Comments on: Vodafone Americas Foundation launches $3 million fund to fuel mobile innovation

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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:20:36 +0000

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By: TechPro57

TechPro57 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:42:18 +0000

How about an app that allows you to spoof yourself as a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation or U.S. university?

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By: xây dựng

xây dựng — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:46:55 +0000

Very interesting. I am excited with this
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By: Vodafone: Foundation launches $3 million funds for mobile ideas | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:07:27 +0000

[...] you have a winning idea for the mobile world? If yes than let it be known to Vodafone as it’s all set to launch a $3 million fund to find an idea/technology that changes [...]

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:47:00 +0000

I think the key thing to understand here is that the 600k is a grant. Free money. They don’t want to wind up funding a future competitor. Instead they’d rather fund potential future employees.

By: Louie

Louie — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:29:56 +0000

Great time to innovate, while others retract into their R&D shells. These guys don’t innovate. They can spell innovate, but only after they watched someone else write the word down first and make a business case out of it.

By: dailycad

dailycad — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:24:00 +0000

Very interesting.. Thanks

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Suggestions 4 Obama — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:37:58 +0000

I do not understand Universities and Non-Profits only either – this is a serious limitation.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:34:26 +0000

I appreciate the thought process here, but the restrictions and tone make me a bit leery, as others have expressed. This idea minus the potential for this company to grab others ideas for free would be great.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:31:05 +0000

…except what if that *isn’t* the mission?

By: Mannan

Mannan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:15:00 +0000

If the mission is to “address critical social issues around the world”, shouldn’t the competition be open globally, even if only to NGOs and Universities?!

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By: EH

EH — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:51:33 +0000

It just means that they don’t want to hear from anybody with enough money to sue them when the ideas are stolen.

Of course, the real purpose of this press release is to answer the question, “Vodaphone has a presence in the US?!” Someone had to poke some eyeballs before that year-end bonus review comes in.

By: blogmerchant

blogmerchant — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:50:42 +0000

I’ll need a $100,000 down payment first before giving away all my ideas.

By: elvirs

elvirs — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:43:46 +0000

i should take a look at that iphone app list accidentally released few days ago :)

By: chandra

chandra — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:31:18 +0000

I dont understand why only non-profit , Universitys are elegible! Dont they think other too have lot of ideas which can be useful to world!

chandra
http://www.myjil.com

By: Hüseyin Erkmen

Hüseyin Erkmen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:26:59 +0000

I dont think there will ne participation. they are doing bad in Turkey also.

http://www.iamlittle.net

By: Jmartens

Jmartens — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:06:58 +0000

Open only to non-profit organizations = no participation

By: Brian Roy

Brian Roy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:20:10 +0000

The irony here is overwhelming. The “carriers” are the single biggest barrier to mobile innovation. You want mobile innovation Vodafone – get Verizon to stop crippling every useful feature of the handsets on it’s network. You want innovation – get out of the way and let people bring whatever device and software they want.
If you aren’t going to do that – shut up and go away.
(yes I’m cranky today).