Mobile publishing

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Mobile publishing is the act of making something public through mobile phones.

One advantage for publishers is the ease of adding the cost of downloading content to the users' phone bills. Mobile music revenues (mostly from ringtones) amounted to $400m in 2005. [1]

The arrival of more powerful telecoms networks such as 3G has enabled video publishing to mobile phones using tools such as FORscene. Video can be downloaded over the air, and once downloaded can be distributed virally over the phones' Bluetooth connections.

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[edit] Examples

  • Text: mainstream broadcasters publish news and other reports on mobile phones by text messaging. [2]
  • Ringtones: many operators provide ring tones for a fee. [3]
  • Wallpapers: operators provide wallpapers for a fee. But there are also many sites where they can be received for free [4]
  • Video: organisations can now publish promotional content on mobile phones. [5]

[edit] Examples of Direct to Consumer US Mobile Publishers

  • Jamba / Jamster : [6]
  • Thumbplay :[7]
  • Dada : [8]
  • Buongiorno : [9]

And many more...

[edit] Examples of Mobile Web Publishing Providers

And many more ...

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Register
  2. ^ Sky News
  3. ^ cellular.co.za
  4. ^ Mobile Park
  5. ^ Cellular News
  6. ^ Jamba
  7. ^ Thumplay
  8. ^ Dada
  9. ^ B!
  10. ^ Crisp Wireless
  11. ^ Peperonity
  12. ^ Quattro Wireless
  13. ^ Mostyle
  14. ^ Mowser
  15. ^ MoFuse
  16. ^ MoMac
  17. ^ Mippin