Before we took a stroll around Mobile World Congress with Symbian Foundation Executive Director, Lee Williams, Symbian‘s Executive Director, Rafe and I took Lee over to meet Sasken. They’re a major contributor to the new open source code (in particular, the Social Mobile Framework). Here’s Lee talking to one of the Sasken representatives: Download M4V [...]
Archive | February, 2010
Taking mobile phone pictures in UK shopping malls means you’re probably a paedophile
You know it’s got a little bit crazy in the United Kingdom when mall security guards have stopped worrying about pickpockets and shoplifters in order to focus on parents taking mobile phone pictures of their children. Or at least, that appears to be the case if you’re stupid enough to shop at the Bridges Shopping [...]
Keep your phone *ON* if you want to compete in the Olympics
Noah from PhoneDog produced this video to illustrate the point that one should always keep their phone *ON* if one is waiting for a call as to whether one can compete in the Olympics…
Prototype Novatel Wireless MiFi Unit does 18Mbps 4G over-the-air
One of the most valuable pieces of kit in my mobile hardware collection is my trusty Novatel Wireless 2352 unit that I have been testing for a long time. Novatel sent me a review unit a while ago and goodness me I’ve been putting it through it’s paces. It’s simply fantastic to be able to [...]
Video: Ben Keighran, Co-Founder of app-discovery behemoth, Chomp
Ben Keighran is Co-Founder of one of the hottest Silicon Valley app startups I’ve come across, Chomp. The primary focus for the company is to significantly boost app discovery, initially on the iPhone platform. One of the key facts that Ben and co-founder Cathy discovered during their initial research was that people tend to download [...]
Video: Part 3 of the Anssi Vanjoki interview: “The generic mobile interface will be a map”
After we’d dealt with the N97 issue in Part 1 and then the way ahead of Symbian and MeeGo in Part 2, Rafe asked Nokia’s EVP for Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, to speculate on the future of mobile 3-4 years out. Most executives when faced with this kind of question will either shrivel up and look [...]
Video: Checking out the Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet
As I walked around the MobileFocus event last week I spotted this rather swanky 5-inch Dell Mini 5 tablet unit on the Dell table. The chap behind the table obliged us with a hands-on demo. It’s just a preview unit but goodness me it’s looking gorgeous. It really did look highly attractive — and whilst [...]
You’re reading one of the best sites on the planet
In case you needed some third party verification, I offer you the following press release from Konector (see paragraph 6 for our mention): The Top Independent Blogs and Bloggers in the Gadget category ReadWriteWeb, MakeUseOf and FoneArea in India have been named as the three of the most influential independent gadget blogs. This is according [...]
Apple continues to dick about with App Store policies: Explicit apps might be ok now [Scratch that]
On Monday, if you were a developer of adult themed mobile apps for the iPhone platform, you were screwed. You were in the middle of packing up your bags and heading out to another segment of the industry. You’d already phoned your investors, suppliers and colleagues to tell them it was ‘game over’ and you [...]
Video: Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki talks Symbian, MeeGo and kills the N95 form factor
Ok, so he doesn’t actually kill the form factor — but in a question in part 2 of our Anssi Vanjoki coverage (see part 1), Rafe did ask if he could see a future in the N95 slider/candbybar format. I don’t for a minute think Nokia will ever stop producing those kind of devices, especially [...]
Help: Smartphone OS marketshare for 2009 Europe vs USA
A question in from one of the MIR readers this afternoon: Hi ewan a quick question for you. im trying to find a breakdown of smartphone OS market share for 2009 for europe vs US. basically comparing, symbian with apple, rim, windows mobile and android. i cant seem to find a european or us breakdown. [...]
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