Archive | February, 2010
Sony Ericsson: Maiko Ishida, simply fantastic

Sony Ericsson: Maiko Ishida, simply fantastic

Rafe and I popped by the Sony Ericsson stand this afternoon to find out what they had to offer. Normally on the various stands you expect to find semi good looking women and model-like chaps who didn’t quite make the cut at Abercrombie & Fitch holding phones. Airheads, most of them. Nice, polite airheads. And [...]

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Sony Ericsson: Stupid and Genius!

Who was it at Sony Ericsson that decided to more or less drop all but a passing mention of their developer efforts from their launch announcement on Sunday? With the current obsession over mobile applications, you really do have to wonder precisely why the PR team at Sony Ericsson decided not to bother to pitch [...]

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Update from the video editing desk

Goodness me it’s been a bit of a whirlwind. I now have a pile of tapes stacked 7-tall. That’s 420 minutes of footage that I’m busy moving on to my machine to begin the edit process. A lot of people have been asking about John Malloy’s video series — the first of which we published [...]

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ipadio: Tuesday Evening Update Ft. Rafe Blandford

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Christof Hellmis of Nokia Ovi Maps

Christof Hellmis of Nokia Ovi Maps

Christof Hellmis of Nokia Ovi Maps, originally uploaded by smstextnews. We’re sat talking with Christof about the future of Ovi Maps. Rafe is grilling him on the next generation of the product and particular their developer facilities. – Taken at 4:10 PM on February 16, 2010 – uploaded by ShoZu

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Michael Bramlage of Ovi Store

Michael Bramlage of Ovi Store

Michael Bramlage of Ovi Store, originally uploaded by smstextnews. We are now talking with Michael of Ovi Store – it’s going to be an interesting series of videos from him. – Taken at 3:16 PM on February 16, 2010 – uploaded by ShoZu

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Talking with Purnima Kochikar of Forum Nokia

Talking with Purnima Kochikar of Forum Nokia

Talking with Purnima Kochikar of Forum Nokia, originally uploaded by smstextnews. Having completed the walk-about with Symbian’s Lee Williams, we’re now interviewing Purnima Kochikar, VP of Forum Nokia and Developer Communities. She is discussing the progress of Forum Nokia and the way ahead for developers. We will bring you her video series soon! – Taken [...]

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ipadio: Good Morning From Barcelona

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Swype, the new text-input method is looking very good

Download M4V Video | Subscribe to Podcast | Embed video At MobileFocus this evening, we popped by the Swype stand and had a look. We first saw the Swype founder Cliff Kushler demonstrate a really alpha version of the text input system back at CTIA in 2008 (See the end of this video). Fast forward [...]

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How Microsoft Got its Groove Back(?)

So everyone is talking about the news from Barcelona: Microsoft is flirting with relevance again in the mobile space. How? By burning the house down, throwing the baby out with the bath-water or any other cliche that describes them abandoning their ancient, god-awful legacy-ware that was Windows Mobile. Although the ‘Softies are keeping WinMo 6.x [...]

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Niklas Savander interviewed on camera

Niklas Savander interviewed on camera

Niklas Savander interviewed on camera, originally uploaded by smstextnews. After talking with Tero and Anssi, we sat down with top Services executive, Niklas Savander. We will be bringing you that series of interviews shortly too. – Taken at 1:21 AM on February 16, 2010 – uploaded by ShoZu

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The Pay As You Go data revolution

The Pay As You Go data revolution

The Pay As You Go data revolution, originally uploaded by smstextnews. In the Dixons technology shop at Heathrow Airport today I was delighted to see these PAYG broadband USB sticks hanging near the laptops. The package was cheap as chips. I really wish other countries would duplicate this kind of offer, especially in North America. [...]

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