Mobile Groove

This week the Carnival of the Mobilists – the weekly line-up of the best blogs and bloggers on all things mobile – comes to us via Caroline Lewko and WIPConnector. The new site consolidates all of the sites– including the blog, WIPJam information – into one destination and invaluable resource for developers. Please redirect any links you have to the new URL.

The line-up of blogs includes two blogs from COM veteran Volker Hirsh: a progress report on freemium models and a look at the differences between the Web, the Mobile Web and Apps. Are some forms of information and information retrieval better suited to the Web (Internet)? Are some best when we have them on our devices? And is Touch a “game-changer”? Read on and find out.

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This week the Carnival of the Mobilists (COM) brings the best of mobile blogging to Volker Hirsch over at Volker on Mobile. Regular Mobilists – including Russell Buckley from MobHappy, Mark Jaffe from Mobile Mandala, Andy Favell from mobiThinking and WIP Jam — submitted a thought-provoking selection of posts.

How can/should brands monetize our passion? What happens when cloud computing shifts app development to the Web? Will Amazon have to offer us an in-store experience? And how do the mobile ad networks really stack up? Read on and find out!

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A warm welcome to Ernst Doku over at Omio, a major mobile phone comparison site, who makes his debut today hosting the first COM of the new decade. Despite the holiday slowdown, Mobilists (including Ajit Jaokar, Chetan Sharma and Antoine RJ Wright) have submitted an excellent selection of posts on topics ranging from mobile cloud computing to the results of a comprehensive survey of mobile executives and influencers detailing 2010 mobile trends. You can check out the best in mobile blogging this week here.

Speaking of trends, the Netsize Guide, the mobile industry analysis I have been commissioned to write for the third consecutive year, will also showcase a surprising pick of trends and stats. Netsize, a global commerce and communications solutions providers and MSG partner, has conducted a survey of over 1,000 mobile professionals to identify key trends and drivers behind developments including the adoption of mobile apps, mobile commerce, mobile advertising and social networks. The results will be released in the run up to Mobile World Congress (and appear as data points throughout the Netsize Guide, which is officially launched in Barcelona), so watch this space.

Mobile platforms, app stores, acquisitions and banking are the posts headlining at the Carnival of the Mobilists #202, which is hosted this week by Mobile Strategy Blog, a site dedicated to understanding and navigating the mobile ecosystem.

I encourage you to explore the content contributed by COM regulars and newcomers including MOPocket (bursting back on the scene after a long break with an in-depth look at Windows Mobile 6.5.1 and an exclusive briefing with Microsoft) and David Eads (a newcomer with a fresh new analysis recent developments in Canada’s mobile banking space.

Jamie Wells over at Mobilestance.com has the honor of hosting a truly milestone Carnival of the Mobilists (COM) this week. The roundup of the very best in mobile blogging counts 200 (!) posts since it was founded in 2005 by expert mobile-watchers including Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino over at MobHappy. (Long before Russell took the helm as VP Global Alliances at AdMob and Carlo launched his successful career as an independent consultant/analyst and, more recently, MSG contributor.)

I am elated that my in-depth analysis of the AdMob acquisition by Google has been chosen as the pick of the week. As Jamie put it: “Of the three [posts about the acquisition], Peggy really nails it with a thorough analysis and first rate news gathering.” Great to know that my take on the acquisition and the potential impact on our mobile advertising and mobile search is so well-received. Check it out and join the conversation at COM #200.

But before we dive into this week’s line-ups of posts from bloggers, pundits and practitioners, allow me to thank Judy Breck, the “Keeper of the Tents” at the Carnival of the Mobilists. She is stepping down