Archive | March, 2009

Micky from N95users/EverythingN82

And here’s a note in from Micky… – – – – – Hi Ewan, Hope you are well. Great news about the move, however, it is a little bitter sweet, but hopefully the MIR won’t become strangers. I was wondering, with N95users.com already merged with everythingn82.com, and now finally merging with NokiaUsers.net to create one [...]

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Hello to Dennis of Wap Review

Here’s a note in from Dennis Bournique of Wap Review: – – – – – Ewan, Man, I’m going to miss reading your stuff every morning. MIR has always had some of the best and by far the most entertaining coverage of the mobile world. Thanks for the inteligence and the good times. Congratulations to [...]

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Matthew Bennett’s USMobileIndustry & NSeriesUS

I had a note in from Matthew Bennett: – – – – – Ewan, Firstly, let me congratulate you and the team on the new subscription model. I’m certain you’re the envy of most bloggers for being able to pull that together! It should be a lot of fun to move forward without worrying about [...]

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World of Nokia by Dan Carter

From Dan… – – – – – Hi Ewan As you mentioned over on MIR about putting up a link, is there any chance you can link to World Of Nokia. I have really enjoyed taking part on the message board and writing the news on 3 new Nokia devices was great as it meant [...]

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A mention and a link

If you’re producing a site or service similar to MIR — like ThePhonecast guys — drop me a note and I’ll put up a link. ewan@mobileindustryreview.com

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IMW mobile media is hiring

Here’s a quick note from Carl who’s new company, IMW Mobile Media, is hiring. Given the climate, this might be rather useful for some readers! – – – – – Thanks for checking out the roles available for a this new start-up. We will discuss more with you if we get to meet up. There [...]

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Hello from the ThePhonecast chaps

I had a note in from Mark Bridge over at ThePhonecast to say hi — here it is: – – – – – Hi, Ewan – I just wanted to drop you a note to congratulate you on the deal you’ve done with MIR. The three of us at The Fonecast know how difficult it [...]

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‘Try Carphone Warehouse’ — my face dropped

…That’s what the chap from the o2 store suggested. ‘Try Carphone Warehouse, they might have some?’ I’d just popped into the Notting Hill o2 shop to get a pair of iPhone headphones. Or any headphones, really. I forgot mine today. What an arse. ‘You’re the fourth person to ask me about headphones this afternoon,’ the [...]

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MIR TV goes to Rome, Italy – Part One

MIR TV goes to Rome, Italy – Part One

Back in January, Ben, Dan and me (that’s Ewan) hopped on a very early flight to Rome, Italy, to check out the mobile scene there and to film two MIR TV episodes from the city. In today’s Part One, we talk about the technology we’ve brought, we visit some landmarks and spot-the-handset, we try making [...]

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Flirtomatic mobile dating – mjelly.com mobile 2.0 service of the week

James from mjelly.com here with another Mobile 2.0 Service of the Week – only two more to go until MIR goes subscription so this week it had to be … Flirtomatic.   This is without doubt the single best mobile internet service to come out of the UK and has really set the standard in terms [...]

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Thank you for the music

Having got the initial news out of the way, I wanted to post a brief note to say thank you to everyone who’s supported us along our journey. I’m going to do a larger piece next week — right now I want to get the MIR TV Rome and Prague videos finally edited and live [...]

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Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

On the 27th of March, we’re turning subscription-only here at Mobile Industry Review (“MIR”). One company has bought our entire output exclusively, on-going. We are, in effect, becoming a private research company. Our new client is unwilling to subsidise our existing audience of readers (300-400k last month) so the content that we’ll be creating — [...]

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