I caught this shocking post by Stefan (via Ilicco) over at IntoMobile about T-Mobile doubling the USA roaming cost for their UK customers. Just how bad is it set to become? Well, see the table below for the official T-Mobile UK roaming details… Ridiculous. £1.20 a minute? It does, disappointingly, bring them into line with [...]
Archive | September, 2009
LG Mobile launches Charlie & Chocolate Factory style competition
Have you ever bought an LG Chocolate mobile handset? Here’s a reminder of what it looks like: Well. There could be some cash in it for you, if you did. LG will is going to buy back 5 Chocolate handsets for US$ 10,000 each. Not just any handset though. It has to bear one of [...]
HulloMail could have helped Warren Buffett save Lehman Brothers
Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, knows a thing or two about investing money. Sadly, he’s not quite up there with his Samsung handset. Or, an alternative viewpoint: Samsung spectacularly failed him when the marketplace really needed his attention. Did you catch this story? Here’s my rough assimilation of it. Bob Diamond, Chairman of Barclays [...]
Novatel’s MiFi hits Carphone Warehouse this week
If you’re thinking about upgrading your mobile broadband experience, you might take a look at the Novatel Wireless MiFi unit. We’ve reviewed here on Mobile Industry Review (see the video) and thoroughly enjoyed it. I actually managed to sit and work on my Apple Air for a good few hours in the pub via the [...]
The delights of a not-quite self-healing network
Look at this rubbish: I’m trying to pay my sodding T-Mobile bill. I’ve been trying to pay it for the last 5 minutes. The LAST thing I want to do is phone up and read off numbers on a credit card. That, to me, seems highly, highly ridiculous in this age of connectivity. Or apparent [...]
My Orange Shop renaissance
I am no longer scowling as I walk by the Orange Shop on any given High Street here in the UK. They now have a pretty spiffing range of devices (like this Samsung i8910 handset pictured). I no longer feel the need to physically restrain normobs I see about to enter the shop. And I [...]
Nokia: Please do more incremental updates to your handset software
New software leads to fresh new experiences. Except when you don’t get any new software updates. I’ve had my Nokia N86 (from 3) for three weeks now. And there’s not been a single update. Those experienced Symbianers readers will chuckle at that last statement. “Three weeks!” you’ll exclaim, “More like 3 YEARS!” Because this is [...]
MIR Awards coming soon – suggest categories
I’ve completely re-thought out how we’re going to do the MIR Awards this year. Last year it was a ton of work. An absolute ton of work. So this year I’m going to appoint some judges, privately publish the submitted entries so that all judges can review online, and then gather everyone’s votes and opinions [...]
Nokia, RIM & Ericsson tipped as SpinVox bidders
Adding SpinVox’s call-centre technology and know-how to an existing product/service configuration will make a lot of sense to quite a few companies. One of my favourite mobile analysts, John Strand, is quoted in Mobile Today magazine thus: John Strand of Strand Consults said: ‘There is a lot of consolidation going on and no doubt players [...]
Touchnote launches on iPhone to connect your photos to the real world
My wife still sends letters. Thank you letters, the odd note to her friend, that sort of thing. She does it a) because it’s good manners and b) because it means something. Knocking over a Tweet to say ‘thanks for the lunch at Claridges’ might be acceptable in a fast-paced-busy-blogger-about-town lifestyle, but at some point, [...]
Look what I found! A Touchnote!
I was doing my customary ‘touchnote‘ search in the iTunes Store this evening and woosh… look what I found! It’s arrived! More on this in a moment.
Leila Makki interviewed me on TelecomTV yesterday
You can find me venting forth to Leila Makki on the Motorola Android DEXT launch over at Telecom TV. I was standing oggling the Motorola DEXT, munching away on an onion canape with Chris from SlashGear, Nick from Total Telecom and Ilicco Elia from Reuters. I had just looked up from the device and was [...]
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