Archive | October, 2010

Ivy4evr: Channel4′s explicit SMS drama

By on October 6, 2010 in News

I had a note in from reader James to tell me about Ivy4evr, Channel 4′s new ‘explicit SMS drama’. You only have to visit the site to determine that it’s a rather ‘edgy’ concept. The site explains that our key character, Ivy, has left home because ‘Lilsis’ (is that ‘little sister’ or somebody else, who [...]

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DroidCon London is happening this month: Be there

By on October 5, 2010 in News

One of the best looking Android conferences I’ve seen in a while. I will aim to be there. If you’ve anything whatsoever to do with Android or you want to reach developers, you should be there too. I’ll be posting more on this shortly. Meanwhile, visit the site and buy a ticket: http://www.droidcon.co.uk/

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Day 103 of the Vodafone Zero-3G Experience in Richmond

By on October 5, 2010 in Operators

So I’ve been doing a lot of consultancy with a massive, global, huge, big company in Richmond-Upon-Thames for quite a while now. 103 days, approximately. There is next to no Vodafone signal in the building, despite it being located in downtown PRIME Richmond. Walk outside and wave your handset around and you’ll be lucky to [...]

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The Nokia transformation continues

By on October 5, 2010 in Opinion

With Nokia dropping executives like flies recently, it’s tempting to think the company has descended into total disarray. (Today, the chap who ran MeeGo has exited stage right). Fortunately this is not the case. Nokia has been through the Perfect Storm and is slowly drifting out of the resulting fog, powered by a whisper of [...]

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BlackBerry Torch: Initial thoughts — I’m a big fan

By on October 4, 2010 in Devices

I have to say I am thoroughly, thoroughly enjoying using the trial BlackBerry Torch that RIM sent me the other week. I wasn’t sure if I’d take to the double-UI (i.e. the touchscreen along with the physical keyboard) but I have to say, I’m finding it something of a revelation. Initial reactions: – I like [...]

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Nokia N8 launch draws queues of excited customers

By on October 4, 2010 in Devices

Butter me in Chocolate and call me Kevin! There were queues of people waiting to get their hands on the Nokia N8 at Nokia stores in Helsinki, Beijing, Shanghai and Moscow on Friday. The Nokia Conversations blog has the details and pictures. Here’s one of those photos: This is good news for Nokia. It’s going [...]

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