The event was a huge success with lots of positive talk about mobile technology. Most were upbeat about infrastructure and services emerging as a result of mobile and wireless being in the spotlight. There were quite a few startups at the event to show their stuff. Part of the format was to give each companies, 6 minutes of stage time to demo their product or service. Here are some notable companies:
Avvenu is a free service that lets business users and consumers securely access their office and home computers directly from their web-enabled mobile device or laptop computer. In addition to accessing their own content, Avvenu users can quickly and securely share access to their content with colleagues, friends and family. Avvenu users can securely access important documents when traveling, share pictures while still on vacation or distribute large files to colleagues – in seconds.They won the Best of Mobile Technology Award at the event. I like this service, but wondering how the shake out with out MeToo plays will follow their trend.
Lumitrend offers the first complete online backup solution for the cell phone, ensuring your data is never lost and allows unlimited customization without storage space limitations or requiring a plug-in to sync. The company has three products, CellBackup, RingVault, and cellSynx is a full suite to support your most personal and value gadget–your mobile phone.Personally, being able to backup your phone’s content will become more and more important as we further our reliance on mobile devices to power our lifestyle.
mophone allows you to find, share and manage all your mobile stuff. Users can upload and store all their photos, ringtones and games to their personal “locker” and then access it on their mobile phone. It also lets you share the latest, hot mobile content by connecting with your friends, creating private groups or by meeting other mobile users from around the world on the mophone network.We’ll have to see whether Avvenu or mophone has a better business model. I’m also wondering what the revenue share looks like between mophone and the carrier–perhaps a hybrid on the “Walled Garden” model.
scanR helps you capture and share documents and whiteboards. It uses advanced imaging technologies to convert pictures into readable PDF files and faxes. Good camera phones can take decent photos of babies, pets and sunsets, but are not designed for scanning. scanR is an innovative service that turns your camera phone into a scanner, copier and fax.I saw scanR before at another mobile event. Expanding beyond faxing with their whiteboard offering, I’m hoping this is one of the “ground-swell” services that will enable MMS to be cheaper. I think picture sharing might be more popular than business document scanning, but nonetheless I do like the possiblities!
Transforming Windows XP based PCs and laptops into personal on-the-go digital TVs, the Slingboxâ„¢ allows individuals anywhere-anytime access to their own living room television experience with no additional monthly service fees. Enabling consumers to watch their cable, satellite, or digital video recorder (DVR) programming from wherever they are, the Slingbox turns any Internet-connected laptop or desktop PC into a personal TV.I heard about the Slingbox a little while ago. Now I’m hearing ads on the radio and it’s made headlines everywhere. The only negative thing now is when i travel, will I clog up the hotel or Internet cafes net connection trying to catch up on reality TV, Sports games, and other shows I aleady don’t have time to watch! I can’t wait for the Slingplayer so I don’t have to potentially carry the Slingbox around. I already don’t have room in my luggage with all the extra mobile devices and extra laptop I carry to conferences and tradeshows! Related Posts:
