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Opportunity Knocks

It seems like everywhere you look, someone is using a smartphone of some sort. In fact, I don’t think I know anyone in New York who doesn’t have at least one; more often than not, they have two. This interesting graphic puts things in perspective; even with the spectacular growth of Android and iOS, nearly 70% of the nearly 300 million mobile subscribers are still using dumb phones. I would have thought it would be the other way around. Can you say opportunity?

BlackBerry Etiquette

I’ve made it big!

I was recently interviewed by the New York Times about “smartphone etiquette” in this day and age. The main question was whether or not I thought it was acceptable to type away in meetings. As you might imagine, I had an opinion on this and one of my observations made the cut in the published article. Check me out here: Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners.

Update: The Wall Street Journal picks up on the etiquette theme and takes it one step further in “Your Blackberry or Your Wife.” Good read.