Posts Tagged ‘mir show’

We’re taking the MIR Show to Prague on Saturday

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

I’m taking Dan Lane and Ben Smith to the Czech Republic’s capital city early on Saturday morning.

We’re packing away our Euros and getting out our Czech Crowns (“Korunas?”) and going to find out how the mobile industry is getting on across the city.

We’ll most definitely be popping into the mobile shops there and taking a look around. We’ll be casting an eye across the population to see how many are texting, taking photos and talking on their devices (and, indeed, what type of device they are using).

We’re bringing the big HD camera — and, POSSIBLY the tripod — although I’m giving a lot of thought to traveling light and leaving it at the office. We’re also bringing our two Sanyo Xacti HD genius cameras.

It looks like we’ll have a few interviews lined up by the time we arrive. If you can recommend a mobile company or person that you think we should meet with, drop me a note or get me on Twitter.

By the way: The MIR Show Rome (filmed in January) is on the editing floor at the moment and will shortly be heading on to the site after our Mobile World Congress footage.

Bring on Prague. Can’t wait!

Nokia’s VP of Services, Niklas Savander

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Whenever anyone sits down Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President of Nokia Services (e.g. Ovi), they ask him routine and dare we say, BORING, questions. And whilst we’d love to quiz Niklas about the intricacies of Nokia Maps, Ovi Store and so on, we thought it would be rather useful to put some different questions to the chap, to find out how he ticks.

The first question we asked? What was your first ever mobile handset.

The last question we asked? What was the first album you ever bought.

Oh yes. Niklas proved to be a fun, engaging chap. Ben did the interview whilst Dan took supplementary footage and I pointed the camera.

Grab a coffee — it’s a short video, just 9:58 minutes long — and enjoy:

Thanks for taking the time to sit down with us, Niklas!

You can read more about Niklas on his Nokia profile here.

The Microvision Mobile Projector is GENIUS

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Time for another ‘coffee moment’ video.

Go and get a coffee and sit back and watch this one. Dan and James introduce the Microvision Mobile Projector. It’s just stunning and you will want one…

Here’s the video:

Trying to destroy the Sonim XP3 handset

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

We popped over to the Sonim stand on the last day of Mobile World Congress and…. yes, we put Dan in charge of the interview. He has been fascinated with the Sonim indestructible handsets and couldn’t stop looking at the hammer on the desk whilst Christophe from Sonim was telling us about their new range.

Annnd then we let Dan loose.

With a hammer.

And his HUGE boots.

First, you’ll see him stepping and jumping on the Sonim XP3 packaging. Rumour has it, the material might even stop a bullet, although we didn’t get that verified. That in itself is worth a purchase.

Then Dan couldn’t keep his hands off that hammer. WHACK. WHACK. WHACK.

And then Dan spotted James walking along the corridor towards us. And promptly threw the phone at him. Then down the stairs. Then stamped on it and threw it down the stairs.

And then engaged the bystanders (a bit of a crowd had formed) and asked them to stamp on it. And… You know what, get a coffee, sit down and watch this…


Playing with the Sonim XP3 (1 of 2) from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

And the second vid? Right here:


Playing with the Sonim XP3 (2 of 2) from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

Palm Pre reactions from the team

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Having seen the Palm Pre in the flesh, what did the MIR Show think? Here’s some immediate opinion from Dan Lane, Ben Smith and James Whatley:


Palm Pre reactions from the MIR Show team from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

Palm Pre hands-on overview (2 of 2)

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Here’s the second in the series of the Palm Pre hands-on overview:


Palm Pre hands-on overview (2 of 2) from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

Palm Pre hands-on overview (1 of 2)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Here’s the first video of the Palm Pre hands-on video. We had the chap take us through a basic overview of the device capabilities and demonstrate it close-up. Standby for the second video.

Meantime… enjoy:


Palm Pre hands-on overview (1 of 2) from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

MIR Show – Palm Pre preview thoughts #meetpre

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

I sat down Ben and Dan before the Palm Pre briefing and asked them to tell us what they THINK they’re going to like and dislike about the Palm Pre…

Here’s the video:


Palm Pre – Our thoughts before seeing the Palm from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.


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