Babelgum mobile TV television comes to the phones of Vodafone in the UK, albeit on a 6 month trial and only to a handful of Nokia handsets. The free service known for its original video clips has just begun a half a year run, with the application now downloadable from Vodafone live! Although initially, it’s [...]
Archive | January, 2009
Plumbers, douchebags and bluetooth headsets
Caught this on MIR reader Matt Crandall’s twitter stream today: I am firmly convinced: Walking around in public on a Bluetooth headset makes you look like a total douchebag. Never a truer statement was Twittered, Matt. Here, here.
Relive the joy with 17 of our best Jaiku stories from the archives
For posterity — and for all those disappointed at the ‘official‘ demise of Jaiku, here are some of the most popular ans notable Jaiku stories we’ve published on Mobile Industry Review over the years (or SMS Text News as we used to be known): The Joy of Ku. Jaiku Unwrapped by James Whatley. March 2008 [...]
To everyone crying about Jaiku: Get real.
Jaiku’s biggest problem was the shitty shitty handset infrastructure that Jyri and the guys had to make do with. Google, which it acquired the service, was hardly ever likely to integrate it as a Google Jaiku service. For one, Jaiku means nothing to your average punter. Google Docs means something. Google Jaiku? Rubbish. Doesn’t fit [...]
Jaiku dead, long live the Jaiku
That’s it. Jaiku is no longer to be actively developed by Google. On the plus side, you’ll be able to download the Jaiku codebase, open-source-style, from Google shortly. But that’s it. No more. Cue panic, screaming, tears, crying from the dwindling Jaiku users who have taken a LONG time to get the message. They’ve been [...]
MIR at the Every Single One Of Us event
Ben Smith and I popped along to this evening’s Every Single One Of Us event held by Jonathan MacDonald. It’s his brainchild. Jonathan’s a thinker and a do-er. With a wide range of experience behind him and a raft of top clients sensibly leaning on his every word, he’s one of the best positioned to [...]
T-Mobile UK’s pioneering multimedia campaign
T-Mobile is about to kick off a new ‘pioneering multimedia campaign’ this week, which will be nicer than the ads they’re running papers at the moment trying to give away a Nintendo DS to anyone buying a new mobile. Filmed and edited in just 36 hours, the premier of the latest TV commercial will take [...]
Upgrades return to normal service on O2 and T-Mobile UK
For those of you who have been waiting for a decent upgrade I recommend you get on the phone and threaten to leave and see what you get offered! The guys over at Mobile Today have more information on this matter. O2 and T-Mobile returned to the upgrade market this month after a three-month period [...]
GoSpoken launch deal with 3
Andy McNab, the SAS expert and wicked action author has done a deal with 3 to launch audio books on mobile. To be precise, Andy’s company, GoSpoken (we’ve talked about them before here on MIR) have done the deal. Trust 3 to be right there on the innovation curve. Each audio book costs around 5 [...]
The MIR iPhone App is released!
Woo. Nice one Pavel. I got a note in from Pavel, our iPhone app developer, telling me that the Mobile Industry Review app has finally gone live on the iTunes Application Store. I did a quick search — as I have been doing now and again — and today found this in the results: Get [...]
India’s DoT Tightens Noose Around Carriers Over IMEI Issue
After the many terrorist attacks in the country and the apparent use of mobile phones as an important tool for planning and the execution of the attacks, India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) had instructed all the mobile service providers in the country to disconnect service to handsets on their network that do not have the [...]
Palm Pre Rumored to be Exclusively Heading to Best Buy
You know it’s a popular phone when barely days after its announcement, rumors start springing up about its release. A “credible source” tells WebOS Arena, that Best Buy would be hosting a 60 days exclusive deal for retailing the Palm Pre. The Pre, which will be launched on Sprint’s network in the US would be [...]
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