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Archive | May, 2010

Need to test on the iPad but don’t have one? Talk to DeviceAnywhere!

By Ewan on May 6, 2010 in Applications

I had a note in from the DeviceAnywhere team today to let me know that they’ve now added the iPad into their handset line-up so you can now remotely use and control an iPad with their service. So if you’d like to see if your app *actually* works on a real live iPad (as apposed [...]

Video: Four new handsets just arrived for your Gran

By Ewan on May 5, 2010 in Devices

I’ve just had four new handsets arrive from Matob Mobile, specialists in easy to use, basic, big button phones. These devices are aimed squarely at your parents and grandparents who may have issues getting to grips with tiny keys, illegible screens and patently silly user requirements. Have a look: I’ll be doing a video of [...]

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The Future of Voicemail Video Series: Introduction

By Ewan on May 5, 2010 in News

The Future of Voicemail Video Series is coming shortly to Mobile Industry Review. For a long time I’ve been pondering the possibilities of the medium of voicemail. For years it’s been overlooked. We all rely on it daily, yet I’m sure hardly any of us give it more than a cursory glance once every few [...]

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Flirtomatic: Liberal Democrats surge ahead on Super Snogs

By Ewan on May 5, 2010 in News

Flirtomatic, the Great British mobile flirting success story has been running a general election poll. (If you’re not up on British politics, there’s a general election due tomorrow) As all of Flirto’s users are 18+ and they’re fairly evenly spread across the country, it could well represent a reasonable youth demographic. Since April 30th, Flirtomatic [...]

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OpenTable’s mobile app generate $150m for restaurants; seats over 3 million diners

By Ewan on May 5, 2010 in Applications

Analog restaurant booking has always been a hellish experience for me. I really can’t stand arsing around having to spell out my name or my telephone number. I also really object to calling at 11am to book a table only to realise that the restaurant ‘isn’t open yet’. Ridiculous. Which is why when OpenTable came [...]

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What are the best mobile ecommerce apps?

By Ewan on May 4, 2010 in Applications

I was talking with a reader today about some of the best mobile ecommerce apps on the planet. I’m shocked to say that — from the top of my head — I came up with three: – Ocado (supermarket, groceries) – Touchnote (postcards from your phone) – Pizza Hut (order pizza via your phone) There’s [...]

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Record your own voice navigation instructions with Nokia’s ‘Own Voice’ app

By Ewan on May 4, 2010 in News

Right then, this is genius! The ability to record my OWN voice navigation instructions? Bring. It. On! Have a read: Tired of the same old “Turn left”? Now that navigation is free in Ovi Maps you can create your own drive guidance instructions and share them with friends and family. Cheer up your loved ones’ [...]

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Mobile navigation service, Waze, hits the BlackBerry platform

By Ewan on May 4, 2010 in Applications

I had a note in from the team at free navigation service, Waze, to let me know that they’ve launched an early beta version of Waze for BlackBerry. If you haven’t come across Waze before, it’s a simply fantastic community mapping service that quite a lot of people are going nuts over. The service enables [...]

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Evernote wins a well deserved Webby

By Ewan on May 4, 2010 in Applications

Congratulations to the Evernote team. They won the Best Mobile Application category at last night’s 14th Annual Webby Awards event. If you haven’t checked out Evernote, I strongly recommend you do so. It’s a great too for storing stuff — photos, notes, lists, PDFs, anything. It runs beautifully on the iPhone (and even sexier, on [...]

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