Mobius USA 2003 conference finished
October 10, 2003 [General] | By anonymous 1.
UPDATED: now ROI for Microsoft added (ROI = Return On Investment).
Mobius invite-only conference is a public relations gig,
... conceived to spread positive knowledge about new Microsoft products, here specifically about Windows Mobile products like Pocket PC and Smartphone. Participants are mostly bloggers writing about PDAs or cell phones and also (sometimes) some small number of professional journalists - shortly speaking: editors or webmasters of websites about these topics.
Selection of participants of this conference is not based on some objective criteria, but on personal preferences and handpicking of some Microsoft employees (we know their names, but we donīt reveal them). To put some objectivity into this context we present below also Alexa ranking of each web site (the smaller the Alexa ranking value, the more popular given web site is; read more about Alexa traffic ranking here). Please note: "ROI for Microsoft" means "Return On Invesment" in paying for given participantīs journey, stay attractions, hotel and a bag of gifts.
List of participatns of Mobius Redmond 2003 conference (in order of popularity of their websites):
- Eric Levine, editor, employee of Microsoft
Web site: Microsoft, Windows Mobile
ROI for Microsoft: very high; he gathers information to make Windows Mobile sites better
Traffic rank of the website: 8 (more details here)
Profile of the website: Microsoftīs web site about Windows Mobile - Pocket PC and Smartphone.
- Joel Evans, owner and editor
ROI for Microsoft: medium; rationale: high traffic site but Geek.com is not covering mainly Microsoft mobiles, but also other; Geek.comīs reports from the conference are usually small
Web site: Geek.com
Report from the conference: here and here
Traffic rank of the website: 10,043 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about all geeky stuff.
- Matthew Miller (also known as "palmsolo"), editor
Web site: Geek.com
ROI for Microsoft: medium; rationale: high traffic site but Geek.com is not covering mainly Microsoft mobiles, but also other; Geek.comīs reports from the conference are usually small
Report from the conference: here and here
Traffic rank of the website: 10,043 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about all geeky stuff; Matthew writes for PDA / cell phone section.
- Jorgen Sundgot, editor
Web site: infoSync World
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ROI for Microsoft: medium; rationale: high traffic site but InfoSync is not covering mainly Microsoft mobiles, but also other; InfoSync also is NEVER publishing reports from the Mobius
Traffic rank of the website: 11,627 (more details here)
Profile of the website: news and articles about mobile phones and PDAs.
- Jason Dunn, owner and editor
Web site: Pocket PC Thoughts
ROI for Microsoft: very high; rationale: web site specialized in Pocket PC and Smartphones, good coverage of both platforms
Traffic rank of the website: 11,859 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about Pocket PC devices and software but also presenting several anti-Microsoft opinions and non-Microsoft devices
- Andreas Sjostrom, editor
Web site: Pocket PC Thoughts
ROI for Microsoft: very high; rationale: web site specialized in Pocket PC and Smartphones, good coverage of both platforms
Traffic rank of the website: 11,859 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about Pocket PC devices and software but also presenting several anti-Microsoft opinions and non-Microsoft devices
- Rich Brome, owner and editor
ROI for Microsoft: medium; rationale: web site covering all cell phones; no focus on Microsoft mobiles; PhoneScoop.comīs reports from the conference are small in size
Web site: PhoneScoop.com
Traffic rank of the website: 13,896 (more details here)
Profile of the website: website specialized in news and specifications of all possible cell phones.
- Ryan Kairer, owner and editor
ROI for Microsoft: 0 (zero). No news items about Microsoft mobiles, no reports from the conference.
Web site: Palm Infocenter
Traffic rank of the website: 14,927 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about Palm OS powered PDAs and phones
- Paul Matt, owner and editor
Web site: ThreeGMobile.net
ROI for Microsoft: very high - despite the fact that this site covers also other cellphones. Very good and extensive reports from the conference. Allows for better coverage of Microsoft mobiles in upcoming news stories. Facilitates entry of Microsoft phones into Chinese market.
