I had cause to download the Box.net iPhone client today just to check it out. I’d already registered a business trial account and then I saw the message below. As per the message there, everyone gets a free 50GB Box.net account of you register via the app. I tried this out and I can confirm [...]
Archive | November, 2011
Thousands queue for RIM’s Bold 9790 in Jakarta
Thousands of people in Jakarta, Indonesia, clearly haven’t got the BlackBerry-is-dead memo. I think I’m still right in saying that BlackBerry is still the #1 selling smartphone in the UK, along with dozens of other territories. Arguments like, “Yeah but it’s students buying them,” or “No, but” or “Yes but” don’t count. In many countries, [...]
Amplicom’s PowerTel M4000 is ideal for granny
Whilst we’re busy obsessing over the latest Nexus handset from Samsung or Nokia’s new Lumia, spare a thought for your relatives for whom the most basic 8k voice circuit is a huge bonus. Quite a few of my relatives in their 60s have tried using iPhones and BlackBerries. Some persevere. Most do their best. The [...]
$41 off an iPad 2? Black Friday looks pretty shit!
Black Friday! Black Friday! Quick! Spend money! It’s Thanksgiving this week in America which is why anyone you’re trying to contact in the States is either ignoring you, has their out-of-office on, or they’re being a wee bit slow in responding. I’m told it’s their equivalent of Christmas and I’ve seen enough movies to recognise [...]
38% of MIR readers want an updated 2012 version of the Nokia N95
I’m having a lot of fun with the Urtak ‘collaborative survey’ that I added early this morning. Some of the results are rather stimulating! What’s fascinating about the Urtak functionality is that readers can add their own questions at the end. We started off with my generic 10 mobile ones and we’ve now got another [...]
Yet another Apple NFC story: Come on Apple!
So another week, another Apple-will-have-NFC story. I’m sure you’ve seen it. One of the reasons I was so disappointed by the recent Apple keynote was the total lack of new hardware. One of the key points we were all looking for was Apple’s NFC strategy. The reasoning was pretty straight forward: It’s game over for [...]
89% of MIR readers can type faster on a QWERTY mobile keyboard
Did you see the Urtak collaborative survey poll thing I published on the site early this morning? Well we’ve had quite a few people use it. I started it off with 10 questions I typed in randomly about the mobile industry. For instance, I asked “Do you own an iPad?” (37% said yes) or “Does [...]
Have a play with the MIR Urtak collaborative poll…
I read about Urtak earlier and decided to stick it up on MIR and see how it gets on. It’s a collaborative poll/survey tool that really is rather addictive. Here’s how it works. I’ve started one off with 10 questions. The only valid answers are yes/no/don’t care. Questions are shown in random order. You just [...]
[Insert YAFP here] = “Yet another Facebook Phone”
Charlie over at the Phones4U blog writes about reports that HTC is working with Facebook on an official Facebook phone. Next. I’ve set my expectations to way below zero. I most definitely look forward to being utterly amazed and surprised. However I do have to wonder what more you could do with Facebook on a [...]
Need to get the music industry’s attention? Get to Midem
Midem is coming in January. It’s the music industry’s premier connected event and it takes place in Cannes, France, every year. If you’re working on something mobile-music related (or “connected” music), then I strongly, strongly recommend you consider attending the event. You’ll meet almost 7,000 other folk. Don’t just buy a ticket though. Get in [...]
Is your house Siri-enabled yet?
How do you like the idea of turning your heating up by telling Siri to sort it out? I like that a lot. A *lot*. I don’t want to have to arse about going into the kitchen — which is where our boiler/thermostat is — and open up the sodding boiler thingy and then screw [...]
Somebody get this man a tablet
I’ve done this myself quite a few times. There’s nothing worse than seeing other people having to use their laptops like this. It really doesn’t look good. It’s bad at the station but it’s even worse at the office. How many readers have at least one person in their office who wander around with their [...]
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