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The Mobile Web: Consider the User

NTEN

Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. The growth of the mobile web will continue to be very rapid in the coming years -- and will have substantially more reach than iPhone or Android applications.

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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The phone interface is great, visual voicemail rocks, reading email is really good, and surfing the web is decent – way better than on a blackberry. In general, the phone actually works quite well. But driving down the highway, listening to my favorite Pandora stations is the best thing since sliced bread.

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Fusing Mobile Fundraising with Email & Social Media Outreach

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There are a few readily available methods that will allow you to start accepting donations via the mobile web in association with email and social media outreach. It's also advisable to consider that "downloadable" apps for specific devices like iPhone, Android, and Blackberry require separate development. gurgo.mobi. m.komen.org.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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7 Ways for Nonprofits to Use Mobile Phones to Rake in Cash Monies

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These methods are: Text message donations Text to voice donations Text message warmers Mobile Web site donations App sales In-app sales Sponsored apps. Mobile Web site donations. You can ask for donations using exactly the same system that you ask for money on your web site: via a big red “Donate Now” button.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access. Christine.Net attended the Web 2.0 on the interplay of newspapers and internet content.

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The Future of Mobiles for Nonprofits

NTEN

That's a mind shift even for business people addicted to their Blackberries. Gary Hamel, a strategy professor recently wrote "If you're a CIO, you need to spend a lot of time out on the fringes of the Web because that's where the innovation's taking place. Tags: edward granger-happ Mobile NPTech NTEN Communications.

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