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Archive | September, 2011

You’re not cool unless you’ve got a 75″ screen in your pocket

By Ewan on September 5, 2011 in Devices

These all new glasses from Vuzix just went to the top of my must-have tech list. They’re called Wrap 1200 and they’re the ultra-latest from Vuzix, offering an equivalent experience to a 75″ screen viewed from 10ft. Love it. They operate at 16:9 –and 2x AA batteries will keep you going for up to three [...]

Would you like a daily email update?

By Ewan on September 4, 2011 in News

This afternoon I thought I had better check the status of our MailChimp account. It turns out that since the credit card expired, the system hasn’t been sending the daily email newsletter to subscribers. Highly inconvenient, but entirely my fault. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience for those who’ve been wondering what’s been going on. I’ve [...]

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A reminder of Apple’s all round excellence

By Ewan on September 3, 2011 in Devices

I was having a little poke around AdAge’s Top 10 Apple advertisements post and came cross this one for the iPhone’s FaceTime functionality. Here’s the video embed: I had to remind myself that this was an advertisement selling a piece of hardware (and a voice, text and data plan too). I find it fascinating how [...]

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By 2015, Windows Phone will lead iOS — Gartner, IDC

By Ewan on September 2, 2011 in Devices

I don’t agree with all the text in this piece from TechCrunch — not least because of the focus on HTC and hardly any mention of Nokia. HTC is a relative minnow compared to what Nokia could *possibly* do with Windows Phone. This, after all, is a company that’s consistently proved that it has the [...]

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Stop everything and read about Amazon’s tablet

By Ewan on September 2, 2011 in Devices

MG Siegler has a super, super exclusive over at TechCrunch regarding Amazon’s much rumoured Kindle Tablet that he reckons will retail for $250 — this year. I strongly recommend have a read of his post. It’s called simply the “Amazon Kindle”. But it’s not like any Kindle you’ve seen before. It displays content in full [...]

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Video: BlackBerry Bold 9900 walk-through

By Momchil on September 2, 2011 in Devices, News

This is Momchil here with a demo of the BlackBerry Bold 9900. Further to Ewan’s recent post on the new Bold, I would like to show you this video walk-through of the BlackBerry Bold 9900, taken at the BlackBerry 7 Media Event. Here is the video:

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50% of users abandon mobile videos half way through watching

By Ewan on September 1, 2011 in Services

I met up with Noam from Mobixell before this year’s Mobile World Congress. I was meant to meet up with him again in Barcelona, but unfortunately he was ill. Anyway, I enjoyed Mobixell’s take on the issue of network congestion – the causes of it (mainly video according to Mobixell) and some ways to try [...]

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Everything Everywhere: An open letter to Olaf Swantee — from a senior executive

By Ewan on September 1, 2011 in Operators, Opinion

I was contacted recently by a senior executive at Everything Everywhere in the wake of the announcement of Tom Alexander stepping down. The executive detailed mounting frustration from across the business at the lack of progress under Tom’s leadership — and some dismay that the new chap taking over from Tom, Olaf Swantee, doesn’t quite [...]

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All change at Everything Everywhere as Olaf Swantee arrives

By Ewan on September 1, 2011 in Operators

Here’s the full release from Everything Everywhere regarding the changes at the top. If you recall, previous CEO Tom Alexander has exited stage right and Olaf Swantee arrives into the CEO position: Everything Everywhere, the UK’s leading communications company, has announced its new management team with ten executives reporting to Chief Executive Officer Olaf Swantee [...]

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