Sometimes software testing can be an arduous exercise. But occasionally, when you have the opportunity to launch a web and mobile pizza ordering system, it’s a rewarding process.

I read an interesting post from Steve Song earlier entitled “Why SMS in Africa” which outlines why SMS will remain relevant in the African context for some time to come. I agree with Steve that both IP and non-IP technologies should be considered but want to elaborate on the challenges SMS-based service face.
Naturally, through our [...]

For some time, we’ve had an ambition to leverage the platform provided by Mobile Researcher to do more than simply collect data. We felt that the ability for ordinary mobile phone users to download and use the mobile application provided a great opportunity to involve them in something significant.

Back in 2006, we began work on a solution for conducting surveys using low end mobile phones to assist a South African NGO – the Health Systems Trust – with a rural research project. The solution could not rely on stable network connectivity and needed to support surveys of significant length and complexity.

The MobileActive08 conference, due to take place between 13 and 15 October in Johannesburg, South Africa will bring together a wide spectrum of stakeholders to explore, discuss, debate and discover methods to “unlock the potential of mobile technology for social impact”.

WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. As the definition states, WAP is in fact a protocol or standard which has many different facets to it. The most common use of the protocol is in the production of “WAP sites” or mobile websites. Traditionally, WAP sites were created using a language called WML (Wireless Markup Language) [...]

SMS stands for Short Message Service. Almost anyone who owns a mobile phone is comfortable with SMS (even George from the Vodacom adverts). Billions of SMS messages are sent each year where the majority are sent from one person to another. When one looks at leveraging SMS for mobile service delivery, one usually considers the [...]

So, you’ve established that you need to embrace the future and take your business, product or service mobile. That’s a good start. But how do you deliver your content to your users – be they staff, customers or other businesses? There are a number of techniques available – all which fall under the banner of [...]