Some of these solutions can even be embedded on smart cards, enabling simple as well as sophisticated pay as you go from mobile devices such as phones, tablets, on-board units embedded into cars, smart cards embedded into vending machines, toll gates!
Previously, Microsoft and Research in Motion had a stronghold on the enterprise market, but no longer as professionals go mobile with the iPad and want alternatives to the Blackberry.
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Facebook also has been scrambling to go mobile in its app and mobile site and in its advertising as people increasingly access the service from smartphones and tablets.
Mobile commerce is a convenient way of shopping as people carry their mobile devices everywhere they go.
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Scan-as-you-go mobile devices are a logical next step after the self-checkout lanes that are now common in big food and drug chain stores.
Google has rolled out applications that enhance shopping on-the-go including indoor maps as well as mobile coupons and targeted local search with rich data such as inventory, store hours, and consumer reviews.
In another financing solution, Simpa Networks provides solar power in rural India on a pay-as-you-go service through mobile payments.
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But as you go down, take the mobile communications market -- you have digital cellular phones, cordless, pagers, all sorts of PDAs.
Interesting to see some innovation in voice service, as some wireline customers drop service and go mobile only.
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"As mobile advertising evolves, solutions need to go beyond the standard ad banner to drive consumer engagement, " said David Staas, President of JiWire.
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Virgin Mobile's pay-as-you-go plan, for example, costs 10 cents a minute if you buy 200 minutes, but only five cents a minute if you order 1, 000.
The result is the creation of a well-executed service such as HBO GO that offers video on demand through mobile devices but requires authentication of a full cable subscription.
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But now the payoff could be strong and soon, especially as we go into tax season next year and the mobile revolution remains in the growth phase.
One in three global purchases on eBay involve a mobile touch point, and the growing popularity of mobile devices as Internet access points could see the ratio go up in the coming years.
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The Crusader was scheduled to go into service in 2008 as the Army's next generation of mobile artillery to replace the aging Paladin system.
Since most Indian consumers pay for cellular and mobile data service on a pay-as-you-go basis, Peeks there will be offered on a prepaid basis, as well as by monthly subscription.
While the survey finds cost control as the major impetus to adopt cloud applications (17 percent say so), speed of application deployment (14 percent) and mobile access (13 percent) also rate as reasons to go to cloud.
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As such a new company that is very designed oriented with their catalogue, I am very impressed with their growth, both in sales and user acquisition, and I think they have a great opportunity with mobile if they continue to go after it right by making the purchase as seamless as possible.
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For the first time, Ofcom has divided mobile complaints into two categories - pay-as-you-go and contract customers.
As of Oct. 14, existing Boost Mobile customers simply go to www.boostmobile.com or call 1-888-BOOST-4U to sign up for Shrinkage.
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The company wants its app to be the go-to mobile app for people to find nearby businesses, using their friends as a filter.
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Instead, recognize that mobile devices require specifically-designed content and fresh go-to-market tactics, as well.
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If you want to go deeper, now or later, Twitter facilitates the process nicely via its mobile and desktop platforms as well as extensions such as TweetDeck .
As a means to enable quick transactions and improve livelihoods and fuel economic development, mobile money will go a long way in providing financial services to the unbanked population and empower the individual to store and manage their funds.
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