This afternoon I bumped virtually into David Marutiak, User Community Ambassador for Vodafone 360. Now, you know I’ve been pretty direct with my comments about Vodafone 360 in the past (and, well, if you click on the Mobile Industry Review frontpage you can see examples of that). And whilst I still have significant issues with [...]
Archive | February, 2010
OpenTable seats 2 million diners via their iPhone/Android app
OpenTable has been a runaway success story in the online restaurant reservations marketplace, consistently killing the competition stone-dead. The power of the service is best observed in America — particularly in the Bay Area, where most of the restaurants I’ve been into actually have an OpenTable reservation system sat there when you walk in the [...]
Are all iPhone users lefty-flip-flop-wearing hippies?
A recent study highlighted by Will Heaven in the Telegraph claims that your choice of smartphone is a strong indicator of your basic politics. Apparently iPhone users are more likely to be ‘lefties’ and BlackBerry users more likely to be ‘right-wing’. What then, does it mean, if you carry a BlackBerry, a Nokia, an iPhone [...]
Thanks, ipadio!
The ipadio team have very kindly placed my latest phlogs (phone-blogs) on their frontpage today: Have you been listening in? I’ve had quite a few emails from surprised individuals flicking through Google Reader only to be shocked to hear my voice coming from the rss feed. That’s the beauty of ipadio. Over the past few [...]
ipadio: Stop Everything And Check Out Chomp
Posted via email from MIR Live
ipadio: Going To Barcelona? You Need Touchnote
Posted via email from MIR Live
ipadio: Good Morning From Silicon Valley
Posted via email from MIR Live
Video: Symbian is now officially Open Source
So almost five billion dollars of investment is now available on an open source basis. Did you catch the official announcement today? You now download Symbian and get it working on your own hardware, if you’ve got the mind to. In fact, we actually shot some footage of this happening on Friday when Rafe and [...]
MWC Introduction: Hello and thank you Symbian!
This year we’re doing something different for Mobile World Congress. Oh yes. I’ve teamed up with Rafe Blandford and the team at All About Symbian. We’re combining the resources of Mobile Industry Review (“MIR”), Mobile Developer TV (“MDTV”) and All About Symbian (“AAS”) to deliver what I hope will be some of the best content [...]
Is Ovi Maps going to wipe the floor with TomTom?
The new Ovi Maps, that now comes with free walk and drive directions for most of the planet, has been downloaded 1.4 million times in just a week. Here’s the press release. A week. Wow! “We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. “When we announced [...]
Did you say “Google Chrome Tablet?”
This tweet from Neville Hobson caught my attention: “Google to unveil Chrome tablet?” FUD! http://is.gd/7xXlS The tweet links to a v3 blog (formerly vnunet) discussing the possibility of a Google Chrome tablet… Here’s a mock-up image: Bring on the tablet wars…
Nokia on Apple: “A Fruit Confused”
Staying on the subject of Nokia, I was delighted to read this post by Mark Squires on the Nokia Conversations blog. Mark is Director of Social Media Communications for the company. He and his colleague Ray are amongst the finest in the industry. They run a disciplined well-oiled machine that was, for quite a while, [...]
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