Archive | May, 2011

PRs: Need your help on internal enterprise WiFi

Hi there — I’m about to send this out through SourceWire but I wanted to make sure that everyone reading (not just PRs) has the opportunity to contribute to this new series I’m working on — here are the details: New Content Series: Internal Enterprise WiFi Best Practice I’m working on a content series focusing [...]

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Ed Lea, CTO of Grapple Mobile

Ed Lea, CTO of Grapple Mobile

Next on our video episodes from Unlimited Drinks is Ed Lea. Ed is CTO at Grapple Mobile launching mobile apps for big brands on all the major platforms. In this video we asked Ed to give us an overview of his company and the way he thinks the market is moving. Over to Ed: Unlimited [...]

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Whan Stransom of System Concepts

Whan Stransom of System Concepts

Continuing our video episodes from the most recent Unlimited Drinks event, next up is Whan Stransom. Whan, as a senior consultant at System Concepts is focused on user experience and helping people embrace technology. In this video we asked Whan to talk to us about the importance of user involvement in the design of products [...]

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361 Degrees podcast – Episode 2 from Cannes

Hello, hello and THRICE hello — Episode 2 of the world’s most connected mobile podcast has hit the airwaves. Indeed, if you had your podcast reader setup, you’d have got both episodes into your ears a few days ago. That’s right, this is a two-parter. You can find out the background to 361 Degrees right [...]

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Unboxing and first look at the BlackBerry PlayBook

Unboxing and first look at the BlackBerry PlayBook

Here’s my first look at the BlackBerry PlayBook that I filmed on the first day of BlackBerry World in my hotel room. As usual I just got stuck in and didn’t bother rehearsing so you can see my raw reactions. (Momchil’s done some editing so that you don’t have to sit and wait whilst things [...]

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Unlimited Drinks April Survey Results

Unlimited Drinks April Survey Results

Hello — Ewan here — at the most recent Unlimited Drinks we decided to do a quick survey of the attendees. My initial idea was to give everyone a pen and an A5 sheet of paper with three easy questions on it. However eventually we ended up having Momchil walk and talk to every attendee [...]

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Developers, have you got your Meffys entry completed?

The deadline for entry submission for the upcoming Meffys Awards 2011 is fast approaching. You’ll need to be quick, but you can still qualify for the £75 special entry fee if you’re a small applications developer. I strongly encourage you to take the time to submit your apps — the resulting exposure (even if you [...]

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Update From Day One at BlackBerry World

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Come on Vodafone! Just be direct…

Come on Vodafone! Just be direct…

A suitably cryptic text message from Vodafone arrived just now. Apparently I’ve used 3MB of data today. Which has cost me £3 per meg. If they’d just tell me direct, I think it would be perfectly acceptable. Just tell me I’ve run up £9 in data charges today. No need to be cryptic, Vodafone. Sent [...]

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The PlayBook runs Android apps perfectly fine

I’m delighted that Myriam over at Engadget was thinking straight during this morning’s keynote at BlackBerry World. I was too engrossed in watching what was going on to think, ‘Oh, you know what, I should be videoing this.’ Thankfully Myriam did. This is a video of the Android segment of the keynote. The RIM team [...]

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The PlayBook arrives: “Amateur hour is over”

The PlayBook arrives: “Amateur hour is over”

I’m sending this from the PlayBook’s bridge with my BlackBerry Bold. These big posters are plastered along the side of the huge convention hall here in Orlando. What do you make of the comment, ‘Amateur hour is over’? This is clearly a reference to the other players in the tablet market — and, to some [...]

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Video demo shot on PlayBook

Here is a video demo shot on the PlayBook at the BlackBerry World keynote featuring Carolyn Everson, VP of Marketing at FaceBook. I’m not sure how this video will render on the site via Posterous… Let’s have a look! (I recorded the video using the camera app on the PlayBook and then attached it to [...]

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