finger food vol. 1
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If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will become a threat. In two or three year's time, the Internet will become as commonplace in the office as the telephone.� Tony Blair, September 1999
Man was he right.
Internet Users and Penetration Worldwide (millions and % of populations)
2008 Source: eMarketer, February 2009
2013
It became something amazing...
geniusrocket.com
Similar things are happening in mobile.
What started as
Became...
apple.com
na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld
Nokia viNe is a marketing campaign that brings together GPD, camera and media player on your Nseries device and lets you leave photos, videos and songs, rooted in the ground, for others to find. vine.nokia.com
playfoursquare.com
mgive.com
The world's first featurelength mobile phone art film.
immobilite.com
Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO) is a new repertoire-based ensemble using mobile phones (e.g., iPhones) as the primary musical instrument. Far beyond ring-tones, MoPhO's interactive musical works take advantage of the unique technological capabilities of today's hardware, transforming multi-touch screens, built-in accelerometers, built-in microphones, GPS, data networks, and computation into powerful and yet mobile chamber metainstruments.
mopho.stanford.edu
zweiPhone is a collection of stickers with used and old mobile phones. Each phone had a specific quality and style. They bring back a piece of classic design history on the back of blank and impersonal iPhones.
zweiphone.com
Tokyo-based design agency SET developed a remake of the QR Code with artwork provided by Takashi Murakami. setjapan.com
ca.lge.com/texting
failpix.net
There’s a lot to be excited about.
Mobile Phone Subscriptions Worldwide, 2008 & 2013 5.6 billion 3.9 billion
2008 Source: eMarketer, 2008
2013
“
If you don't see mobile as an opportunity, it will become a threat.� 5th Finger, April 2009
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