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Archive | February, 2011

Video: Catching up with Steve French from NewBay

By Ewan on February 28, 2011 in Operators, Services

Back in Barcelona, I was meaning to pop by the NewBay stand to see what they’d been up to but I’d found myself passing by now and again, but not having the time to actually stop. Then one of their helpful PRs popped by when Ed and I were deciding what next to film at [...]

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Why your teleconferences are absolutely rubbish (it’s all about video!)

By Ewan on February 25, 2011 in News, Services

I got some rather eye-popping statistics in from Cable & Wireless today. They talked to over 4,800 consumers and businesses across the UK, India, Spain, Germany and Singapore and ended up with these results: – Over 42% of Brits check or write emails and 32% doodle while taking part in a conference call Well, I [...]

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Have you read Huwaei’s open letter to the US?

By Ewan on February 25, 2011 in Services

Picked this one up from reader JanM — it makes fascinating reading. Huwaei have been disturbed enough to put pen to paper. Here’s the coverage from LightReading. Click through below to read the full text. On Thursday, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. sent out an open letter following its aborted acquisition of 3Leaf. See Huawei Sheds [...]

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Video: SnapKeys — touchscreen typing without a keyboard?

By Ewan on February 25, 2011 in Applications, Services

I popped by to see Bill from SnapKeys to hear all about their new touchscreen keyboard input service … that doesn’t have a keyboard. I’m going to see if I can get a demo to show you in more detail. Meanwhile here’s Bill’s introduction: And here’s their intro video:

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Video: iPad 2 hands-on reveals all new 27″ design

By Ewan on February 24, 2011 in Devices

If you ask me, this form factor is just a little bit too big for my liking. Still, pretty comprehensive review…

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Roundtable/speaker opportunities for Connected Creativity at MIPTV

By Ewan on February 23, 2011 in News

I’ve been working with the team at the upcoming Connected Creativity event helping to suggest companies and individuals to feature on the conference programme. Instead of keeping it insular, I wanted to open up the opportunity to participate for all readers. If you work in mobile entertainment and you’d like to connect with an array [...]

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£150k’s worth of free choice architecture consultancy for Vodafone

By Ewan on February 22, 2011 in Operators, Services

Jonathan MacDonald is at it again. Make sure you’ve got a cup of coffee for this one. He’s laid bare the fascinating reality of ‘choice’ (or as he refers to the practice, ‘choice architecutre’) in the context of the SMS messages he routinely receives from Vodafone. He’s not picking on them per se — indeed, [...]

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WP7: “Are you done yet”? Good series of ads from Microsoft

By Ewan on February 22, 2011 in Devices, News

The chaps over at WPCentral picked up this video highlighting a new series of Windows Phone 7 video ads coming soon from Microsoft. The ads are particularly smart. They highlight some of the smart features of the operating system that help you get stuff done quickly. Complete with on-screen stopwatch. Believe it or not, WP7 [...]

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Little Archie recognised me on Facetime this evening

By Ewan on February 22, 2011 in Applications, Devices, Opinion, Services

A little while ago, I looked at my bank statement and saw a £570 entry from Vodafone. I almost jumped out of my skin. It’s normally a few hundred pounds. “I’ll need to phone them!” I thought to myself, cursing like a trooper. “How did they end up billing me that much?” I wondered. A [...]

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WiFi on trains? There’s a conference for that!

By Ewan on February 22, 2011 in Devices, News, Services

My message to the train operators attending TrainComms2011 is JFDI. In case translation is required: Just frakking* do it. This June, BWCS will host its sixth annual WiFi on Trains Conference Train Communications Systems 2011, with train operators from all over the world due to speak and attend. The conference will be dominated by real [...]

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Video: RIM stand tour at MWC (including the PlayBook crowds)

By Ewan on February 22, 2011 in Devices

Earlier I posted the video overview of the BlackBerry PlayBook I filmed for the CrackBerry.com team last Monday at Mobile World Congress. Now I’ve got the stand tour for you. It’s always interesting to observe the wisdom of the crowds at these shows — and in this video you’ll see me walking through the RIM [...]

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