Archive | January, 2010
Pageonce: Exactly what I need when I’m at the airport check-in machine

Pageonce: Exactly what I need when I’m at the airport check-in machine

I’ve been testing out Pageonce for a little while now. The app has been flying off the virtual iTunes and Android shelves and I can see why. The makers of the service refer to it as ‘a personal productivity assistant’ and allows you to ‘manage all your online accounts through one application’. Perhaps the most [...]

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Nokia N900 is now a consumer phone

Nokia N900 is now a consumer phone

It’s always good to take a walk through the tube even if you can’t stand the delays, grime and the folks playing music. It’s good to get a view on what the mobile market is pitching to end consumers. The Nokia N900 Maemo device was arguably never intended for the average 24 year old female [...]

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Nokia democratises GPS navigation with Ovi Maps

Nokia is gunning for the personal navigation marketplace with today’s announcement that all future Nokia handsets will include free navigation services including turn-by-turn driving directions (and walking directions) for almost the entire planet. It’s a stunning move that puts Google and the other handset manufacturers squarely on the back foot. As of 1030am today, around [...]

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ipadio: Every Vodafone Store I Walk By Is Selling An iPhone!

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ipadio: WH Smith Book Of The Week + iPhone

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MIR readers: Trailblazing mobile commerce

In this week’s newsletter, I explored a few elements of the future of mobile shopping and discussed — with a few examples — how I was using mobile to transact products and services. At the end of the editorial I put up a link to a quick form asking what kinds of products and services [...]

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IBM Lotus Quickr support comes to BlackBerry

This one is for the sysadmins out there — of which I know there are a lot reading. If you’ve been wondering when RIM would organise support for IBM Lotus Quickr, then wonder no more! It’s here: RIM is launching today the new BlackBerry® Client for IBM Lotus® Quickr®, enabling secure mobile access to IBM’s [...]

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Nokia’s ringtone as played by pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin

Damian Thompson over at his Telegraph blog has posted this Youtube video of the ever-so-familiar Nokia ringtone chirrup played by virtuoso pianist, Marc-Andre Hamelin. As Diamian points out: Hamelin has no difficulty turning the ringtone into a pretty waltz, because that maddening phrase is actually party of a waltz: the Gran Vals, by the Spanish [...]

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Mobile World Congress: 10 more passes to give away right now [ALL GONE]

Earlier this week BlackBerry stepped in to offer Mobile Industry Review readers 10 free general tickets to the event (no travel or accommodation). That’s a saving of 600 Euro for the ticket. We were oversubscribed last time — so please be as quick as you can if you’d like a ticket. To qualify, your firm [...]

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Vodafone delivers 50,000 iPhones today

Vodafone delivers 50,000 iPhones today

Pre-orders for Vodafone’s iPhone have reached the magic 50,000 mark, I’m told by Vodafone PR. This is very healthy and good news for the marketplace. It’s also a marked contrast to the (rumoured) 50 pre-orders of the Samsung H1 360. The iPhone: 1,000 times more in demand than 360. And rightly so. Here’s Guy Laurence, [...]

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It’s iPhone Day at Vodafone: Big Red launches 2 new iPhone apps

All across the country, numerous Vodafone customers have woken to a special delivery. Inside the packaging is their shiny new official Vodafone iPhone. Congratulations all! It’s ok. Don’t worry. That Vodafone 360 nightmare that we’ve all been suffering under for the past few months is finally over. No…wait… What’s this! A news release from Vodafone, [...]

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Mobile World Congress: 10 passes to give away right now [all gone]

If you’re thinking about going to Mobile World Congress, but have been put off by the prospect of having to buy a ticket (as well as look after your travel expenses), I’ve got good news. BlackBerry have stepped in to offer Mobile Industry Review 10 free general admittance tickets to the event (no travel or [...]

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