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Archive | January, 2011

Just bought one of these…

By Ewan on January 31, 2011 in Devices

I’ll let you know what it’s like. More information over at Johnsphones.com.

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Just bought Undercover for Mac to secure my Macbook Air

By Ewan on January 30, 2011 in Devices, Services

I was doing a bit of research yesterday for a bit of software that would secure my new MacBook Air. I’ve just bought the 11″ top-end one. I’m delighted with it. 6-7 hour battery. Nice form factor. A good improvement on the first generation (I also have one of these, although it needs a new [...]

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Why Vodafone had to play ball with Egypt’s Government

By Ewan on January 30, 2011 in Operators

Although I was none-too-impressed by Vodafone’s behaviour in Egypt over the past few days, I would like to make it clear that I absolutely understand it. Time for some admonishing from an anonymous reader who explains very clearly why Vodafone had no choice but to switch service off: 1: Licence. Vodafone has a licence, a [...]

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A fascinating example of the importance of market perception

By Ewan on January 30, 2011 in Devices, Opinion, Services

Have a read of this text from MSN Money: Moody’s Investors Services is considering Nokia Corp. for a possible downgrade as the Finland-based cell phone maker steadily loses market share to Apple Inc. and other companies. Although Nokia is the world’s top cell phone maker, with particularly strong brand recognition outside the U.S., it has [...]

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Top 20 iPhone Apps Developer looks beyond iOS and Android

By Momchil on January 30, 2011 in Applications

The Moron Test is amongst the iTunes App Store’s top 20 applications and has been enjoyed by over seven million users to date. And it’s about to be enjoyed by even more. The app’s developer DistictDev is expanding into new territory: The app will shortly be available for Blackberry, Windows Phone 7 and Nokia devices. I’m [...]

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So if I was in Egypt right now, and I needed help… where would you be, Vodafone?

By Ewan on January 30, 2011 in Operators

It’s a good few hundred quid a month I pay to Vodafone for services here in the United Kingdom. One would imagine that if I was working in Egypt, my Vodafone UK handsets would naturally roam on to Vodafone Egypt. Right? I should expect that’s the preferred network. Thus if I was in Egypt right [...]

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Seven Steps to MWC Success: Step 7 — At the show

By Ewan on January 29, 2011 in Opinion

It’s time for the final part of the Seven Steps to MWC Success series. In case you missed the other parts of the series, here they are: - Step One – Announcements- Step Two – Always be relevant- Step Three – Tailor your approach- Step Four – You can never over-plan- Step Five – Scheduling Meetings- Step Six – [...]

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Belgium Operator Mobistar gets punk’d (well, the Belgian equivalent)

By Ewan on January 29, 2011 in Operators, Services

Thanks to reader Phil who brought this one to my attention. Mobistar, I’m reliably informed, had a pretty poor reputation when it came to customer service. You know the type of service — transferred from pillar to post with no one bothering to help. I’m pretty sure we’ve all experience something like this from our [...]

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Got a Satphone in Saudi Arabia? Hand it in please!

By Ewan on January 29, 2011 in Devices, Operators, Services

Jon Snow from Channel4 news reports that it’s not just mobile networks that governments are switching off in an attempt to keep the lid on things. Here’s what he had to say about Saudi Arabia: The one to watch is Saudi Arabia – ripe for change but far from the frontline of those most likely [...]

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Future Platforms shows off CNBC/Davos Pulse event app

By Ewan on January 29, 2011 in Applications

Congratulations to the team at Future Platforms who’ve just successfully deployed ‘DavosPulse’ — a mobile application companion for the world famous Davos summit event. The app is a companion to the main World Economic Forum event. As with many major events, the really valuable conversations and networking takes place at the fringe briefings and parties. [...]

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Windows Phone team co-operating with jailbreakers

By Ewan on January 29, 2011 in Devices

I think this can only be good news for the Windows Phone platform. I particularly like the T-Shirt (photo via the link below). Writing on their blog yesterday, Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh, and Long Zheng have revealed what they can (outside of the NDA they voluntarily signed) about the 2 days of meetings, and are [...]

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The smartphone secret sauce: Spiffy browser; some EA games?

By Ewan on January 29, 2011 in Applications, Devices

Stefan over at IntoMobile wrote a post showing a grainy photo of a Nokia MeeGo tablet. That wasn’t my interest though. Stefan took the opportunity to summarise his perspective on the smartphone (and tablet?) industry thus: Nokia lost the hardware battle a long time ago when everyone started jumping on top of the Qualcomm Snapdragon [...]

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