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Archive | August, 2011

Should you upgrade to BlackBerry Bold 9900? Definitely. Place the order!

By Ewan on August 31, 2011 in Devices

Months ago when I first got hands-on with the BlackBerry Bold at BlackBerry World, I thought it was gorgeous. But, it was pre-release. And I try not to think too much about devices that are specifically marked as pre-release. There are often substantial changes before the device hits the shelves. Now I stopped doing actual [...]

Got Android? Go abroad? Get Onavo to avoid being hosed

By Ewan on August 30, 2011 in Applications

If you’re an Android user and you roam regularly, you have probably experienced the ‘what-the?’ moment at least once in recent memory. That’s the moment you realise that the paltry 25mb you’ve been given for your day’s worth of roaming mobile data adds up to about 20 minutes worth of heavy using on an Android [...]

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Got a MacBook on your desk? You need a Henge Dock!

By Ewan on August 30, 2011 in Devices

It’s almost September, which means it feels about a billion days since the start of the year, when all of those resolutions about tidying up stuff are typically formulated. So why not get stuck into the final push ’til Christmas by sorting out the crap on your desk with a Henge Dock? It’s a simple [...]

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Simon Collins of WeDo Technologies on mobile fraud

By Ewan on August 30, 2011 in Operators, Services

After the Q&A post I published last week with Sergio from WeDo Technologies regarding mobile fraud, I was delighted to be able to sit down with him and his colleague Simon Collins. Simon runs Praesidium, the consulting division of WeDo. Simon explained it’s his job to be negative — to find fault, to exploit, to [...]

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Bury Council binmen trucks kitted out with iPads

By Ewan on August 29, 2011 in Devices

Chalk up another iPad #win for the enterprise! I like a good “iPad’s now being used by…” story, however this one most certainly caught my attention on quite a few fronts. Let’s hear from The Telegraph: The tablet computers will be mounted on dashboards and used to guide binwagon drivers around new routes. The devices [...]

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PacSun clothing retailer deploys iPads to shop floor sales associates

By Ewan on August 26, 2011 in Devices, News

Here’s another example of enterprise iPad usage — much like the Lowe’s news this week, it’s clear that businesses are ultra keen on putting smart technology such as the iPad in the hands of their customer-facing people. Right now, sales people in shops are often highly redundant beyond issuing a greeting and helping you pay [...]

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US/New York freelance mobile PR required

By Ewan on August 26, 2011 in Services

Hi there — I had a mail in from a reader today asking if I knew any New York/US freelance public relations people. Now, I do. Most of the ones I know are either far too busy or allied/employed by a larger agency. These chaps are on the hunt for a freelancer. Do you have [...]

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Help with satellite broadband: Does it actually work?

By Ewan on August 26, 2011 in Devices, Services

My wife’s parents live out in the middle of nowhere in Hampshire. When you put their phone number into the BT broadband speed checker, the system does the equivalent of burst out laughing, arms crossed, shaking its head. It estimates a speed of between 0.25mb and 1mb. This, then, is why when I go there, [...]

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Beware the smug Orange Film Thursdays customer

By Ewan on August 26, 2011 in Operators

I sat up late last night and watched The Ghost. It’s the one with Ewan McGregor and Piers Brosnan. I watched the movie on my iPhone and frequently across the 2 hour film, I felt smug. I felt smug — and I felt valued. Thank-you-very-much, Orange. It’s all thanks to this rather smart marketing arrangement [...]

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NFL’s Buccaneers players get iPads to help their game

By Ewan on August 25, 2011 in Devices

Here’s another example of the enterprise use of iPads, although it’s not quite a Fortune 500. No. It’s an NFL team — and rather confusingly (for anyone following RIM’s PlayBook), the iPads are being used to view playbooks (that is, the blow-by-blow game instructions) and videos of previous games. Interesting. The piece below mentions that [...]

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Moved from Marlow to Ascot – your help needed with connectivity decisions

By Ewan on August 25, 2011 in Opinion

A housekeeping note and a request for suggestions, folks. We’ve now moved house from beautiful Marlow to equally lovely Ascot. Home of the world famous race course (300 years old this year I think). I have a greenfield house to play with so I would welcome your connectivity suggestions. There’s nothing installed at the moment [...]

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An increasing focus on M-Commerce here at Mobile Industry Review

By Ewan on August 25, 2011 in Opinion

The whole M-Commerce marketplace is getting highly, highly exciting. I read yesterday that savvy mobile consumers actually reclaim 38 extra days a year by using ‘Mobile Economic Time’. That is, they do their shopping on the go, whilst they’re on the train, or sitting on the bus — time that would otherwise be used up [...]

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