Is it time to subscribe to a printer service from HP?

Ever since my dad brought home an...

What’s the best way of buying a phone today?

How did you buy your latest phone?...

MWC: What device highlights did you miss?

So, early last week I predicted that...

Is it time to subscribe to a printer service from HP?

Ever since my dad brought home an HP LaserJet printer (version 3, if memory serves), I have been printing with an HP. Over the years I’ve occasionally ended up using an inkjet printer - I’m sure there was an Epson in the back catalogue at some point too. Generally speaking though, my priority has always been HP and currently, I own two multi-function colour...

Mobile World Congress: Did the mainstream media notice?

I resolved this year to make sure I wrote something - anything - about Mobile World Congress, the huge mobile industry trade show taking place in Barcelona this week. I used to attend, nigh on religiously. It...

How Wireless Will Pave the Path to Neobank Profitability

I'm delighted to bring you an opinion piece from Rafa Plantier at Gigs.com. I think it's particularly relevant given the recent eSIM news from Revolut. Over to you Rafa: The last decade ushered in...

An end of an era: Vodafone UK turns off 3G services

I thought it was worthwhile highlighting this one from the Vodafone UK team. For so long - for what feels like years, seeing the "3G" signal on my Vodafone device gave me a...

Revolut’s Roaming eSIM: 1 week later

This week I have been using Revolut's new eSIM capability whilst I was in Sweden for Stockholm FinTech Week. I'm an Ultra subscriber so I get 3GB of data included every month. So I just installed the eSIM and ... boom... I was connected in about 30 seconds. I'm pleased to report that it was fast. I tested roaming with my 3UK sim and I couldn't tell the difference. Sometimes with third party roaming services, I feel like there's a bit of a delay - sometimes it's in the mind, but other times it's actually accurate because your data is being routed through a specific (and perhaps, lower priority) gateway....

Why you need GadgetsOman (or similar) in your life

About four days ago I got a familiar WhatsApp message from the team at GadgetsOman. It was just a day or so after the...

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Microsoft Surface Duo: Insert lament post here

I was reading Ron Amaedo’s post on ArsTechnica earlier today about the ending of...

“Apple will only sell 100,000 of their headsets in the first year” Really?

BGR reports a TrendForce estimate that Apple will sell 100k units of their new headset when released and says “but that’s still a big win”. I disagree on the figure. I’ve no idea...

Revolut launches in-app eSIM service; includes 3GB data roaming for Ultra customers

Well now, leave it to the team at Revolut to actually do some innovating in financial services. The news broke this morning that Revolut have launched an in-app eSIM capability for their customers,...

My iPhone 15 Pro Max SLi Ultra Ghia Plus strategy

So there's a new iPhone about to launch. It's not that different from the one I've already got (iPhone 14...

Ah yes, an S23 with a BlackBerry Bold Keyboard: Exactly what I (think) I need

I was playing with Midjourney, the AI/photo generation service...

The new BlackBerry movie trailer is here

Were you a BlackBerry fan? Of course you were....

Mobile Industry Review Show – Episode 16 from the AQA party

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The Carphone Warehouse does, but you don’t?

After reading Ewan's article on the iPhone it reminded me of my trip I took to my local high-street on Friday. Now, being a...

Self imposed living with the iPhone 3G

I drove back to my London place on Thursday evening leaving my main handset -- the +44 7769 658 104 number -- sat somewhere,...

The AQA Summer Party – and the podcast

I was joined at the AQA summer party on Friday by regular contributors, Dan Lane, Ben Smith and James Whatley. It was held...

Big news coming in this week’s newsletter

I've been busy working on my editorial for the newsletter. There's a lot moving with SMS Text News -- including a name change....