15 Quotes by Mark Donovan

For most mainstream consumers I don't think they've had the option to have an application like this before.

Live Ticker fits in well with how people use mobile phones. The PointCast-type model makes a lot more sense on a mobile phone than it does on a (desktop) computer.

Live Ticker fits in well with how people use mobile phones, ... The PointCast-type model makes a lot more sense on a mobile phone than it does on a (desktop) computer.

We're not too far away from the point where we're going to clash trying to share the Internet space. But we won't try and break news at the expense of it being the lead story on the 11 o'clock news. They still reach a mass audience.

What's very elegant about what they've done is they've made it possible for me to search a wide range of information using just my thumb and a single button on the phone.

Every major consumer brand and media property is embracing mobile.

Consumers' willingness to pay for mobile media presents a substantial market opportunity for converged digital media services. Companies that are developing digital media distribution businesses could see real profit from a sound mobile music strategy.

AOL owes its strong position in the mobile domain to its ability to provide seamless access to AIM buddy lists on handsets through an elegantly designed service and its strong relationships with mobile carriers. Its challenge is to demonstrate that it can use AIM as the foundation to engage users with a broader base of services, much as it is seeking to do on the desktop by opening access to its portal and e-mail services and linking these with AIM.

This data indicates that digital media consumers want to access their media from their phones, across a multitude of platforms. There is clearly demand for converged mobile devices among those who lead a digital lifestyle to enhance, not necessarily replace, their existing digital media devices.