Here is a contribution from one senior mobile industry executive who wishes to remain anonymous — his experience is, I’m sure, pretty familiar… – – – – – A tale of how not to handle a corporate customer… I travel. A lot. Three times to Asia in the last 3 months, and Europe too. The [...]

MMA Forum London 2011 — I’ll see you there next week!
Are you heading down to the Mobile Marketing Assocition’s Forum London 2011 next week? It’s taking place on the 4th-5th of October (Tuesday & Wednesday) and is looking to be a rather exciting event. It’s the MMA’s largest event in Europe and there are speakers from brands including Unilever, Coca-Cola, BBC, Debenhams, JetBlue, Marks & [...]
Batman in the park
Sticking with Orange, credit where it is due: The company’s FilmToGo offer is really giving them a lot to talk about. And it’s a pretty sweet offer: A free movie every Thursday (provided you pay the 35p text charge). This week it’s the 1989 classic, Batman. I have seen this add about six times today [...]
The cheapest iPhone offer ever from Orange?
I just spotted this offer from Orange in today’s Independent: An iPhone 3GS, free, for £15/month on a 24-month contract. At this contract price point, the iPhone has truly become a phone of the people. Anyone who wants one (and who can pass the credit check) can have one. I wonder how many will take [...]

24hourlondon: A crucial requirement for all those with a social life in London
A little while ago I came across 24hourlondon. It’s an app that does what it says on the tin. That is, it helps you easily locate London’s 24-hour establishments — or, frankly, the restaurants, bars and clubs that are open late. When you want the night’s festivities to continue beyond the 11pm cut-off imposed by [...]

Won’t it be brilliant if the Amazon Tablet is everything we hope?
Well I’m delighted — absolutely delighted — that we may well have a serious competitor arriving for Apple in the form of Amazon. I’ve been sitting considering the possibilities of a truly integrated Amazon Tablet. I spend a lot with Amazon. The company is fast approaching business critical status for me — and for my [...]

o2′s Workshop concept store is very, very promising
This afternoon I needed to buy a decent tripod for the video camera. I left the old-old tripod in some hotel, somewhere on the planet — deliberately, as it was getting too clunky and too annoying. I bought a new one but negated to recognise that it didn’t work very well for stand-up interviewing. It [...]

The Hilton Birmingham Metropole (NEC) doesn’t quite get ‘WiFi’ yet
The warm embrace of technology has yet to filter out to the wilds of Birmingham’s Hilton Metropole next door to the National Exhibition Centre (“NEC”) it seems. I arrived into my room to find a relic of the cold war ready to supply my every connected need — via fixed line ethernet. I shit ye [...]

India: The smartphone landscape
One of the key pieces of research I wanted to accomplish in India, is a real understanding of the volumes and usage of smartphones. Despite exhaustive trawling of the internet, I haven’t found any decent numbers on market share in India alone to prepare for this. The most credible numbers I can find were total [...]
UPLINQ Video: Bob Lyle of SRS Labs on delivering HD sound to mobile devices
This is Momchil with a video of Bob Lyle, Head of Mobile Business at SRS Labs, World Leader of Audio Post-Processing; providing audio solutions for flat-panel TV, PC and automotive segments. In this video Bob talks about HD audio and 3D immersive sound for mobile devices. Here is the video:
Is it wrong to spend £225 on an iPad cover?
Given you’ve spent about £399 or thereabouts for the device, is spending half of the value on a case worth it? How much did you spend on your iPad case? Me? I didn’t bother with a case! Posted via email from MIR Live

iHi is one of those genius little apps you need on your phone
James Parton writing over at IT Pro Portal has discovered a genius little app. It’s called “iHi” — and it’s really, really simple. Here’s the description James uses: Put simply, iHi is super simple visual communication. You can pick from a list of pre set words or phrases: When selected, the phrase is displayed as [...]
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