I’d like to start off by saying that everyone here at MobileActive is honored to host this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists. There is a lot of great reading ahead – 15 stories that run the gamut from SMS activism campaigns to mobile tech reviews to predictions on the future of mobile.
But before we get started, I want to announce that MobHappy has launched a mobilist mobile RSS reader (that’s a tongue twister!). If you haven’t already signed up for the reader, head on over to the Carnival website or MobHappy and sign up to receive stories from the top mobilist contributors on your phone.
Also, don’t forget to vote for the best post of July. The kind folks over at Khosla Ventures award $250 to the best post of the month, so please make your selection soon.
And now it's time for the Carnival.
Shibuya Epiphany at SmartMobs points to a Washington Post article on how cell phones are changing the way that people protest and are flipping the power from tight-fisted regimes back to the people.
Justin Oberman writes at MOpocket about a new SMS campaign that registers women to vote and provides them with voting information.
Speaking of SMS campaigns, this week MobileActive points to an SMS campaign that uses storytelling to raise awareness of teen homelessness in the United States.
Xen Mendelsohn at Xellular Identity reports that Israelis can now text in Zlango, a mobile language that replaces words with icons and symbols, and weighs in on why it might just catch on.
Over at Keitai, Steph has written up what it takes to be computer literate and mobile literate, and how those two compare.
Russell Buckley at MobHappy alerts us to the new venture TextMarks that takes a unique approach on SMS short codes by focusing on user created content.
On his Mobility Weblog, C. Enrique Ortiz shares his thoughts on the domain type .mobi and why it will cause more harm than good for mobile browsing.
Martin Sauter comments on his Mobile Technology Page how mobile websites sponsored by large companies can be a victory for the website, the companies, and the mobile web.
Barry Welford of StayGoLinks makes the case that the buzz around mobile marketing is valid in part because it stands out from other types of marketing because it reaches people in a very personal and customized way.
At TamsPalm, Tam Hanna interviews former podcaster and editorial writer Jeff Kirvin and asks him about pdas and what he’s been up to since he took a step back from the mobile community.
David Beers at Software Everywhere gives his Top 10 Things for Developers to Love About ALP (Besides the Fact That It's Linux) after being inspired by what he saw at PalmSource Developer Day.
Matthew Miller of The Mobile Gadgeteer reviews the new HTC TyTN pda and finds it excellent, albeit expensive.
Dennis from the Wap Review tells us about ZooVision, a mobile video streaming website that might just foretell the future of mobile video.
Kevin Evans on Kevin's Mobile Industry Commentary writes about Sprint’s decision to develop a WIMAX network in England and why jumping to a 4G system makes economic sense.
And in my pick for post of the week, Scott Shaffer from The Pondering Primate predicts that Google will soon dominate the world of mobile barcodes (QRcode) by focusing on users instead of the advertisers. Will people everywhere soon be able to generate their own QRcodes to put on their business cards, yard sale posters, and take out menus?
Happy reading! Don’t miss next week’s Carnival of the Mobilists, which is taking place next Monday over at 3 Lib.
