Hello, Alex here. You may remember me from such recent articles as ‘Are mobile calls as secure as you think‘ and ‘Datawind launch three new mobile Internet devices‘. To say I’ve been a bit busy with other projects lately would be an understatement. However, it hasn’t stopped me putting in the hours for this esteemed [...]
Archive | July, 2009
Q: What do dogs and Oscar winners have in common? (Or why is the mobile industry in India obsessed with Pug dogs)
Hi there it’s Ewan here. It’s time once again for Surya’s column — if you missed her inaugural one from last week, find it here. I don’t want to draw too much attention to it though, because, as Surya and her friends pointed out on Twitter shortly after I published her post, you must never, [...]
Visual voicemail coming to Android?
Visual Voicemail is one popular feature the iPhone has that Android still lacks… but this could be about to change if these videos found by TMONews (the Unofficial T-Mobile blog) are reliable. They’ve got their hands on 3 vids of a T-Mobile rep apparently demonstrating the Visual Voicemail interface, including the ability to save messages [...]
Betavine’s first 3 ‘Summer of Widget’ winners announced
Congratulations to the developers of widgets LiveTube, WotsforDina and AnimalLogic. They’ve all won this week’s ‘Summer of Widget’ developer competition on Vodafone’s betavine. That means that they’ll be shortly receiving a brand new Samsung NC 20 Netbook along with a Nokia N96 handset. Get IN. Don’t despair if you didn’t win though — there’s another [...]
Mobispine snaps up Fun Text
James Pycock, Business Development Director of Fun Text, dropped me a note today to let me know that they’ve been acquired! The buyer, mobile messaging company, Mobispine, has just completed the deal. Super news for James and the Fun Text team. And super news for the chaps at Mobispine — this is their fourth acquisition [...]
Nimbuzz: A million new users per month
Keep your eye on Nimbuzz. They’re adding upwards of a million users a month at the moment — so reports founder Tobias. Congratulations to the team — they’ve had a pretty good month — they’ve gone live with o2 Germany and they won the TechCrunch Europe Award for Best Mobile Startup. Nice! If you haven’t [...]
All roads read to the Parc 55 this Thursday: MobileBeat
MobileBeat is taking place this Thursday in San Francisco at the Parc 55 Hotel and it promises to be a brilliant event. If you’re quick, you can still get a ticket — but you’ll need to be ultra quick. The keynote is going to be particularly interesting. Three chaps, one from Google, one from Palm [...]
Help: Non-shortcode incoming virtual SMS numbers
I got this question in a few days from a regular reader by the name of Nigel. Dear Ewan, Do you know any providers of non-shortcode based virtual sms numbers for recieving SMS? So a local virtual mobile number for the UK, France, Spain, etc? I can’t seem to find any providers? Thanks, Nigel I’ve [...]
Are mobile calls as secure as you think?
It’s been an interesting week in the world of mobile security, with news emerging that UK tabloid Sunday newspaper News of The World is allegedly involved in a rather serious phone ‘hacking’ incident. Whilst the papers have been busy claiming this is ‘wiretapping’, and actual mobile calls have been intercepted, it seems more the case [...]
Datawind launch three new mobile Internet devices
Remember the Pocketsurfer – the little handheld device that allowed you to surf the net on the go and not end up with a huge bill? Makers Datawind haven’t been sitting on their laurels, and just over a year since they announced the PocketSurfer 2 it’s time for the next generation to hit the streets [...]
Easter Egg in the Orange Mobile Watch video?
Well then. Have you heard this rumour? Apparently there’s an Easter Egg in the Orange Mobile Watch video. I’m told by extremely reliable sources that something good will happen if you call the phone number shown on this video: Now. I queried ‘what kind of good’. I’m the guy who only ever needs one wish. [...]
Is Tesco Mobile Ireland in trouble?
Tesco Mobile Ireland – which like its UK sister operation is a joint venture between Tesco and O2, managed to rack up a deficit of €7.3m by the end of last year, according to the Irish Times. The paper reports that the operation, launched in mid-2007, has just filed accounts at the Companies’ Registration Office [...]
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