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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 [...]

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What’s had the biggest impact on mobile? All you can eat data!

What’s had the biggest impact on mobile? All you can eat data!

I know it’s been a while but, after reading Ewan’s post about mobile impact, I decided to write in… Dear Ewan, I too read the network impact blog post from Pankaj Schroff and I too wondered at what mine would be. My response was instantaneous, however I was utterly stunned to discover that both your [...]

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The T-Mobile G1: The Whatley Response

The T-Mobile G1: The Whatley Response

Morning Folks, Happy New Year from yours truly and what not. I had a brief moment yesterday (while chilling out in front of my laptop) when I came across Ed Hodges’ MIR post covering his thoughts on the G1. Some of you may remember that back in November, Ed himself was there when I first [...]

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Nokia N97: The Whatley POV

Nokia N97: The Whatley POV

So, the Nokia N97 eh? What do you think of THAT?! Me? Hmm… Well, you all know what I thought of the last Nseries I laid my hands on and so when it comes to the newly announced Nokia N97, I approached with a certain amount of trepidation… And my initial impressions? – I’m maybe [...]

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The Nokia N96: Face the Task

The Nokia N96: Face the Task

If you buy a Nokia N96 you only have yourself to blame. Before we go on, please note – if you are new to this site – understand that Nokias are my thing. Resident expert if you will. This is my opinion and I give it freely to you, the lovely readers of Mobile Industry [...]

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A tech evangelist’s perspective on the o2/CPW saga

A tech evangelist’s perspective on the o2/CPW saga

Please note: The following is James Whatley’s personal opinion and not necessarily those of his employer, Spinvox. Hello folks, If you haven’t read Ben Jennings’ excellent post on his view of how to deal with the iPhone debacle, then go and do that now. This post is related. How? …I’ll tell you. It was with [...]

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The Mobile Geek of Glastonbury – the official ‘Ditty’

A ditty, while I write the main review… So off I went to Glastonbury; all my gadgets in tow. With all the kit I was packing, I had a confident glow. And yet something seemed to be nagging, this voice inside my head. It wouldn’t stop, nor would it cease… and this is what is [...]

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The Mobile Geek of Glastonbury – The Gadgets

The Mobile Geek of Glastonbury – The Gadgets

Evening readers, Whatley here, writing this on my laptop en route to Pilton for the festival that is known as Glastonbury. As you know from my last post, the multitude of tools available to the modern day, festival going mobile geek really is quite something… So here, for your pleasure, is a quick rundown of [...]

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Doing things in Sequence – the hidden Nokia feature!

Doing things in Sequence – the hidden Nokia feature!

Last week I was fortunate enough to be invited along to take part in a new Food-based event rather amusingly entitled – ‘Nom Nom Nom’. The brainchild of London Underground Blogger, Annie Mole – Food 2.0 Nom Nom Nom, (to give it its full title), was a LOT of fun. I was there in two [...]

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Walking with Normobs – A Response from our man Whatley

Walking with Normobs – A Response from our man Whatley

Been a bit busy of late folk, hence the absence of my regular Whatley on Wednesday slot. Trying to get down for the weekly podcast mind… But yes. Reading the site with interest as I often do, I really enjoyed Tuesday’s ‘Walking with Normobs‘ piece. So much so that I stirred from my blogging slumber [...]

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Man’s Best Friend – The iPhone

Man’s Best Friend – The iPhone

James Whatley just put this up over on his personal blog and while it’s not exactly Whatley Wednesday material, (nor is it, in fact, Wednesday), I still thought I’d publish this piece of comedy for your viewing pleasure: Over to you Whatley: ____________________________________ That up there ^ is my friend’s iPhone, last week after his [...]

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Dump S60 on your N95 and install the Facebook OS instead?

Dump S60 on your N95 and install the Facebook OS instead?

Maybe it’s the 24 hour sound of money being well and truly spunked up the wall as you walk through the casinos or the plastic nature of Las Vegas that gets to you after one or two days — whatever the catalyst, James Whatley has found himself undergoing several epiphanies this week, most notably when [...]

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