Update: The original title on this post was “SpinVox claims only 2% of messages are referred to humans”. As some have helpfully pointed out in the comments below, that is actually what’s being said in SpinVox’s latest release below. I was trapped by the clever PR spin. On with the rest of the post… The [...]
Archive | July, 2009
What percentage of SpinVox transcriptions require human assistance?
It’s PR 101. Be direct. But no, SpinVox continues to dig a mountainous hole by not being direct. Have you been following the catastrophe? Check Alex’s first post and then my follow-up yesterday here and here. Here’s what SpinVox should have done. The moment the mainstream media picked up on the story, they should have [...]
O2: Fail, fail and fail again
It’s been a bit of a bad week for O2 and their UK network. On Monday a fire at an unnamed substation took out a whole load of cell sites across London. On Tuesday it managed to break the whole data network for the majority of customers. Not just 3G but GPRS too. In fact [...]
French government building a mobile portal
Image via Wikipedia In a related note to my last post about the mobile web, it is interesting to note the following project that the French government is planning. The website is in French, so you’ll have to trust my translation/paraphrasing, and it paints a vision where “the mobile Internet will enable citizens to receive [...]
O2 launch landline numbers for mobile service
Here’s a curious one. O2 have just announced the launch of something called ‘Fixed Number Anywhere’ – a service which gives O2 business customers a regular UK geographic (i.e. 01xxx 02xxx) or freephone (0808) number attached to their mobile. The caller dials the number, it rings your mobile, and voila. But hang on a second, [...]
Blyk ink exclusive deal with Vodafone
Remember Blyk, the ‘yoof’ ad-funded mobile service? Last thing we heard they were rumoured to be shutting up shop – but it turned out they were merely changing direction towards an operator partnership model. With the course set towards that destination, Blyk announced yesterday they’ve inked their first operator deal – an exclusive with Vodafone [...]
Pre-order the 8 megapixel Sony Ericsson Android Xperia on Expansys
You can now pre-order the Android Sony Ericsson Xperia on Expansys. At least you could for a few days before the link appears to have been taken down. I am rather excited at the possibility of using an Android handset with a decent camera. Here’s the link as it as in my Google Reader: The [...]
Top 5 Blackberry World downloads
Interesting stuff: Pandora – Music streaming application, great for discovering new music Flashlight – Another flashlight app, but this one seems to have a following! ScoreMobile – Makes following sports scores in real-time fast and easy Facebook – A new version was just released and it adds even more features Viigo – Highly acclaimed content [...]
Help: American SMS text gateway service required (potentially UK too)
I had a note in from a regular reader asking who I recommend for the provision of outgoing SMS text messaging services in the United States (with the potential to add the UK as a destination later on). They’re after a good quality service with API — but they don’t need two-way, just outgoing. I [...]
SpinVox: If ever a company was more in need of James Whatley
Have a look at the terse, direct statement issued by SpinVox in reaction to today’s BBC news story. It includes no names. No ‘hello, it’s Daniel/Christian/Somebody here’. No personality whatseover. Perhaps, then, their direct and officious statement underlines the unimaginable panic going on at their Marlow HQ? Whither the friendliness, the approachable hi-ya, the ‘listen, [...]
SpinVox: My initial reaction
My phone started to buzz this morning at about 930am with questions about SpinVox. Had I seen the news? How was I reacting? What next for the global behemoth? Are their days numbered? Alex picked up on the news earlier and had a post up here on MIR quickly. I’m writing this on my BlackBerry [...]
Nokia N86 8 megapixel handset is 25/month
Pop into Carphone Warehouse and take a look at their snazzy Nokia N86 handset. It sports an 8 megapixel camera and the super efficient N95 form factor – a real sweet spot for me. And at just 25 pounds per month — probably on an 18-month contract — I almost went into Carphone and bought [...]
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