Last night’s BlackBerry World reception event: RIM is alive and kicking!

By on May 1, 2012 in Opinion

This was the scene that greeted me last night as I arrived at the BlackBerry World welcome reception. The event starts properly today — but last night was an opportunity for attendees to have a drink and some food and network with each other. The place was packed. Absolutely packed. I have to admit that [...]

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Novatel Wireless’ new Verizon Jetpack MiFi device is just $129.99 prepaid

By on May 1, 2012 in Operators, Services

If you are planning on coming to the United States any time soon and you’re planning to be out-and-about (that is, not chained to a specific hotel or office with WiFi), you’ll probably be giving a lot of thought about data roaming costs. I recommend dumping your existing operator’s roaming expenses and picking up one [...]

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Another year and nothing’s changed with roaming to the States

By on May 1, 2012 in Operators, Opinion

Who says that mobile operators can’t innovate their way out of a paper bag? Me! I’ll tell you why. That’s me at BlackBerry World in Orlando once again. I think it’s my third year of visiting. And every year, I’ve experienced the same disbelief. Why has nothing changed? Why is roaming so stupidly expensive when [...]

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Get a secure VPN with your Boingo account

By on April 30, 2012 in Applications

I just signed up for another Boingo account. Part of me feels this is a little like putting my hand into the deep fat fryer. Sometimes I get frustrated by the slow speed at some hotspots — but that’s not just a Boingo issue. Most wifi providers seem to offer a rather limited throughput on [...]

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It’s InfoSecurity Europe this week — we’re doing another podcast series there!

By on April 23, 2012 in Opinion

Ben and I are heading down to InfoSecurity Europe at Earl’s Court again this week. We’re producing another special edition podcast series for 361 Degrees, focusing on the topic of mobile security. This is quite possibly one of the biggest issues at the forefront of the development of mobile. Simply ask any Chief Security Officer [...]

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361 Degrees Podcast: It’s the London Book Fair Special Edition

By on April 23, 2012 in Opinion

In a special ’361 mini-series’ Ben and Ewan visit London Book Fair to investigate the future of digital publishing and interview some of the leading players. [ MP3 download (five parts) / Subscribe by iTunes, Zune or RSS ] Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in [...]

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Ouch: One man’s experience of ‘the Orwellian nightmare’ that is Apple, laid bare

By on April 19, 2012 in Opinion

Here’s a stimulating description of one man’s experience trying to get Apple to do the right thing… Apple has become the Orwellian nightmare that it warned us about some 30 years ago. A huge vehicle of sameness backed by legions of newthink practitioners, gleefully cheering as Big Bully annihilates one thoughtcriminal after another. Apple may [...]

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TechCrunch on Nokia: “Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft”

By on April 19, 2012 in Devices

A positive note from the chaps over at TechCrunch on Nokia — along the lines of my piece last week. As bad as Nokia’s financials look right now – a $4 billion drop in sales won’t make anyone’s day – don’t consider the Windows Phone move a failure just yet. They’ve done what many phone [...]

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Buy ebooks on the train via QR code advertising? I like it!

By on April 18, 2012 in Opinion, Services

The team at Springwise published this rather interesting story from Spain: Now the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways) has placed QR codes with links to the first chapters of popular novels on its trains as part of the National Reading Plan, with the aim to encourage citizens of Spain to get [...]

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Why RIM isn’t dead to me: I’m getting far too much done, faster, with my Bold!

By on April 17, 2012 in News

I recognise that RIM is having a challenging time at the moment. Quite a few people have been prodding me in recent weeks, asking why I am “still loyal”. One chap I met recently for coffee reckoned that I “love” RIM too much and “can’t see the wood for the trees.” No. I can see [...]

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If you give your child your iTunes password, expect them to spend hundreds of dollars

By on April 17, 2012 in Applications, Operators

Have you seen news of outraged parents in the United States who’re apparently aiming to try and sue Apple for making their children run up large in-app-purchase bills? The Telegraph has the story: The parents argue that Apple made it too easy for children to spend on digital items such as “smurfberries” in the game [...]

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