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Return of Oliver Starr

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Oliver Starr, who originated MobileCrunch and The Mobile Weblog before it, has returned to the blogosphere today. Oliver has joined forces with former TechCrunch UK editor and currentBlognation CEO, Sam Sethi both with highly public departures from Mike Arrington’s company.

Blognation’s mission is – wait for it – reporting on startups. Blognation today launched US Tech andMobile blogs led by Oliver. From the site:

Blognation is a network of professional bloggers brought together to report on the latest Web 2.0 technology, mobile and enterprise start-ups from around the world, but only written in English.

The company is VC funded, although the investor isn’t identified. Blognation brings together 20 bloggers and currently features coverage from Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK and USA.  Many more countries across Europe and Asia are planned for launch by the end of 2007.
It’s great to see Oliver return to the blogosphere contributing his unique voice and analysis of the startup game for mobile companies. I want to welcome Oliver back with this sentiment, as shared by members of a particular tribe along the Amazon. “I’m very glad to learn that you have not been killed, yet.” Subscribed.

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Return of Oliver Starr

Published by:

Oliver Starr, who originated MobileCrunch and The Mobile Weblog before it, has returned to the blogosphere today. Oliver has joined forces with former TechCrunch UK editor and currentBlognation CEO, Sam Sethi both with highly public departures from Mike Arrington’s company.

Blognation’s mission is – wait for it – reporting on startups. Blognation today launched US Tech andMobile blogs led by Oliver. From the site:

Blognation is a network of professional bloggers brought together to report on the latest Web 2.0 technology, mobile and enterprise start-ups from around the world, but only written in English.

The company is VC funded, although the investor isn’t identified. Blognation brings together 20 bloggers and currently features coverage from Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK and USA.  Many more countries across Europe and Asia are planned for launch by the end of 2007.
It’s great to see Oliver return to the blogosphere contributing his unique voice and analysis of the startup game for mobile companies. I want to welcome Oliver back with this sentiment, as shared by members of a particular tribe along the Amazon. “I’m very glad to learn that you have not been killed, yet.” Subscribed.

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Return of Oliver Starr

Published by:

Oliver Starr, who originated MobileCrunch and The Mobile Weblog before it, has returned to the blogosphere today. Oliver has joined forces with former TechCrunch UK editor and currentBlognation CEO, Sam Sethi both with highly public departures from Mike Arrington’s company.

Blognation’s mission is – wait for it – reporting on startups. Blognation today launched US Tech andMobile blogs led by Oliver. From the site:

Blognation is a network of professional bloggers brought together to report on the latest Web 2.0 technology, mobile and enterprise start-ups from around the world, but only written in English.

The company is VC funded, although the investor isn’t identified. Blognation brings together 20 bloggers and currently features coverage from Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK and USA.  Many more countries across Europe and Asia are planned for launch by the end of 2007.
It’s great to see Oliver return to the blogosphere contributing his unique voice and analysis of the startup game for mobile companies. I want to welcome Oliver back with this sentiment, as shared by members of a particular tribe along the Amazon. “I’m very glad to learn that you have not been killed, yet.” Subscribed.

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MoSoSo Experts Podcast Panel – Twitter, MOKO, JuiceCaster

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I had the chance recently to chat on the phone with Paul Gruber from MOKO, Nick Desai for Juice Wireless, and Biz Stone from Twitter.  The time flew by and I could have talked with these guys for at least another couple of hours on all things mobile and social.  Unfortunately, for me, they all have day jobs and are very busy working out the concepts, features and business models that may define the future of the mobile social context.

The podcast is available for download or streaming at Mobile Messaging 2.0.  I hope you enjoy the listen.

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MoSoSo Experts Podcast Panel – Twitter, MOKO, JuiceCaster

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I had the chance recently to chat on the phone with Paul Gruber from MOKO, Nick Desai for Juice Wireless, and Biz Stone from Twitter.  The time flew by and I could have talked with these guys for at least another couple of hours on all things mobile and social.  Unfortunately, for me, they all have day jobs and are very busy working out the concepts, features and business models that may define the future of the mobile social context.

The podcast is available for download or streaming at Mobile Messaging 2.0.  I hope you enjoy the listen.

Annoucements

MoSoSo Experts Podcast Panel – Twitter, MOKO, JuiceCaster

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I had the chance recently to chat on the phone with Paul Gruber from MOKO, Nick Desai for Juice Wireless, and Biz Stone from Twitter.  The time flew by and I could have talked with these guys for at least another couple of hours on all things mobile and social.  Unfortunately, for me, they all have day jobs and are very busy working out the concepts, features and business models that may define the future of the mobile social context.

The podcast is available for download or streaming at Mobile Messaging 2.0.  I hope you enjoy the listen.

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Carnival of the Mobilists #85

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Where does the time go?  It’s Monday, so that means Carnival of Mobilists time.  Check out the dog pissing manuver of life’s a beach at Zimzala Paul Ruppert’s Mobile Point View where the CoM #85ebbs and flows this week.

