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My landline just rang. I ignored it. I never bother with it anymore…

By Ewan on December 16, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

A strange thing happened this afternoon as I was working away at home. My landline rang and I did absolutely nothing. I let it ring out. I didn’t care. And for the first time ever, I’ve finally arrived into the mindset of: You’re completely irrelevant. Now then, I still use the landline for calling my [...]

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Infographic: The bigger the screen, the bigger the click-through-rate

By Ewan on December 15, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

Well it’s Infographic time here at Mobile Industry Review thanks to the team at mobile advertising specialists, Inneractive. Based on their information, screen size correlates directly to click-through rates (“CTR”). For instance, on the iPhone, Inneractive report an average CTR of 4.35%. That’s pretty good anyway — but when it comes to the iPad, the [...]

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Thousands queue for RIM’s Bold 9790 in Jakarta

By Ewan on November 25, 2011 in Devices

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, [...]

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Amplicom’s PowerTel M4000 is ideal for granny

By Ewan on November 23, 2011 in Devices

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 [...]

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38% of MIR readers want an updated 2012 version of the Nokia N95

By Ewan on November 23, 2011 in Devices

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 [...]

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Is your house Siri-enabled yet?

By Ewan on November 22, 2011 in Devices

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 [...]

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Orange: Free XBOX 360 when you buy a Nokia Lumia 800

By Ewan on November 21, 2011 in Devices, Operators

Have you been hearing about this deal from Orange? It’s been capturing the imaginations of quite a few normob (“normal mobile user”) friends and family. I’ve overheard people discussing it multiple times a day so — anecdotally at least — it’s certainly gathering a lot of attention. Here’s the offer: If you upgrade to the [...]

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Who’s buying a Kindle Fire then?

By Ewan on November 16, 2011 in Devices

I’ve wavering on the Kindle Fire. Obviously it’s not available in the UK officially yet but that won’t necessarily stop me from owning one. I don’t have a standard Kindle. Instead I prefer using the array of apps, mostly on my iPhone or iPad, to access my Amazon library. The Fire, though, that’s something I [...]

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The Nokia Lumia 800: It’s business-ready

By Ewan on November 15, 2011 in Devices

I’ve been using the Nokia Lumia 800 for just over a week, full time now. It has temporarily replaced the BlackBerry Curve I normally use for business work (I also use a Bold 9900 and an iPhone). I most certainly miss the physical keyboard of the BlackBerry, however I have to say that the Nokia [...]

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Like all smartphones, the Nokia Lumia 800′s battery is just ‘ok’

By Ewan on November 7, 2011 in Devices

I’ve been using the Nokia Lumia 800 for almost 4 days now, full time. Two of those days have been weekends so I’m not quite ready to give a week’s full summary yet. However what I can tell you is to set your expectations on the Lumia 800′s battery. This should be nothing new to [...]

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Polycom’s RealPresence for iPad 2: Utterly brilliant

By Ewan on November 2, 2011 in Devices, News

This morning I did a video conference call from my office at home in Ascot. My equipment was simply a BT Infinity internet connection along with an iPad 2 running Polycom’s all new RealPresence app. My colleague’s equipment? £15k’s worth of Polycom kit attached to a whopping 42″ screen. He even has a little control [...]

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Picked up a Lumia 800 today: First impressions…

By Ewan on November 1, 2011 in Devices

Rocking. I have to say I’m delighted for Nokia. This Lumia is rather sweet. First off, it feels great in the hand. I feel valued. I feel worth *something* with the Lumia. I think it’s the sleek design, the engineered ‘unibody’ and the brilliant screen combining into a rather swish package. Exchange (or Outlook/Office365) support [...]

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