Startup Night promises a great evening of networking and discussion of mobile startups in and around Brisbane. RSVP now to secure your place – and remember it’s FREE!

So join us on Monday, May 16th from 6:00pm at our usual venue – Brisbane’s Exchange Hotel – for an evening of mobile insights, networking, and valuable talks. Use the link below to register.

Mobile Monday Brisbane is pleased to announce our first-ever demo night. Instead of speakers, our April 18th meeting will consist of 8-10 local developers showing their wares via three-minute demonstration sessions. There will be questions, answers, and at the end of the night the audience will vote for the best demo of the evening.

Come join us for what promises to again be an inspiring gathering of the local mobile community.

Note: If you’re interested in participating, be quick – we need you to e-mail us by April 4th with a description of your demo, it’s current development status, and any special equipment or network access you need to show it off.

Thanks as always to our sponsors Mogeneration, also Locatrix and My247 for their continuing support.

QUT’s Dr Dian Tjondronegoro, head of the Mobile Devices Lab kicked off the meeting with a presentation on Branded Applications, the growth of smartphones and strategies that developers can employ to help their mobile applications demonstrate value.

Then two terrific local success stories – Mike Boyd of Cupstart shared his story of launching a mobile service from scratch in just a few months, followed by Chris Kettle’s insightful view of just what happens when your application (in this case the brilliant MyMovies application) makes it to the front page of a category on Apple’s AppStore. Mike’s enthusiasm and passion for good coffee was infectious as described the process of launching a new business from scratch, while Chris was able to describe the statistics behind finding yourself in a prominent position on the AppStore, and how it affects business outcomes. Well done to both of these Brisbane mobile entrepreneurs.

To close the evening, Mark White from Locatrix shed some light on a successful grant application under the new Commercialisation Australia funding programs, answering many questions from budding business builders in the audience.

Thanks again to our speakers, and also to our wonderful venue, the Exchange Hotel’s Corner Bar. Next month we will hold our first Demo Night – stay tuned for details and keep Monday April 18th free in your calendar!

Click here to register – it’s free and includes drinks and networking with Brisbane’s mobile elite.

We hope to see you there!

Leading the way will be Chris Daley, Product Development Manager for MNet Group. MNet represents the 2009 merger of Brisbane’s own Mercury Mobility and Adelaide’s mNet Corporation. Both companies were founded in 2001 and have been key drivers of the local mobile internet industry. The merger secured connectivity across the mobile ecosystem and made Mnet Australia’s leading mobile solutions company.

With exclusive insights from the Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index (AMPLI) study, Chris will plot the advance of the mobile Internet, and talk about what to expect from devices and platforms in 2011, as well as emerging capabilities and new opportunities for the coming 12 months. It promises to be an evening not to be missed!

Thanks to our sponsor for the evening MNet Group – and we look forward to seeing you there.

Tom Adams from mogeneration began proceedings with a presentation about Oomph, their mobile magazine publishing system. Then QPay’s Greg Walter showcased their mobile payments system – being deployed with some success by the likes of Visa and Westpac. Finally, Wearehunted’s David Novokavic presented their MySpace music application on the iPad. As usual, the evening ended with Brisbane’s best mobile networking over a few drinks.

Thanks again to Greg and QPay for sponsoring our October meeting. And don’t forget the Mobile Movember initiative! Helpmake Brisbane’s mobile community the leading fundraiser of all the Mobile Monday chapters in Australia!

Next month we’ll be MoMo’ing again on the 15th, with the ixmasparty on Wednesday 17th. Stay tuned to the mailing list for all the details.

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!

Guests were treated to three engaging speakers, from mobile developers who took the “Just Do It” theme to heart by talking about real-world, deployed mobile projects.

First speaker was Stephen Kelly, from SJK Consulting, who spoke about their Jobs to Crews (J2C) product, which has been deployed by a major water management authority to help manage the Queensland water grid. Stephen spoke about the benefits of using the mobile handset to locate, diagnose, and help fix issues with the grid in real-time, across a distributed labour force.

Next was Sherwin Huang, Interaction Designer from Locatrix. Sherwin spoke about the recent Sushi Plane campaign from Telstra, and how they used the Inspired location-content engine and Layar to create an Augmented Reality game. There were also amusing stories about the Japanese-style challenges the contestants endured in Tokyo last week. Keep an eye out for footage on Telstra’s Sushi Plane website shortly.

Finally, Ben Novakovic from We Are Hunted spoke about a personal project, Tweete.net. A lightweight Twitter client, Ben spoke about the challenges (and solutions) to building and supporting a site that provides over 3 million page views per day, primarily from South Asia.

The MoMoBNE team ran a mobile survey the morning after the event, and we will post the results from than shortly, but thanks are due to our speakers as well as The Exchange Hotel, which again proved what a difference a terrific venue makes.

Next month’s event details were also announced: see you on September 20th (RSVP Details coming soon!)