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UWar: Urban augmented reality warfare — time to get your T-Shirt on…

By Ewan on December 4, 2011 in Applications, Services

I just came across UWar. It’s a mobilised game seeking to deliver upon the promise of connected augmented reality war games. The concept is simple: You wear a special T-Shirt that contains your personal QR code on the front and back. You then use the mobile app to track and find other players. You can [...]

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Forget names? You need Namerick for iPhone and iPad!

By Ewan on November 15, 2011 in Applications

Are you rubbish with remembering names? I am. I routinely introduce myself to folk at mobile events before being told that we met 3 weeks ago or something like that. It’s profoundly embarrassing. But help is apparently at hand. I’ll need to try this out. Take a moment or so to watch this rather humorous [...]

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Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and killing the BlackBerry app

By Ewan on November 11, 2011 in Applications

Right then, have a read of this — it’s direct from the Google blog post announcing their Gmail apps for iOS: Waiting. Walking. Watching TV. Working out. Winding down. Waking up. We check email pretty much everywhere these days. And when we do, we want easy access to our important messages so we can respond [...]

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Quick overview of Adobe’s all new Carousel service

By Ewan on October 31, 2011 in Applications, Services

Adobe’s Carousel is along the lines of what I wanted from Apple’s Photo Stream service — the ability to capture, edit and seamlessly disseminate photos across my devices. That’s precisely what Carousel does. Install the app on your desktop, iPad and iPhone and you’re instantly able to share images between them. This is an amalgamation [...]

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The MIR PlayBook App Project: The journey begins

By Ewan on October 18, 2011 in Applications

I’ve decided it’s high time we had a PlayBook application for Mobile Industry Review. I’ve been deliberating on this issue for far too long. I’ve made noises. I’ve written occasional tweets, but now I’ve decided to do it. I really do like the PlayBook. I love it. It’s the right size, it’s super-super powerful. I [...]

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My top tip for data roaming in the States: The $99 Best Buy Connect MiFi unit

By Ewan on October 17, 2011 in Applications, Operators

I’m having a wicked time now that I’ve got myself a Best Buy Connect MiFi unit. If you’ve been following my Twitter feed, you’ll have seen the videos I’ve been publishing about how much I’m enjoying being free from the stupid mobile data roaming rates that my operators are trying to foist on me. In [...]

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RIM’s $100 App World outage compensation: Good move

By Ewan on October 17, 2011 in Applications, Devices

You’ll have no doubt heard that RIM will shortly be offering $100 worth of application downloads to every consumer as compensation for last week’s outages. This is a good move, for a number of reasons. 1. It’s a tangible offering — real apps, real brand names 2. It’s a recognition of the annoyance and frustration [...]

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Deploy your Android or HTML5 to the PlayBook in 5 minutes at DevCon

By Ewan on October 13, 2011 in Applications, Devices

If you’ve got an Android app or an HTML5 app that you’d like to see working on the PlayBook, I strongly recommend checking out this rather swish offer from the DevCon team. All you need to do is turn up on site with the app code (A “COD” file bundle, whatever the hell that is) [...]

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BlackBerry Travel is a phenomenally useful app (and service)

By Ewan on October 7, 2011 in Applications

It just a week-and-a-bit before I arrive into San Francisco for the BlackBerry DevCon event. I’m in Houston first, followed by New York, before flying into the Valley. So that means I’ve been doing the usual jiggery-pokery with hotels and flights. In many cases, I’ve been lucky enough to have a colleague or agency take [...]

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My patience with mobile app exceptions is shockingly limited

By Ewan on October 5, 2011 in Applications

Here’s an illustration of my super-short attention span when it comes to exceptions with mobile applications. I’m surprised by how I am reacting. One of my regular BlackBerry apps is BeReader. It’s a really nice Google Reader client for the BlackBerry platform. I bought it via App World last year and I’ve been a regular [...]

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Connected life with British Airways.. I’m loving it!

By Ewan on October 5, 2011 in Applications, Services

I’m off to Houston, Texas, next week. I’m going to the Internet Retailer M-Commerce Forum and I’m very much looking forward to that. My intent is to speak to as many participants as I can to find out how the field of M-Commerce is moving in the States. My airline of choice is British Airways. Someone [...]

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24hourlondon: A crucial requirement for all those with a social life in London

By Ewan on September 29, 2011 in Applications

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 [...]

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