Archive | December, 2009

The Cannes Doctrine — the long road

Kudos to Matt Radford of All About iPhone who picked up on my recent newsletter editorial about The Cannes Doctrine. For those of you who’re not subscribers to the newsletter (it’s free, sign-up here!) you’ll be able to read the full version online here in about a week or so’s time. (Newsletter subscribers get priority.) [...]

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Jabra Stone — this week’s newsletter prize

Jabra Stone — this week’s newsletter prize

If you read *all* the way to the end of the weekly Mobile Industry Newsletter — after the Vodafone bile analysis — right to the end, you’ll find the fun bit. That’s where we give away a wickedly good prize. To enter the prize, you simply have to tweet a specific phrase. I started doing [...]

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Vodafone 360 – An Absolute Failure?

Vodafone 360 – An Absolute Failure?

[This editorial was originally published in the Mobile Industry Review newsletter on the 28th November 2009. Make sure you get the editorials ahead of time by subscribing here -- free.] “360 will be an absolute and total failure… and then in 5 years, they’ll try again.” Discuss. That quote was sent into me this week [...]

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Vodafone’s Lukewarm 60-degree Offering

Vodafone’s Lukewarm 60-degree Offering

[This editorial was originally published in the Mobile Industry Review newsletter on the 20th November 2009. Make sure you get the editorials ahead of time by subscribing here -- free.] If you’re working at Vodafone, you’ll want to look away now. In fact, hit ‘escape’ and press delete. Now. Very quickly. Because this text is [...]

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Today’s newsletter is about the next step for mobile

As I stand at the tube station at Turnham Green (District Line), I am writing today’s ‘big bit’ in the newsletter. Last night I completed the rest of the bits — but if you’re hoping to be in the newsletter this week, drop me a note and I will confirm. I always hover over the [...]

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Passing UCL

Passing UCL

I thoroughly enjoyed my stint at UCL. I found myself walking by the famous ‘quad’ this evening and snapped a reminder. Posted via email from MIR Live

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Meeting Evernote

I’m off to meet the Evernote chaps. Have you got an Evernote account? I make a ton of use of it on my desktops, iPhone and BlackBerry — every single day — to keep notes, photos, web-snapshots and so on. I will let you know how the chat goes. Posted via email from MIR Live

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o2 UK is STILL saying: “iPhone only on o2″

Have a look at this photo sent in by a rather annoyed reader. It’s from the back of yesterday’s Guardian UK. Don’t you think it’s getting ridiculous that o2 are still running the ‘iPhone only on o2′ advertisements? I first wrote about this two weeks ago. At what point does this become a trade description [...]

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Help: Mobile payment provider required & ‘Do you know anyone at Netsize?’

Got this marketplace enquiry in this afternoon from a chap working at a UK mobile company: Hi Ewan: Do you know anyone at Netsize? Would you be willing to introduce me if you do? We’re interested in them as a mobile payment provider… Thanks I thought I’d throw it out to you. Who do you [...]

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10x Champagne-Beta-Testers required by Touchnote

I heard from Ed Hodges, this morning. When he’s not setting the hearts of many a mobile industry female fluttering, Mr Hodges heads up Mobile for Touchnote. Touchnote needs some testing help from Nokia S60 users, specifically Nokia S60 3rd Edition users. They’ll pay you a bottle of Champagne (and, knowing Ed, it’ll be the [...]

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App Review (iPhone) — Shoeboxed, a stonking way to manage receipts

I have been meaning to try the Shoeboxed app for the iPhone, and a recent business trip to New York was the perfect opportunity. The idea behind Shoeboxed is solid, it is definitely a utilitarian app that aims to make your life easier. Rather than having to keep and then transcribe your receipts, all you [...]

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Notes from BlackBerry’s simply fantastic Alliance Summit

If you got last week’s newsletter, you’ll know I spent the back end of last week in Rome, Italy, for BlackBerry’s European Alliance Summit event. Only two members of the press were let in — me — and the world-famous Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry. I hadn’t previously bumped into Kevin before — but I’ve been [...]

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