Comments on: Numobiq Raises $4.5 Million A Round To Prove That The Network Is the Cell Phone http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:29 -0800 hourly 1 By: Kihbord http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-1979273 Kihbord Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:24:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/#comment-1979273 I hope that what they are offering is some innovative world changing solution because the have their work cut out for them. They'd have to get the support of developers to use their environment / platform to gain market share and if 4.5 million is any indication -- that's even less than half of what Google is spending (10 million) for the Android developer challenge. I hope that what they are offering is some innovative world changing solution because the have their work cut out for them.

They’d have to get the support of developers to use their environment / platform to gain market share and if 4.5 million is any indication — that’s even less than half of what Google is spending (10 million) for the Android developer challenge.

]]> By: Scott Rafer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-1978465 Scott Rafer Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:17:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/#comment-1978465 Q: Why did you invest in Numobiq? A: Because I think isen.com is nonsense. We'll have to agree to disagree. Q: Why did you invest in Numobiq?

A: Because I think isen.com is nonsense.

We’ll have to agree to disagree.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-1977918 Stuart Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:12:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/#comment-1977918 Native applications are just snappier. If they can make the user experience better with commodity HW, they will do well. It just doesn't seem likely. It's as if they didn't learn the lessons from the past. Java is great in the enterprise for the sole reason that the number of libraries out is enormous. They will have to play nice with symbian, winmo, os x, and android (and the horrible brew). Good luck to them. Native applications are just snappier. If they can make the user experience better with commodity HW, they will do well. It just doesn’t seem likely. It’s as if they didn’t learn the lessons from the past. Java is great in the enterprise for the sole reason that the number of libraries out is enormous. They will have to play nice with symbian, winmo, os x, and android (and the horrible brew). Good luck to them.

]]> By: Hendra http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-1977807 Hendra Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:52:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/05/numobiq-raises-45-million-a-round-to-prove-that-the-network-is-the-cell-phone/#comment-1977807 Indeed sounds like another mobile platform to me. Indeed sounds like another mobile platform to me.

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