QR Codes for Marketers or Consumers?

Quick-Response codes are a great mobilizing idea — in theory. However, according to Forrester Research, only 5% of Americans who own mobile phones report actually ever scanning one in the last three months. Those that did, tended to be the young, affluent, male, early-adopter demographic. So who are QR codes for — marketers or consumers?!

4 January 2012 by Justin Shameless News

Mobile App vs Mobile Web

To App or Not to App? The debate between developing lower-cost mobile websites versus a higher-cost mobile application is contentious. A mobile website can render on all devices but doesn’t get full access to local tools like GPS, the camera, accelerometers, etc. So which way is the mobile world leaning: app, website, or something in between?

15 December 2011 by Justin Shameless News

Don’t Cut Mobile Corners

Transitioning from the loosey goose world of the desktop web to the small, but ubiquitous screen of the mobile in haste, and with many cut corners, has spelled disaster for many. With just seconds to get a mobile user’s attention, an intrusive interface and slow-loading video will turn users off — pun intended.

1 December 2011 by Jenee Shameless News

JDMobile Gets an Upgrade

Although, not the most advanced piece of technology, JDM’s mobile site alternative (code named ‘JDMobile’) does sport some neat features released today. Check out this and other mobile technologies savvy digital agencies useing to break down barriers and use these ubiquitous devices to their fullest.

17 November 2011 by Jenee Shameless News

Siri. The End of the Mobile Beginning.

In each iPhone release there has always been one feature that steals the show. This iteration, it’s Siri. Siri will represent the end of the beginning of mobile as we know it. Can you be apart of it?

20 October 2011 by Andy Shameless News

QR Codes Gone Too Far?

QR Codes, or quick response codes are a type of 2D bar code used by smart phones to scan and pull up a coded web address. In recent months, perhaps QR codes have gone too far…

27 September 2011 by Justin Shameless News

GoToMeeting Goes Mobile

GoToMeeting is a web-meeting service that allows unlimited online meetings for up to 15 people for about $50/month. Recently, GoToMeeting has gone mobile publishing two mobile apps (one for Android and one for Apple’s iOS for iPhone). What do the nerds at JDM think? Read on.

7 September 2011 by Justin Shameless News