Archive | February, 2011

No handset is worth dying for; a timely reminder

I was just reading about a poor chap who was robbed for his iPhone and wallet recently. In the report in today’s Telegraph, it appears the chap was stabbed in the head with some sort of screwdriver after he tried to get his iPhone back from the robbers. Sexton, of Moors Avenue, and Smith, of [...]

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Back to connectivity

Well then, that’s me almost back to connectivity. I’m not sure what it is about Barcelona — whenever I find myself needing an internet connection, there’s usually some kind of impediment in the way. This year I shared an apartment with Ben Smith of Wireless Worker. Ben located the flat a few months back after [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Ace promotional video

I’ve just been sent this sponsored video featuring a Samsung Galaxy Ace (amongst others). It’s rather interesting to see how the Samsung team are positioning the Ace. Do you see just how much like an iPhone it looks? This promo video also helpfully explains just what demographic each of the handsets (Ace, Fit, Glo and [...]

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Abroadband: Data roaming in 50 countries for €0.59/mb

While I was running around like a mad man at Mobile World Congress this week, reader Kerry Ritz spotted news that Telecom Austria has decided to break apart the mobile roaming marketplace. Abroadband uses Telecom Austria’s existing international roaming agreements to offer PAYG data roaming across 50 countries for just €0.59 per megabyte. And that’s [...]

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Hello from James Parton of BlueVia

I popped over to see James Parton of BlueVia this morning to find out what was going on with Telefonica’s developer programme this week. I think popped out the camera and asked James to give us an update. Thanks James — here’s the video:

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Unlocked by 3 MiFi unit and now I’m flying

I picked up a sim card from Vodafone the other day. But I couldn’t really use it until I unlocked the MiFi unit. Thank you to the many readers who suggested an array of sites to help unlock Huwaei devices. I’m delighted to say that Paul Shadwell’s fantastic guide worked perfectly for me. I paid [...]

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HTC Unveils Two Social Phones With One-Touch Facebook® Access

And here is the release regarding HTC’s all new “Facebook” phones. Again, I won’t be able to write much on them today hence this post. But I will aim to pop by shortly to their stand and do a video later on. HTC Unveils Two Social Phones With One-Touch Facebook® Access HTC raises the bar [...]

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HTC Unveils HTC Flyer, the First Tablet with HTC Sense

I won’t get a chance to write this up until much later so here’s the full tablet release from HTC. I will go and take a look later on today. HTC Unveils HTC Flyer™, the First Tablet with HTC Sense™ Aluminum unibody design with touch and pen interaction make HTC Flyer unique First tablet with [...]

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Nokia Plan B is far too late, but there’s hope for Plan A

I saw a re-tweet of the Nokia Plan B open letter to Nokia shareholders and investors. It makes for interesting reading and I do like and appreciate the broad thrust of their arguments. (The Plan B summary: Don’t do the Microsoft deal, get rid of Elop, fire some people, hire some people and the like). [...]

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ipadio: Hello From Barcelona

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RIM’s carrier-billing hat-trick with Vodafone, Telefonica & T-Mobile

Congratulations to the team at RIM who’ve notched up a perfect hat-trick this morning announcing not one, not two but three carrier-billing partnerships with the global behemoths of Vodafone, Telefonica and T-Mobile (Deutsche Telecom). This is excellent news. It means that shortly, if you’re an App World user, you’ll be able to pay for your [...]

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Good morning from Barcelona

Hello and good morning from Barcelona! It’s time for Mobile World Congress 2011 and goodness me, I think it’s shaping up to be rather exciting. Nokia’s recent news has added a little unexpected excitement — and I’ve been delighted to see that the marketplace has picked it up and run with it. Almost everyone I’ve [...]

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