No matter what your perspective on the smartphone wars, people still do refer to the N900 in hushed respectful tones. Yes it’s a bit-of-a-brick, but yes, it packs some awesome power. Any geek worth his or her salt will most certainly appreciate the ability to run a terminal window and SSH into their servers with [...]
Archive | May, 2010
Dell Streak heading to o2
UK operator, o2, are amongst the first to offer the all new Dell Streak Android handset. There’s no pricing or price plan indications as yet so keep your eyes open. Here’s the overview from o2: Dell and O2 today announced that the Dell Streak will launch exclusively on O2 early next month, bringing the internet, [...]
Video: Bea Fon S20, the handset your granny secretly wants?
If you recall I recently took delivery of a ton of handsets aimed at the elderly, infirm and visually impaired marketplace. Well I’ve spent some time with the first device, the Bea Fon S20. MatobShop — the chaps who sent me over the loaners — are retailing it unlocked for £99. It’s only 85g, it [...]
Images: The £55 Orange Rio
For those who’ve been wondering what the Rio looks like, here’s the photo gallery: Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. I’ve just begun using the device so I’ll let you know how I get on with it.
The carrier-as-a-service business model – white paper
I spent a good bit of time this afternoon reading through the latest white paper from the Amdocs Interactive team. It focuses on the issue of mobile operators reasserting themselves in the off-portal market and goes on to estimate that the industry could generate 50% more revenues if operators followed the findings listed. The main [...]
Nokia & Yahoo bring ‘integrated web services’ to millions of consumers (press release)
Here’s the Nokia & Yahoo press release in full — more thoughts shortly: Global strategic alliance enables industry leaders to leverage strengths in e-mail, instant messaging, maps and navigation across PC and mobile devices New York, NY, USA – Today, Yahoo! and Nokia announced a worldwide strategic alliance to extend the reach of their industry [...]
Panacea Mobile launches global mobile service (and a special 25% Bulk SMS discount offer!)
I had a note in from long-time reader, Stefano Sessa, one of the founders of recently established Panacea Mobile. Panacea Mobile is a new mobile services company, launched in South Africa, however operate globally. They aim to bundle the expertise required to run a successful mobile project, by taking care of all the various elements, [...]
The £55 Orange Rio just arrived
Just got the Rio in from the Orange team. I’m very interested to see how the handset competes against the likes of the low-end BlackBerry devices. At £55 pay-as-you-go, the Rio will be hard for many to ignore. Posted via email from MIR Live
The London Evening Standard launches app on loads of platforms
The London Evening Standard today has officially launched it’s mobile applications — finally. We’ve been waiting for quite some time, indeed it’s always been a source of annoyance that I can’t easily ‘get’ the Evening Standard output on my mobile phone. Instead I usually end up grabbing a physical copy — ultra inefficient from a [...]
Nokia & Yahoo: The tired and the very tired?
Rumours have been hitting the airwaves — well, the internet-waves, anyway — of an impending announcement from Nokia and Yahoo next week. Alex over at PhoneDog picked up the story along with TechCrunch, both pointing out that AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reckons the big announcement will feature Yahoo and Nokia getting into bed. The TechCrunch post [...]
The Android march continues: 100,000 Android handsets activated dailiy
I’ve just sat and watched through the Google I/O Day 2 keynotes about Android. Despite the misgivings I have about the platform’s increasing fragmentation and their rather ‘plain vanilla’ UI that isn’t necessarily that useful for ‘new’ consumers, you have to respect what Google’s doing with the platform. Vic Gundotra, the VP Engineering for Google [...]
Q&A with Glenda Dorchak, Vice Chairman & CEO of VirtualLogix
You’ll have come across the term ‘mobile virtualization‘ I’m sure — but what does it mean and why’s there a business therein? Well, I had a chat with Glenda Dorchak, CEO of VirtualLogix, one of the leading companies in the space to find out more. Let’s get started with the Q&A… 1: Glenda, in Barcelona [...]
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