I had a chance to check out a cool new free iPhone/Android app that officially launched today at Mobilize: Tango Video Calls. Tango enables 3G VoIP and video calls between any two users who both have Tango installed and are registered. This is a pretty big barrier as far as user acquisition/usability, but before I [...]
Archive | September, 2010
Windows Phone 7: Excellent, Also Doomed?
Microsoft has conceded that a capacitive touchsreen and a touch UI is the future of mobility, but they are foolishly clinging to their ancient, desktop-inspired business model.
San Francisco: Conferenceville, USA
Ahoy from sunny SF, MIR readers! Ewan has been giving us the goods from BlackBerry DevCon all week, all the while a small local blog called TechCrunch had its own Disrupt conference in our humble bayside town. Well today, I’m at GigaOM’s Mobilize conference and next week I’ll be at CTIA. I’ll do my best [...]
Nokia N8 pre-orders start shipping today
Well then, the good news is here — Nokia’s N8 has begun shipping to customers who pre-ordered. So if you’re one of the lucky people, standby to receive. Don’t expect widespread availability for a good few weeks yet. I had a play with an early version and found the phone solid and nicely designed with [...]
CrackBerry App Awards tonight: Win a BlackBerry PlayBook!
The CrackBerry.com team are really excited about their awards evening tonight. I’m heading along with the camera to do some red carpet style reporting and some developer interviews. If you’re at a loose end tonight in San Francisco, get stuck in and come on along and say hi (RSVP here). Here are the details from [...]
Bizarre: Tomi is censored by Mint Directors Conference
Ready for a bizarre piece of news? Tomi Ahonen, the mobile industry commentator and author, was due to speak at the Mint Directors Conference this week. We’re not talking ‘mints’ as in sweets, we’re talking mints as in ‘coins’. Tomi was invited to speak to 500 Mint Directors from around the world, but just 15 [...]
The Crib Sheet: The key points from RIM’s DevCon 2010
Here’s an executive crib sheet for the news out of RIM’s DevCon 2010 event. 1. The much rumoured ‘BlackPad’ arrived in the shape of the ‘BlackBerry PlayBook‘ — 7″ tablet running the QNX linux-based operating system recently acquired by RIM. The PlayBook won’t hit the market until next year, but it’s everything you might expect [...]
I can’t wait for this check-in culture to move on
I absolutely cannot stand this check-in culture that has spread across the ‘connected’ social media masses. It’s not just FourSquare… everyone’s doing it. I can’t move for check-in competitions and updated services that now come with check-in features. You can now get check-in aggregators. A check-in — the act of physically taking out your phone, [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook: What’s in a name?
Over here in San Francisco, even the iPhone-totting Valley locals are generally nodding with approval at RIM’s latest creation, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The device name has warranted just a cursory nod before discussions of price, availability and other such issues. Abroad, however, it’s a slightly different story. I’ve had a lot of emails and [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook: A game-changer for RIM?
Only this morning I was sat amongst 100 or so mainstream and new media journalists as the RIM team conducted their initial pre-briefing under strict embargo. At the end of the event, there were a lot of glum faces. The announcements were good, but not necessarily earth shattering (I’ll write more on those shortly). Everyone [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook: First Device Pictures
Here are two of the first device pictures of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet… See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from MIR Live
BlackBerry PlayBook: RIM’s release
Here’s the full announcement on RIM’s newly announced ‘BlackPad’ tablet computer, the BlackBerry PlayBook: RIM today redefined the possibilities for mobile computing with the unveiling of its new professional-grade BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry® Tablet OS.Perfect for either large organizations or an “army of one”, the BlackBerry PlayBook is designed to give users what they [...]
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