blog.msurveys.com

From that same AOL survey (see last post), an article from ClickZ focussing on the results re. mobile IM.

A couple of posts (and links) from Duncan Lamb's blog, talking about the AOL IM survey:

AOL's Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey Shows Instant Messaging Has Gone Mainstream

AOL Instant Messaging Survey Lights The Way For New Marketing Opportunities

from CNET News

There's an interesting list of mobile social software applications at elastic space

One example, http://www.mamjam.com, looks very interesting - a location-based chat application via SMS. Which makes me wonder yet again why no-one seems to have started thinking about taking advantage of the location aspect for survey data collection (e.g. ask people questions when they enter a certain location like a museum, shop, airport etc..). Privacy concerns loom large here, of course, and maybe this is the main hindrance for doing something like this in practice - opting-in processes etc. making the whole thing too complex?

The MSN webmessenger beta site seems to be up now, and more reliable...
I haven't spent much time with it yet, but on first impressions looks rather nice.

From InfoWorld:

REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp. plans to deliver a new version of its popular MSN Messenger client by mid-2005 that will let users create a more customized instant messaging (IM) experience, the company said last week.

... more in the link above.

HPs new iPaq h6315 switches automatically between WiFi and GPRS/GSM, depending on what's available... these machines should be able to be always connected, and always automatically use the fastest/cheapest means of connection.

With handhelds like these now appearing, is there still a point in off-line CAPI solutions?