The Korea Times reports that mobile internet is the hottest issue among early adopters in Korea. The three most popular handsets these days according to online community Cetizen are all touch-screen phones specializing in Web browsing: Samsung’s Haptic, Pantech & Curitel’s CanU and LG’s Touch Web Phone.
These models, all capable of full web-browsing, are […]
Entries from April 2008
Full Web-browsing, Haptics Booming in Korea
April 24th, 2008 by Allison
Tags: Asia · Emerging Technology · Mobile
How Micro Can You Go?
April 23rd, 2008 by Allison
According to a new Social Networking report from Hitwise, we will see the “emergence of the ‘super’ brand advocate” in 2008.
Whether via a personal blog or as a key member within a community, super-advocates are well informed, opinionated and have the ability to make or break a product launch or ruin a hard-earned reputation.
This sounds […]
Tags: Marketing & Advertising · Social Networking · World Wide Web
NGT Global Youth Survey: Mobile Usage
April 17th, 2008 by NGT
Who would have guessed that the number one use of a phone would not be to make a phone call? Certainly not Alexander Graham Bell. But the mobile age is upon us, and the phone is becoming a conduit for all forms of communications, services, and entertainment.
One of the predominant uses is text messaging–an easy, […]
Tags: Global Youth Survey · Youth Trends
NGT’s Global Youth Panel: The Connected Class
April 15th, 2008 by NGT
With the help of our international network of offices, we were able to assemble panels of teens and twenty-somethings in seven countries. In a series of posts beginning today, we’ll be bringing you our most noteworthy findings (some expected, some unusual, all good) on the lives of youth around the world.
The survey, conducted between October […]
Tags: Global Youth Survey · Youth Trends
“Moments of Greatness” in Hong Kong
April 14th, 2008 by NGT
Guinness ran a mobile campaign at this year’s Hong Kong Sevens, an annual rugby tournament, around the theme ‘Moments of Greatness.’ Mobile applications were used to provide visitors with information on the event, from match schedules to city guides in order to make sure tourists don’t get lost. In the mood for a […]
Tags: Asia · Marketing & Advertising · Mobile · Youth Trends
