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The Mobile Zeitgeist
Vodafone 360 is currently: Improving
We're buying our iPhones on: Orange UK
Best new phone: Sony X10 Mini
Favourite iPhone App: Paper Toss
Microsoft Mobile is: Getting there
Still loving: Touchnote
Thanks to the Symbian Foundation for supporting our MWC2010 coverage.
HoloToy’s iPhone app delivers 3D without glasses
Have you checked out HoloToy’s iPhone app? It’s the work of one man — Ben Hopkins — who’s taken advantage of the brain’s visual processing expectations to make images appear 3D, even though they’re actually flat images. He uses the angle of the device to present a believable 3D scene. It’s really [...] Read more
Compare The Meerkat: iSimples!
Simon Maddox strikes again! One of Europe’s most prolific iPhone (and Android) developers, the latest work from Mr Simon Maddox has hit the iPhone app store this evening. It’s a soundboard for Alexander the Meerkat called iSimples. Who? What? Yeah, unless you’re a regular viewer of television advertising in the UK, you probably aren’t going [...] Read more
BlackBerry Messenger’s barcode creator for Facebook
I’ve been taking a look at the new BlackBerry Messenger (“BBM”) app for Facebook. It’s due to become available at the end of the week — and it’s a piece of genius. Whilst the rest of the market is obsessing over the iPhone, BlackBerry is quietly continuing to shift millions of units. [...] Read more
Telmap & BlueSky deliver A-GPS sim card based navigation solution
If your phone doesn’t have built-in location features (and it won’t if it’s a low cost device), then decent GPS navigation will require you to go and buy a personal navigation device or “PND” as they are known. Often that PND could end up costing 5 times as much as your actual handset. What [...] Read more
I’m having a baby! Your help required…
My wife and I are in the process of enhancing our existence with a joint-augmented new reality paradigm. i.e. We’re having a baby. More accurately, she’s having the baby. I’m bravely standing by, dutifully watching the awful baby programmes on television where possible and getting ready to attend the upcoming baby birthing classes. I [...] Read more
ipadio: Almost got an iPhone Full House on the tube
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Help: UK lawyer with mobile experience required
Got this in from a reader who’s on the hunt for a lawyer: Ewan, Can anyone out there recommend a lawyer that specialises in the mobile space? I’ve a had a UK company ask me that question and I thought that someone out there is bound to be able to help. Thanks! What firm/lawyer do you recommend? Read more
Amplicom M6000 launches for your mums, dads and others 65+
The all new Amplicom M600 hits the marketplace shortly priced at £99 (pay as you go). Do consider this for your mums, dads, grannies and so on. Here are the details from the release: For those who want simplicity, the PowerTel M6000 has SMS text message, a 500-memory phone book, Bluetooth and loud [...] Read more

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