Archive | December, 2009
iPhone’s single-task operating system renders it a poor man’s Nokia

iPhone’s single-task operating system renders it a poor man’s Nokia

This afternoon it was snowing in Chiswick. That is unusual because it’s so near the city of London which seems to give off a load of heat meaning that whilst everyone else in the area is deluged in snow at the moment, we’ve had a bit of rain. Only this afternoon, something strange happened with [...]

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Microsoft’s (mobile) productivity vision for the future

Although this Microsoft video isn’t just about mobile, the medium features quite often in this fascinating 5 minute view of the future. Really, really, really cool. Take a few minutes and have a look at some of the technology they’re exposing.

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Vodafone is looking to appoint a new head of 360

I hear from reliable sources that Vodafone are hunting for a CEO — or big cheese — to oversee their social networking and applications platform, Vodafone 360. I understand that they’re looking to position the ‘division’ independently — away from the interfering and entirely inept hands of the current executives. This is excellent news and [...]

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Vodafone UK launches the iPhone on 14th of January – order today

Vodafone UK launches the iPhone on 14th of January – order today

Finally, Vodafone is able to announce the launch date of the iPhone. You can almost feel the relief sweeping over the company this morning. First it was Orange, waving it in their faces — then Tesco — TESCO! — and now, we’ve got a launch date of the 14th of January 2010. But you can [...]

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o2 Buys Jajah for $200m

Congratulations to the team at Jajah who — according to Reuters — have sold out to Telefonica’s o2. I’ve always been a big fan of the telephony service and this, I suspect, represents a fairly decent exit for the Jajah team.

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True Mobile Entertainment from Tim Green

The super-talented Tim Green, editor of Mobile Entertainment Magazine, demonstrates his credentials on the floor. Nice moves Tim:

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Mother tweets whilst her son lies dying

Here’s how the London Telegraph reports the news: As paramedics attempted to revive her son Bryson after he was found floating face down in a swimming pool, Shellie Ross sent out a message on Twitter , asking her followers: “Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool.” Five hours later, [...]

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Do you want your app reviewed in Vogue America?

Here’s my pitch: You’re a journalist writing for some of America’s biggest and most influential consumer media publications. You’re busy doing your job and you don’t have a lot of time to focus on this new burgeoning market of mobile applications. You understand that it’s not all about the iPhone but you simply don’t have [...]

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Senior industry executive comments on our ‘Vodafone 360 Pissing War’

I got this in from one of North America’s most senior mobile industry executives. I obviously won’t identify the chap, except to say I’m looking forward to meeting up with him and his team prior to Mobile World Congress. The traffic to Mobile Industry Review on Vodafone 360 has been nothing short of stratospheric over [...]

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The Cannes Doctrine: The Future of Mobile

The Cannes Doctrine: The Future of Mobile

The Cannes Doctrine…. or why the industry is still controlled by idiots. [This editorial was originally published in the Mobile Industry Review newsletter on the 4th December 2009. Make sure you get the editorials ahead of time by subscribing here -- free. View other recent newsletter editorials.] There is a fundamental misunderstanding in the mobile [...]

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The Nexus One won’t tempt me away from the iPhone

It’s Jonathan Mulholland here once again! Like most mobile geeks, I’m really enjoying all the Google Nexus One news; it’s starting to sound like a very nice device, and it’s obviously a very interesting move by Google. Seeing their vision of what a modern mobile device should be — and how far Google feel they [...]

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Help: Creating and presenting RADAR (Spider) graphics on iPhone

I saw this marketplace enquiry from Jim Ward on MomoLondon’s forum and thought it might be useful for some readers. Can anyone help? If so, drop me a note (ewan@mobileindustryreview.com) and I’ll forward your enquiry directly to Jim. Hi Does anyone have any expertise on this? I am looking to have a Performance Management App [...]

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