Luke Steele, Samsung Australia’s Partner Manager is going to talk about bada, Samsung’s new mobile operating system. Luke’s going to talk through Samsung’s investment strategy for bada, showcase the bada application market and ecosystem, and of course show off Samsung’s first bada-equipped handset, the Samsung Wave.

Mobile Monday Brisbane is delighted to welcome Samsung as our sponsor for this month’s Mobile Monday.

We also have two terrific local speakers to round out the evening:

Rhys Cooper, from Doo Mobile, will be talking on the challenges of providing accessible solutions for people with disabilities in the mobile market. In particular, his Doo Phone interface – how and why it came about, and the amount of impact something so simple can have on someone’s life.

Finally, Hannah Suarez needs little introduction within Brisbane’s mobile and digital media circles. She is Online Marketing Coordinator for the Brisbane Festival and also runs the website Brisbane Creative Industries. The Brisbane Festival is on throughout September,  and Hannah will talk about the many digital and social media initiatives she’s been undertaking, and in particular will showcase the Brisbane Festival iPhone application.

We hope you will join us for what promises to be a terrific evening of drinks, networking, and all things mobile.

What: Mobile Monday Brisbane
When: Monday, 20th September from 5:45pm (for a 6pm start)
Where: Corner Bar, Exchange Hotel, 131 Edward Street, Brisbane (http://my247.in/v7432)
Cost: Free. Zero. Zip. Zilch. (Drinks included,only if you register using the link below!)
RSVP: Essential!  Click on the Register button below and we look forward to seeing you at Mobile Monday!

Save Monday, July 19th 2010 at 5:45pm (for a 6:00pm start) in your calendars for what promises to be a great evening of networking. We’ll be meeting at a new (for us) venue in the Brisbane CBD – The Exchange Hotel, and hearing presentations from Halfbrick’s Phil Larsen on their iPhone games, My247’s Chris Kettle on the MyMovies  application developed with Liquid Interactive, and TigerSpike’s Oliver Palmer on what’s happening in the mobile future. We’ll be closing the evening with a panel discussion aiming to throw open the doors on the pitfalls (if any) of the AppStore model for developers.

The Corner Bar at the Exchange Hotel

The MM Brisbane team has also cleaned up our contact tools, so on the Contact page you can choose your medium for staying in touch with Mobile Monday announcements via e-mail, LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.

We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be a fun and engaging evening of all things mobile!

Date: Monday, July 19th 2010
Time: 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start
Venue: Exchange Hotel, 131 Edward Street, Brisbane
RSVP: Via Facebook or rsvp@mobilemondaybrisbane.com

Keith is a seasoned internet entrepreneur with over 12 years of innovative software and service development. Before founding MoGeneration Keith was Mobile Technology Manager for News Ltd where he was responsible for mobile platforms, strategy, development and vendor management. Keith helped grow News Ltd’s mobile business from simple SMS services to engaging mobile websites with million’s of page views each month. Keith started working for pioneering web company Netscape in Silicon Valley working on the Navigator browser and later worked for Philips Research and Development where he was granted 2 US patents

Oliver Weidlich – Mobile Customer Experience Specialist, Ideal Interfaces

Oliver draws on a background in psychology, experience in usability and understanding of mobile technology to identify key issues for client business strategy, and customers, and to recommend & design solutions.  He has a wide range of experience evaluating and improving the end-to-end customer experience with mobile devices, portals, applications and content. Oliver has consulted to clients such as; Hutchison, Optus, Telstra, ninemsn, ABC, MySpace and RPO.

As part of the local mobile industry Oliver is playing a key role in the design and project management of the Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index, which looks at mobile content usage in the local market, a project on behalf of the AIMIA Mobile Content Industry Development Group.  He also co-hosts Mobile Monday Sydney, a mobile focused networking night.

In addition, Oliver is a judge, author and speaker on the mobile customer experience.

Keith (@pubzak) and Oliver (@oliverw) will both be presenting in Mobile Monday May 18 at the Riverside Function Room QPAC.  This is a combined event with AIMIA Queensland – first the great debate, followed by some networking drinks, and then the start of Mobile Monday Brisbane.

MoMo Brisbanites will need register for this event!  Don’t forget to use the promo code PLANET.

See you all there!

Mobile Monday Brisbane

“Pick me! Pick  me!  Getting ahead in the Apple App Store”

AIMIA event registration details and links can be found in the previous post. You must register for the AIMIA event to attend MobileMonday Brisbane this month. We hope to see you there!

Please note that MobileMonday members must register for the AIMIA event to attend this month. Event details and registration links are here, or click on the image above.

We hope to see you there!

Click for location and access information.

Nominations are still open so if you wish to present or you know someone who should present then tell the MoMoBne team here .

The event will again be held at i.lab, Level 1, 80 Jephson Street Toowong. (Near Toowong Village and railway station) from 6pm on Monday, April 20th. Please RSVP to rsvp@mobilemondaybrisbane.com by Friday 17th April.

We hope to see you there!

Peter Allison kicked off proceedings with a brief presentation about the i.lab Incubator, our hosts for the evening. i.lab provides it’s clients with professional, smart-office space and support services, helping companies raise capital, access grants and grow their businesses.  In it’s 9th year, i.lab has helped over 95 companies access more than $75 million dollars in capital and grant programs, creating nearly 500 jobs in the process, and is a clear success story for the Queensland Government.

Locatrix Communications CEO Mark White then gave an overview of the recent GSMA Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, from a look at the venue to some of the major announcements (and stolen mobiles!) featured during the congress.

Finally Dale Rankine from Moket showcased a group of Adobe-related announcements from the MWC, including the Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player, the Adobe Mobile Packager, and two programs designed to help mobile developers gain access to funding and distribution for their content: the Flash Lite Developer Challenge, and the Open Screen Fund (run by Adobe and Nokia).

While attendance was less than planned – we expect the rain caused havoc with some transport plans – the meeting was enjoyable and informative. Thanks again to Peter Allison and i.lab for supporting MoMo Brisbane!

The next MoMoBNE event will be held on Monday, April 20th – stay tuned for details.

Agenda-wise we’ll provide an overview of what went down in Barcelona last month at the Mobile World Congress, and then open the floor to a number of demos, discussions, and Q&A about all things mobile.  Afterwards, the discussions can keep going downstairs in the Jaz Bar.  If you’d like to demo or profile a specific mobile product, please drop us a note before the meeting!

Yes, we finally have a website – look for news and meeting announcements to be posted here in coming days.  For now, keep Monday 16th March free (evening) for the next Mobile Monday Brisbane meeting.

Cheers

The MoMoBrisbane Team
mmb-team@mobilemondaybrisbane.com