Report from the conference: here
Traffic rank of the website: 17,636 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about all cell phones - mainly photo reviews. This site has also big part (more than 50%?) in Chinese language.
- Paul OīBrien, owner and editor
Web site: MoDaCo
ROI for Microsoft: very high. Rationale: good coverage of the conference and direct support to thousands of forum members.
Report from the conference: here
Traffic rank of the website: 24,386 (more details here)
Profile of the website: the best Microsoft smartphone discussion forum on this planet; it has also Smartphone-related news section.
- Dale Coffing, owner and editor
Web site: Pocket PC Passion
ROI for Microsoft: very high. Facilitates entry of Microsoft smartphone into US market.
Report from the conference: here and here
Traffic rank of the website: 24,755 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about Pocket PC devices, lately covering also Microsoft smartphones.
- Peter Rojas, owner and editor
Web site: Gizmodo
ROI for Microsoft: medium. Gizmodo usually doesnīt make reports from the conference.
Traffic rank of the website: 25,162 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about all gadgets and gizmos, including PDAs and cell phones. Our favorite gizmo mentioned there: a British-made car that can sweem.
- Julie Strietelmeier, owner and editor
ROI for Microsoft: high. Puts more Microsoft mobiles on the reviewing map of this popular reviewing site.
Web site: the gadgeteer
Traffic rank of the website: 27,986 (more details here)
Profile of the website: cute website containing reliable reviews of various gadgets and accessories.
- Wes Salmon, editor
Web site: PDA Buzz
ROI for Microsoft: high. Allows for better coverage of Microsoft PDAs at this site.
Traffic rank of the website: 32,879 (more details here)
Profile of the website: news about PDAs.
- Lisa Gade, owner and editor
ROI for Microsoft: low. No reports from the conference combined with not too big traffic results.
Web site: PDA Buyerīs Guide
Traffic rank of the website: 42,440 (more details here)
Profile of the website: PDA reviews.
- Howard Chui, owner and editor
Web site: HowardChui.com
ROI for Microsoft: medium. Good coverage of Microsoft mobiles but low-traffic site.
Traffic rank of the website: 54,741 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about all cell phones.
- Rafe Blandford, owner and editor
Web site: All About Symbian
ROI for Microsoft: NEGATIVE (less than zero). This website never publishes reports from the conference and is always spreading hostile anti-Microsoft propaganda. Besides this it is a low traffic website.
Traffic rank of the website: 67,580 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about Symbian cell phones; contains many hostile anti-Microsoft propaganda
- Lee Chee-Wee, owner and editor
Web site: PPCSG.com
ROI for Microsoft: very low. Low traffic website.
Report from the conference: here
Traffic rank of the website: 72,299 (more details here)
Profile of the website: news about Pocket PC.
- representative of The Feature, editor, employee of Nokia
Web site: The Feature (publication owned, financed and controlled by Nokia)
ROI for Microsoft: NEGATIVE (less than zero). This website never publishes reports from the conference and is always spreading hostile anti-Microsoft propaganda. Besides this it is a low traffic website.
Traffic rank of the website: 85,861 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about wireless (mainly cell phone) industry. Hostile anti-Microsoft propaganda machine, that
pretends to be a portal for wireless industry but is in reality an encrypted advertisement engine for Nokia.
- Jenneth Orantia, owner and editor
Web site: jenneth.info
ROI for Microsoft: positive but extremely low. Extremely low traffic website.
Report from the conference: here and here
Traffic rank of the website: 338,235 (more details here)
Profile of the website: about Pocket PC devices, Microsoft smartphones and Palm PDAs
Just for the sake of completeness: Alexa Traffic Rank for msmobiles.com is 37,079 as you can observe here and msmobiles.com was not invited. If you would notice, that some information above is missing or incorrect - please contact us through the web form or through e-mail.
To see participants of previous Mobius conference (Mobius Europe 2003) click here.
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