I’m sorry it’s such a blurred shot – I only managed to get hands-on with it for seconds. But I can confirm the new handset coming from Onyx is dual-sim Android. And you know what? Android looks like it handles dual-sim functionality brilliantly. I mean simply brilliantly. In the photo you can see the two [...]
Archive | August, 2009
What was your best phone ever? Here’s mine!
I was scrolling through the back archives of Mobile Industry Review / SMS Text News and I came across this post (“What was your best phone ever? Here’s mine!“). I was writing about the Sony CMD-Z5. I wrote the post in October 2007. And I find it quite surprising that, even after 2 more years [...]
Dazamo offers real-time football results via java app
If football is your game (and I’m not talking about the pansy-arsed American Football — Rugby is a sport for real men), then you’ll be wanting to stay bang-up-to-date with results as they happen. Take a look at Dazamo. It’s a java mobile application, free for a limited period, that offers you an array of [...]
Nokia World 2009: MIR is there
Every year Nokia does a very big conference, usually somewhere in Europe, by the name of Nokia World. The cream of the company’s techies, product managers, marketing geniuses and executives arrive in one place for a few days. It was at Nokia World 2006 that I: a) Put a question to the company’s CEO at [...]
Marketplace: HulloMail hunting for a marketing manager (UK)
I caught this one on Mobile Monday London’s discussion list and thought it might be useful to some readers. HulloMail, my voicemail provider of choice, are looking for a marketing manager… Jobs – Marketing Manager Company: HulloMail Location: London Salary: TBC Start date: Immediately Background Want to revolutionise the way people deal with their day-to-day [...]
Vodafone UK’s Android app competition
Have you checked out Vodafone UK’s Android application competition? It’s not for developers per se — it appears to be aimed at absolutely everybody. The deal? Submit an idea for a mobile application and, if your idea is judged the best, it’ll be created by Vodafone and placed in the Android Marketplace. The winner will [...]
MIR London Mixer: This Wednesday at Charlotte Street Blues
We’re going all Blues, baby. Yes! The MIR London Mixer — our all new, ultra relaxed, mobile industry networking evening has a new venue for this Wednesday’s event. It’s suggested by the always cool Jay Fenton of HowlerTech. Jay wrote to me recommending Charlotte Street Blues. It’s a blues music bar — in fact, they [...]
MDTV Episode 18: MiFi 2352 mobile broadband hotspot
Download M4V Video | Subscribe to Podcast You need a MiFi 2352 mobile broadband hotspot device. You just do, especially if you work in mobile development and you find yourself on-the-go regularly. Just pop a sim-card inside the MiFi and hit the button to start your personal hotspot. Up to five of your 802.11b/g devices [...]
How do you fancy 1Gbps to your home?
Well if you live in Portgual, that’s going to be a reality shortly, if this news is to be believed: Portuguese cablenet Zon Multimedia has announced plans for the commercial deployment of a 1 Gbps broadband internet service. Portuguese cablenet Zon Multimedia has announced plans for the commercial deployment of a 1 Gbps broadband internet [...]
The Nokia N86… has it got the best camera on the market?
Can you name any handsets that you reckon perform better than the Nokia N86 in the camera department? I’ve been admiring James Whatley’s Serra Cafeme pictures on Flickr from the Lucozade Energy Challenge. Every single one of the pictures there was snapped with the N86. The quality looks good enough to leave your SLR at [...]
$100 Samsung Android device rumoured next year
This whole Android marketplace is getting more and more exciting. Whilst I’ve been telling people to expect sub-$100 Android handsets from the Far Eastern bloc of original equipment manufacturers (e.g. the likes of Haier), news that Samsung might have a $100 Android device to market by next year… that’s potentially big. Very big. Will this [...]
TotalMobileInternet(tm) from Novatel: The MiFi 2352 arrives
Way back in February, we saw the MiFi sample units at the Novatel Wireless stand and were thoroughly impressed. The MiFi 2352 sports HSPA mobile broadband and will share internet with up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices via 802.11b/g. It’s got a rechargable battery (rated for 4 hours use), is slightly larger than a credit [...]
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