaries and sparks an uprising in South Africa; he lectures people for different townships fighting each other; and he tries—and fails—to save the life of a child. #marvel #cmro #mda

La Magen David Agom est connu pour avoir refusé de travailler en collaboration avec le Croissant Rouge et la Croix Rouge depuis sa création en 1930 et ce jusqu'en 1999.

Outre des dizaines de faits reconnus ou #MDA a refusé de soigner des blessés arabes ou a préféré soigner en priorités les blessés juifs, même si ceux-ci étaient moins atteints, le MDA est tristement connu pour avoir participé à la récolte des organes sur les victimes palestiniennes des massacres de l'#IOF.

Il lui arrive régulièrement de prélèver et acheminer les tissus de l'épiderme des palestiniens tués par l' #IOF et de les acheminer, sirènes hurlantes vers la plus grande banque la banque de peau du monde : Abu Kabir Institute qui possède pas moins de 17m2 de peau, "harvested", cueillies sur les cadavres, en même temps que cornées, reins et autres organes ne nécessitant pas une attention de chaque instant.

#MagenDavidAgom #MDA #SkinHarvesting #SoCalledNGO

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This week’s logo covers Wolverine #4–8. For someone trying to conceal his real identity, Wolverine sure does use his claws a lot! And the Hulk may seem dumb as Joe Fixit, but he’s smart enough to figure out who “Patch” really is! #marvel #cmro #mda

Unsere Kameradinnen und Kameraden vom Italienischen Roten Kreuz (Croce Rossa Italiana #CRI) illustrieren heute einen Beitrag zum Grundsatz „Universalität“ mit einem Bild aus dem gemeinsamen Einsatz mit dem israelischen Roten Davidstern (Magen David Adom #MDA).
„UNIVERSALITÄT
Die Internationale Rotkreuz- und Rothalbmondbewegung ist universell, da alle Gesellschaften innerhalb dieser Bewegung den gleichen Status genießen und die gleichen Verantwortlichkeiten und Verpflichtungen zur gegenseitigen Hilfe haben.“
#SiebenPrinzipien #PrinciplesInAction
#RotesKreuz #MagenDavidAdom #RoterHalbmond #RedCrossRedCrescent #DRK #WirSindHilfe #weltweit @drk

Gemeinsame Aktion von CRI und MDA (Ausbildungsfoto). Quelle: CRI

Testing a cheap 6" #epaper display with 80x25 #VGA font (sorry for crappy pic due to light & cabling restrictions).

I've never seen this tech in real life before, and it's simply amazing! Text is better than on many of the paperbacks I have.

I want to simulate #IBM_PC #MDA, and thought 1 color bit is OK but forgot about the attributes. 8x16 font on 640x480 has room for the underline attribute (last 5 lines in the pic). But what about "bright", maybe a dotted line?

#LowEnd #Computing #TextMode

This week’s logo features the Avengers’ Big Three battling their respective foes! Captain America muses on death after the (possibly staged) assassination of John Walker; Thor faces Loki in a flashback story; and Rhodey saves Iron Man by shooting him! #marvel #cmro #mda

Cytion is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to advancing cell culture technologies. By providing high-quality, contamination-free cell cultures, expert training, and innovative solutions, Cytion helps researchers achieve reliable and reproducible results.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/cytion/

#Cytion #VeroCells #JurkatCells #ChoCells #mda-mb-231 #u2os cells #sh-sy5y #hepg2 cells

This week’s logo covers the double-sized Excalibur Mojo Mayhem, which is mostly about the X-Babies with only a few pages of Excalibur. It’s still a fun adventure though, and it’s always great to see Arthur Adams illustrating a full issue! #marvel #cmro #mda

I won’t say the theme of this week’s logo, but it’s something that I did not see coming! The Red Skull returns in Captain America #350; and in the pages of Excalibur, we meet Hauptmann Englande and the Lightning Force. You figure out what they have in common! #marvel #cmro #mda

Really curious about the state of model driven engineering in the industry.

#mde #mda #mdd

It’s been an odd series of comics this week, leading to an eclectic logo! Rob Liefeld joins Marvel, and he’s bringing big hair with him; Ego is heading unwillingly into the heart of a sun; we say goodbye to Mantis; and Loki flashes back to causing the Avengers! #marvel #cmro #mda