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Online App Maker ShoutEm looks rather nifty

By Ewan on February 8, 2011 in Applications

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the mobile app strategy for Mobile Industry Review recently. We have a very swish mobile web site now thanks to the WPTouch premium plugin and, for more limited devices, the WordPress Mobile plugin is working really nicely. Try it out by visiting us on your mobile browser. [...]

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The unofficial MWC parties app

By Ewan on February 8, 2011 in News

I saw this note posted on the Momolondon forum earlier today and thought it might be of interest to all those attending MWC: Hi All, As in last year, I have written an app that aggregates most interesting free networking events, receptions and parties happening in the week of MWC 2011 in Barcelona. The app [...]

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3 tickets to MWC available — competition — be quick!

By Ewan on February 8, 2011 in News

If you’d really like to get to Mobile World Congress then I’ve got a possible solution for you in the form of John and the team at Cloud9 Mobile. They’ve got three standard MWC tickets to give away to lucky readers. You will need to be quick though, they are aiming to give them away [...]

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Connected Creativity: The mobile entertainment event at MIP TV

By Ewan on February 8, 2011 in News, Opinion

I’ve been visiting Paris every week or so for the past month to work with the team at MIPTV’s Connected Creativity event. MIPTV is where the world’s entertainment industry comes to discuss what’s new and what’s moving across the global entertainment marketplace. Connected Creativity is a new addition to MIPTV this year. It’s dedicated to [...]

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Come on Nokia, set the market alight!

By Ewan on February 8, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

Well it’s going to be an interesting Friday. I was absolutely delighted to hear from one hugely respected source that Nokia will announce Windows Phone 7 support on Friday. Yesteday, a whole load of other sources confirmed the same. The precise nature of the Windows Phone 7 announcement is unclear at the moment. Are we [...]

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Leading mobile developer: “No more free apps” – a sign of things to come?

By Ewan on February 7, 2011 in Applications, Opinion

I’ve written and tweeted about the phenomenal work that Simon Maddox has done over the years. His name will be familiar to many mobile developers given that Simon was amongst the first in the United Kingdom to get stuck into the mobile development scene. His CV, therefore, reads like a Who’s Who in mobile. He’s [...]

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY phone comes into view (“The PlayStation Phone”)

By Ewan on February 6, 2011 in Devices

Long rumoured, it’s nice to finally get a bit of a look at the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The advertisement for the phone hit Youtube moments ago and I’m pretty sure it’s going to get a lot of attention. What you see above is an Android handset that is ‘PlayStation Certified’ — along with the [...]

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Motti Kushnir of Telmap on the Future of Location

By Ewan on February 6, 2011 in Applications, News, Services

The Future of Location is a continual series running here on Mobile Industry Review. This time I’m delighted to be able to feature the thoughts of Motti Kushnir. Motti is Chief Marketing Officer at location based services giant, Telmap. I’ve put a little more about the company at the bottom of Motti’s piece. Here we [...]

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I just backed this for $500: The Mobile Pad Cloud stand

By Ewan on February 6, 2011 in Devices

I liked this idea so much, I decided to put my money where my mouth is. What is it? Well, it’s called The Mobile Pad Cloud. It’s a piece of foam that makes sitting with an iPad for any length of time a little bit nicer. The Mobile Pad Cloud is… … a triangle with [...]

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iPad Enclosures to help lock-down iPads for public use

By Ewan on February 6, 2011 in Devices

That there is the ‘Full Metal Jacket’ iPad enclosure / protective case. It is, by all accounts, completely tamper-proof. And you’ll see there’s no home-button exposed either. So once the iPad is activated running a kiosk application (for example), then users can’t do anything else. Plus they can’t easily steal the iPad either. The heavy-duty [...]

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Microsoft’s WP7 Ad Campaign: Buy Our Unsexy Phones!

By Michael Selvidge on February 6, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

Oh deary me. By all accounts, Microsoft have made themselves a nice little smartphone OS in Windows Phone 7, but alas, they are shooting themselves in the foot with a very clever, very slick, very expensive, but ultimately horribly misguided ad campaign. I’m sure you’ve seen these ads all over the place. The message in [...]

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The Plaza Hotel New York: iPads in every room

By Ewan on February 5, 2011 in Applications, Devices, Services

I’ve been following the developments of Intelity, the company behind ‘ICE’ (“Interactive Customer Experience”). ICE works on touchscreen, television, smartphone, laptop or tablet. What’s particularly interesting is what they’ve been doing with iPads. I’ve been raving about this stuff ever since it went live last year. The concept is simple. Arrive at your hotel and [...]

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