This might help with translation:  Riptionary.com

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You might be paying $1,000 per MB for SMS

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Many mobile prepaid service plans in the US still require a per SMS charge. Most charge for sending and receiving and include a premium charge for sending to other countries. Have you ever sat down to figure out how much you’re really paying for this frictionless and convenient mode of communication?

The Plans

    ATT

  • $.15 send & $.15 receive – domestic
  • $.20 send & $.15 receive – international
  • $4.99 200 message bundle
  • $19.99 unlimited messages
    Verizon

  • $.10 send & $.10 receive domestic to other Verizon phone
  • $.15 send & $.15 receive domestic to other carrier
  • $.25 send & $.10 receive international
  • no bundles
    Sprint/Nextel by Boost Mobile

  • $.10 send & $0 receive
  • $5.00 unlimited messages
    Virgin Mobile MVNO via Sprint

  • $.05 send & $.05 receive
  • $4.99 200 message bundle
  • $1.99 50 message bundle

A Bit of Math

SMS max message size is 160 characters. One character equals one byte. There are 1024 x 1024 or 1,048,576 bytes in 1MB.

So there are 1,048,576 / 160 or 6553.6 SMS messages in 1MB of data.

NOTE: this assumes you use all the characters available in every message which none of us do. Some examples of really short messages show up on my phone frequently like “Ready?” “You home?” “Let’s go.” For illustration purposes and easier math, I’m assuming all 160 characters per message are used.

Calculating message traffic per MB these prepaid subscribers are paying the following rates.

Fun Facts

      ATT

    • $983.04 per 1MB of message data – domestic
    • $1310.72 per 1MB of message data – international
    • $163.84 per 1MB of message data – 200 message bundle

Note the unlimited amount depends on how many are sent, but for illustration lets’s say you sent and received 1000 SMS. You’re per MB charge is $131.07.

    Verizon

  • $655.36 per 1MB of message data – domestic to other Verizon phone
  • $983.04 per 1MB of message data – domestic to other carrier
  • $1638.40 per 1MB of message data – international
  • no bundles
    Sprint/Nextel by Boost Mobile

  • $655.36 per 1MB of message data
  • $32.77 per 1MB of message data (assuming 1000 messages per month)
    Virgin Mobile MVNO via Sprint

  • $327.68 per 1MB of message data
  • $163.84 per 1MB of message data – 200 message bundle
  • $260.83 per 1MB of message data – 50 message bundle

No wonder the Internet is jealous of mobile data! Oh! and Happy 15th to SMS.

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You might be paying $1,000 per MB for SMS

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Many mobile prepaid service plans in the US still require a per SMS charge. Most charge for sending and receiving and include a premium charge for sending to other countries. Have you ever sat down to figure out how much you’re really paying for this frictionless and convenient mode of communication?

The Plans

    ATT

  • $.15 send & $.15 receive – domestic
  • $.20 send & $.15 receive – international
  • $4.99 200 message bundle
  • $19.99 unlimited messages
    Verizon

  • $.10 send & $.10 receive domestic to other Verizon phone
  • $.15 send & $.15 receive domestic to other carrier
  • $.25 send & $.10 receive international
  • no bundles
    Sprint/Nextel by Boost Mobile

  • $.10 send & $0 receive
  • $5.00 unlimited messages
    Virgin Mobile MVNO via Sprint

  • $.05 send & $.05 receive
  • $4.99 200 message bundle
  • $1.99 50 message bundle

A Bit of Math

SMS max message size is 160 characters. One character equals one byte. There are 1024 x 1024 or 1,048,576 bytes in 1MB.

So there are 1,048,576 / 160 or 6553.6 SMS messages in 1MB of data.

NOTE: this assumes you use all the characters available in every message which none of us do. Some examples of really short messages show up on my phone frequently like “Ready?” “You home?” “Let’s go.” For illustration purposes and easier math, I’m assuming all 160 characters per message are used.

Calculating message traffic per MB these prepaid subscribers are paying the following rates.

Fun Facts

      ATT

    • $983.04 per 1MB of message data – domestic
    • $1310.72 per 1MB of message data – international
    • $163.84 per 1MB of message data – 200 message bundle

Note the unlimited amount depends on how many are sent, but for illustration lets’s say you sent and received 1000 SMS. You’re per MB charge is $131.07.

    Verizon

  • $655.36 per 1MB of message data – domestic to other Verizon phone
  • $983.04 per 1MB of message data – domestic to other carrier
  • $1638.40 per 1MB of message data – international
  • no bundles
    Sprint/Nextel by Boost Mobile

  • $655.36 per 1MB of message data
  • $32.77 per 1MB of message data (assuming 1000 messages per month)
    Virgin Mobile MVNO via Sprint

  • $327.68 per 1MB of message data
  • $163.84 per 1MB of message data – 200 message bundle
  • $260.83 per 1MB of message data – 50 message bundle

No wonder the Internet is jealous of mobile data! Oh! and Happy 15th to SMS.