What does everyone use to send SMS alerts to employees for things like server alerts, planned downtime, that sort of scenario? Do you go to an SMS provider, buy the credits and then make your own sending system (or hook in to their API)? Or do you use the gateway provider’s sometimes rather rubbish system [...]
Archive | July, 2010
LadyGeek Episode 3, featuring Maggie Philbin
Right then, here’s the third and latest episode of the first series of LadyGeek TV just out of the edit suite. And this week’s episode features the ultra cool Maggie Philbin. You remember Maggie, right? Tomorrow’s World? The best presenter? Of course you do. And yes, Maggie actually appears as a Princess-Leia-Hologram-Out-Of-The-iPhone. (NB that hologram [...]
The LadyGeek TV App Show – Episode 2 and my involvement
I haven’t been able to announce my involvement in the LadyGeek TV App Show in public until today. I am — officially — Strategic Advisor — to the show. And goodness me, it’s brilliant. If I do say so myself. Have you seen the production values? The presenters are sheer genius. I posted the first [...]
What’s the largest # of iPhones/iPads activated on an iTunes account?
Following on from my post the other day where I asked if anyone knew the limit of iPhone/iPad activations per iTunes account, it seems that reader MAQ_Ecosse has managed to activate 28 iPhones on one account. In practice, that means that MAQ’s organisation only needs one iTunes account and — by definition — only has [...]
MifiClub will rent you an MiFi for £19 (3-days)
Thank you to Richard who sent me a note asking me to check out MifiClub, a service that will send you a MiFi next-day in the United Kingdom. The service is obviously aimed at people traveling to the UK and staying for a few days or a week or so. It’s a smart concept. Here’s [...]
The mobile reality: I’m in Richmond and I can only get EDGE
Well then. Yet again I am reminded of how supremely rubbish the mobile industry is. Occasionally I manage to pull myself out of this stupor and allow myself to get very excited at the possibilities. Then reality slaps me on the face with a big, wet haddock. I’ve been doing some work in Richmond-Upon-Thames. Near [...]
3 will launch iPhone 4 this Friday
Have you been waiting to get an iPhone on 3? I know quite a few people who have been, especially after their rather attractive pricing. Just a quick refresher… You can pick up an iPhone 4 16GB for just £99 quid based on a 900 minutes, 5,000 texts, 5,000 three-to-three minutes and 1GB internet plan [...]
How many iPhones/iPads can I activate on one account?
Another question for you, dear reader. This time it’s about iPhones and iPads. Right now I have 5 iPhones and one iPad each syncing beautifully. I plug them into my Mac Pro and sync. Job done, all is fine. If I buy an application on my iPhone 4, and then try and download it on [...]
Help: BlackBerry 8900 SMS thread display question
I got this mail in from a reader today — are there any BlackBerry experts reading? Have you any experience with blackberry 8900′s – specifically related to threaded messages? One of our users has a Curve 8900 and on occasion (but not always) when he receives an SMS from one of his contacts it displays [...]
BlackBerry Protect is looking flippin’ brilliant
Right then I’ve been testing out the Beta of BlackBerry Protect, the company’s new consumer remote backup/wipe/locate service that’s coming soon. It’s absolute, absolute genuis. Finally I get mission critical security facilities for my device. I love it! I’ve made a screencast of the key tools working: – View Device Current Location (using Bing — [...]
Vodafone discontinues bespoke 360 handsets; H2 cancelled
If you recall a few weeks ago I posted an exclusive from the Vodafone 360 team announcing the upcoming arrival of the Vodafone 360 Samsung H2. I’d taken a look at the H2 and found it a rather nice improvement on the Samsung H1 (the original top-end 360 handset). Well, I’ve got some news straight [...]
Help: Ed’s moving to Holland and needs your mobile recommendations
We need your help, especially the Dutch nationals reading. Long time MIR reader, Ed Cave, is about to start a 6-month contract in Holland and thus needs to kit himself out with a mobile phone and/or mobile service plan for the country. Can you help? Here’s Ed’s message: Hi Ewan, I’m moving to Amsterdam on [...]
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