A radio controlled truck? I’m already interested. With the ability to control via your iPhone (or any iOS device)? Put it on the Christmas list right now! Yes! The chaps at Dexim have created an iOS-controlled ‘vehicle’ — a Monter Truck. It’s described as ‘the first product offering’ but I can also see a remote [...]
Archive | September, 2011
Just cancelled the 3 account I’ve had for 7 years (but there’s good news too)
You know the offending account I’m referring to? The one where I was stupid, STUPID enough to run up a £120 bill based on 58 megabytes of overage? (Read: An expensive example of Three’s stupid data policies) I’ve been rather annoyed at how stupid I’ve been. I paid £5 for the ‘internet max’ option years [...]
For just a moment, I wondered if Vodafone had done something exciting
I picked up Nirave’s post earlier about Vodafone introducing changes to it’s monthly price plans. “Goodness me,” I thought, “Perhaps this is it?” With baited breath, I waited as the Vodafone page loaded. Ah. Turns out that from the 11th of October, Vodafone will be increasing the costs of out-of-bundle services for all their contract [...]
Catching the Indian Mobile Wave
Many global mobile network groups, and key companies in the ecosystem have at one time or another invested in the Indian mobile industry. Drawn to the sheer scale of the worlds largest democracy, mobile ought to be an enormous money earner for all involved. Little in India seems straight forward though. The jailing of a [...]
Who do you rate in the Indian mobile marketplace?
Our man in India is now Dominic Travers. Many readers will know him as the force behind a ton of phenomenally well produced and informative mobile events such as Droidcon, Future of Mobile and Heroes of the Mobile Screen. I’ve packed Dominic off to India (Delhi) next week to investigate the burgeoning and astonishing mobile [...]
James Whatley on the importance of ecosystems
Whatley is back this week with his perspective on ecosystems — a word that’s increasingly being integrated into the marketing communications of almost every key player in the marketplace. Years back, an ecosystem meant having a few developers knock out some expensive and rather limited third-party apps. Nowadays the term has much wider connotations. Over [...]
An expensive example of Three’s stupid data policies
This is one of those posts that’s about to get really, really popular across the mobile operator community. I know this, because previous ones on similar subjects have phenomenally high readership rates from the various operator areas such as Newbury, Maidenhead, Slough and so on. And executives call me about them too. It is with [...]
The ultimate IBM tablet replacement spotted in the wild
That’s one way of using your Thinkpad. Indeed, CFOs around the world could avoid an expensive tablet bill by insisting on buying Lenovo laptops… Posted via email from MIR Live
Vodafone: Pay less with us while you wait for the iPhone
I saw this ad in todays Evening Standard newspaper. It’s a new one that I haven’t seen before. For that, I’m thankful. Operator innovation is really thin on the ground these days. That said, what I see here falls into the category of ‘marketing innovation’, rather than wholesale new excitement. The concept is simple: If [...]
Operator Innovation: Isolate me from the pain of hardware responsibility
It’s time for post number 7 in the Operator Innovation series I’m running here at Mobile Industry Review. I’m looking at the importance of user experience in the context of hardware — particularly around failure. Recently — as I described in the previous post — my wife’s iPhone 4 screen cracked as a result of [...]
My live test of the Vodafone store in Bracknell
My wife’s iPhone 4 is borked. It fell off a sofa on to a wooden floor. This caused a huge crack in the screen. I therefore needed to get it fixed. My wife popped into a Vodafone store recently and they explained it would cost at least £150 to replace the screen. Fair enough. My [...]
T-Mobile’s new offering for micro businesses and sole traders
Now then, I’m going to withhold my usual barrage of criticism for this country’s mobile operators to bring you news from T-Mobile UK. They’re getting somewhere. Having completed research that shows that many sole traders and micro businesses reckon the next year will be tough (70% anticipate revenue staying the same or decreasing next year), [...]
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