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Video: Ordering a cab with Neal Fullman, GetTaxi UK’s CEO

By Ewan on March 13, 2012 in Applications, Services

The other week I was delighted to meet with Neal Fullman, top man at GetTaxi UK. I’ve long been a big fan of the concept of GetTaxi ever since I heard it was coming to these shores. However I’ve not actually had the opportunity to use the service so Neal offered to pop down and [...]

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Looks like Apple might be getting serious on iPad catalogues

By Ewan on March 7, 2012 in Applications, Devices

Eagle-eyed top man Aaron Watkins at PR firm Appency was checking out his client’s app in the iTunes App Store last night when he noticed the app now had a new top level category assigned to it. Previously it was lumped into the rather generic “Lifestyle” category. Now it’s in the “Catalogs” category. Aaron’s client, [...]

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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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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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iHi is one of those genius little apps you need on your phone

By Ewan on September 20, 2011 in Applications

James Parton writing over at IT Pro Portal has discovered a genius little app. It’s called “iHi” — and it’s really, really simple. Here’s the description James uses: Put simply, iHi is super simple visual communication. You can pick from a list of pre set words or phrases: When selected, the phrase is displayed as [...]

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AT&T’s Foundry launches AT&T Messages: Voicemail/mms/sms/missed calls in a single app & portal

By Ewan on September 15, 2011 in News

I’m pleased it’s not just me banging on about innovation. It’s nice to see some companies in the industry actually doing a bit of good thinking. A little while ago I wrote a post on one of my pet subjects, Operator Innovation. I decried the total lack of innovation in messaging. I was particularly annoyed [...]

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Here’s the list of apps that I actually use every day

By Ewan on September 14, 2011 in Applications

A colleague has recently picked up an iPhone. He’s using it in conjunction with the top of the line BlackBerry Bold 9900. The Bold is doing the corporate email — he, like me, just can’t get away from the gorgeous messaging experience from RIM. However, he got the iPhone to test. He obviously asked for [...]

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Microsoft hasn’t lost a moment capitalising on HP/WebOS

By Ewan on August 23, 2011 in Applications, Opinion

Pradeep over at wmpoweruser.com has published an email that is being sent out to the (apparent) legions of developers jumping ship from WebOS to Windows. The email is from Brandon Watson, top man at Microsoft’s Windows Phone developer relations. You have to hand it to Microsoft: They really do know what they’re doing when it [...]

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Tiny Tower: Hugely addictive, rather expensive!

By Ewan on August 18, 2011 in Applications

New contributor Neil Ramsay is back once again this week with a look at Tiny Towering Inferno. Over to you Neil… – – – – – Tiny Tower (iTunes link, free) is a game for iOS devices; it’s insanely addictive and best of all it’s free, kind off. You see Tiny Tower, developed by NimbleBit, [...]

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The FT’s HTML5 app heralds the death of the App Store

By Ewan on July 14, 2011 in Applications, Opinion

I’m delighted to bring you an opinion piece regarding the future of the app store concept. It’s written by Tod Peddler, CEO at MobileNationHQ. Over to you Tod: – – – – – The Death of the App Store As has been well reported, the FT recently created its own HTML5 app to circumnavigate the [...]

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361 degrees podcast – Episode 10: Bothersome things

By Ewan on July 5, 2011 in Opinion

In the latest episode of the 361 degrees podcast, I receive a virtual yellow card for using the word ‘sodding‘ during the episode (referring to MMS). Ben was not impressed at my language and I could feel Rafe giving me a stare from 3,000 miles away. I couldn’t help it. Anyway, let’s get on with [...]

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FamilyShare: Coming to an iPhone near you!

By Ewan on March 4, 2011 in Applications, Services

Now then, if you’re not familiar with FamilyShare, you can read the background here and then the follow-up here. The service is intended as a completely frictionless method of sending photos (and video) of your offspring to your parents (i.e. the grandparents). Well, 8 months have passed. The web server is live. The 1.5 version of the [...]

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