Apple rumours – Is there a mini iPad on the way?

CultOfMac have reported on the possibility of a highly anticipated iPad mini. It certainly makes sense to me that this device should exist and I agree with the points made by Ewan over at Mobile Industry Review: “The difference between using an iPhone and using an iPad is quite dramatic. I do actually want a mid-sized iPad. [...]

Nokia is looking into haptic tattoos to help you feel who’s calling

Patents. There are strange ones, very vague ones, obvious ones… and then there are those which can be labeled as borderline creepy. This is one of those cases. Not satisfied with just getting its own flavor of slide-to-unlock patented, Nokia wants to take haptic feedback to a level you haven’t previously encountered [...]

Consumers Prefer Mobile, Marketers Prefer Print

With all of the talk about “this is the year of mobile”, it’s a shame to see that marketers still aren’t seeing the potential. Mobile devices now account for 10% of daily media consumption, and yet less than 1% of ad spend goes towards mobile as a channel. On the flip side, print media accounts [...]

MightyText – calls & texts from Android to PC in real time

via Engadget: Have you ever missed an extremely important phone call or text because you were too busy finishing those TPS reports on your personal computing machine? There’s a Chrome add-on for that. We went hands-on with a new extension (and accompanying Android app) called MightyText, a free notification service launched today that syncs your phone’s texts [...]

Google Wallet

via New Media Age: Google Wallet takes mobile marketing to the next level Google Wallet and its use of NFC to allow both voucher transmission and redemption signals a new era for the discipline of mobile marketing. Near-fields communications (NFC)…