Archive | March, 2010
It’s the new Jabra Extreme

It’s the new Jabra Extreme

It’s the new Jabra Extreme, originally uploaded by smstextnews. Yes! It’s the new Jabra Extreme noise cancelling Bluetooth headset, complete with handy car charger. I will do a video shortly. – Taken at 10:54 AM on March 05, 2010 – uploaded by ShoZu

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Just picked this up…

Just picked this up…

Just picked this up…, originally uploaded by smstextnews. Popped to the Post Office to pick this up… – Taken at 10:52 AM on March 05, 2010 – uploaded by ShoZu

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Buy a phone for mum and get a free beauty treatment

Buy a phone for mum and get a free beauty treatment

Buy a phone for mum and get a free beauty treatment, originally uploaded by smstextnews. Is it me or is this a little bit of a rubbish offer? Buy mum a phone for mother’s day and Phones4U will give you a beauty treatment free? I suppose if I was in the market for a phone [...]

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The US Startup Visa: A boon for dismayed, frustrated British entrepreneurs

The US Startup Visa: A boon for dismayed, frustrated British entrepreneurs

I’ve been reading a lot about the proposed US Startup Visa. Right now, one of the biggest things that prevents smart entrepreneurs (British or otherwise) from going to live and work in Silicon Valley, is the Visa issue. Sure, most nationalities can get 3 months worth of time in the States, but after that, they [...]

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Becoming Mayor of the North Pole: It’s all in the API

Reader Moof forwarded me this post about one man’s efforts to see just what can be achieved on FourSquare with a bit of coding and one or two hours. Turns out you can do quite a lot. At some point last week, I devolved into a 12 year old hacker, and I spent many spare [...]

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I’ll take one of those BlackBerry Bold Slider handsets, thank you

I’ll take one of those BlackBerry Bold Slider handsets, thank you

The delicious Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry has posted some nicer photos and more details about the all new BlackBerry Bold Slider handset. All the smart money is — as Kevin points out — on the slider being part of the Bold category of devices. For those burning to find out more, Kevin has helpfully compiled [...]

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First AT&T phone with Google Android will feature Yahoo search to annoy the hell out of every user

You have to smile when grown up executives who should know better sit back and make stupid decisions. The AppleInsider is reporting that…. Although Google makes the Android mobile operating system, the search giant’s chief competitor, Yahoo, will be the default provider on AT&T’s first Android-powered handset, due to be released March 7. Great. Talk [...]

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Got a favourite blog? The BBC would like your suggestions

Got this in from the BBC’s PR chaps and I though it may well be relevant to many readers: The BBC is looking for the best of the blogosphere – submit your suggestions on Twitter The BBC World Service is looking for the most interesting blogs from around the world and is asking for suggestions. [...]

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Fancy some Glastonbury tickets? Conor from Orange is the man to know…

Would you like to go to the world famous music festival, Glastonbury? Well, Orange are sponsoring it and there’s an opportunity for you to win 2 tickets. All you need to do is Tweet your idea for a really cool mobile application for the event, to Conor from Orange — and if he likes your [...]

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Vodafone spurns UK’s Rummble for FourSquare

I saw Vodafone’s FourSquare deal announcement this morning and immediately wondered what the hell had happened to their rumoured deal with UK location-and-recommendation service, Rummble. The word on the grapevine is that Rummble — having worked really hard on a very neat looking Vodafone 360 app — were due to get all sorts of on-handset [...]

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Video: Meet the man who runs Nokia’s Navigation business: Christof Hellmis

With Nokia’s EVP of Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, predicting that the map will become the generic mobile interface and in the light of Nokia’s dramatic Ovi Maps & Navigation is free announcement back in January, I thought it would be rather interesting to meet the chap behind it all. Christof Hellmis is a highly affable and [...]

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Nokia is back and beginning to rock

Nokia is back and beginning to rock

[This editorial was originally published in the Mobile Industry Review newsletter on the 20th February 2010. Make sure you get the editorials ahead of time by subscribing here -- free.] Change has come to Nokia and I’m excited at the prospect of what’s to come. The Ballsy Choice It was a ballsy choice to relocated [...]

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