Nov 17, 2008

Hot Mobile Startup Ideas From Industry Top Designers

The rapid evolution of the cell phone is destine to change our lives the way the Internet has since the public flood gates opened a decade ago.

So what imaginative applications are already doing this? Here's the answer, according to a panel of industry designers at the Mobilize conference in San Francisco (pictured):

Jyri Engestrom, an entrepreneur at Google: In Finland, Finnair will send an SMS message when a plane is late and let passengers check in by SMS. People also pay for parking and the tram with SMS.

Jason Devitt, CEO of Skydeck: The Peak e-mail device is a single-purpose handheld for mobile e-mail. "I don't know how successful they will be," says Devitt, but the user experience is interesting.

Jeff Taylor, a director of global marketing at Hutchison Whampoa: the Loopt location-aware service finds friends and places, and is "grounded in the real world of normal behavior."

Rachel Hinman, mobile design strategist at Adaptive Path: Twitter's communication service extends from computer to cell phone and is "like a little present from a friend."

By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
(Image credit: TechFever Network)

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