We’ve got access to a completely new device — the iMovio iKit. Never before seen. At least, as far as we know. Ben and Dan spent Tuesday evening giving it a once-over and we’ve got that — together with coverage of the recent Digital Winter press event. There were one or two absolute gems there.
Here, then, is 47 second preview…
From the Future of Web Apps conference, we bring you a BUMPER mid-week edition of the Mobile Industry Review Show.
Complete with an array of exciting stuff — we’ve got the normob walk-about from the show floor (always an interesting experience – hi Paul Walsh, hi Jonathan), we’ve got reviews of a Nokia, a Sony aaaaand another Sony.
Plus we’ve got a very special shout-out at the top of the show from the DiggNation chaps.
Don’t miss the competition results and there’s more to win too.
Enjoy…
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
1 ) Normob Walkabout at the Future of Web Apps Conference ( 00:50 )
2 ) A Quick Tour, Pre-DiggNation ( 07:08 )
3 ) We’ll be at Future of Mobile soon! www.future-of-mobile.com (09:06)
Ryan Carson, Founder of Carsonified
Dominic Travers, Event Manager for Future of Mobile and Fuel from Carsonified
4 ) Competition Time! (10:05)
iPhone Case Winners
Mark Thomas
David Carrington
mrrad
babernath
ocifant
hollandc
Pink Flip Winner
edgar1013
5 ) The Nokia 6650 from T-Mobile UK ( 13:35 )
6 ) 3 UK’s Sony Ericsson W959 handset ( 16:33 )
7 ) The Handset Hall of Fame, Sony Ericsson T610 ( 19:28 )
8 ) Ben’s Facts! ( 23:50 )
It’s time for the Mobile Industry Review 2008 Awards (formerly known as the SMS Text News Awards — before we changed our name).
It took us a long time. Months, in fact. Regular meetings, arguments, distractions, testing, pondering… but it’s here.
Yesterday the MIR Show team headed down to a swanky hotel in London to film the results… only to be rather impressed with the beautiful summer day. So we took to the Gardens at Temple, overlooking the Thames and delivered the results in glorious sunshine. (It’s rare to get a day like this in London — especially in October. It’s normally soggy rain, rain followed by rain.)
There’s a few contentious results. Even during filming, there were still discussions and rumenations. However I’m pleased to publish them.
We’ll have a full list up online shortly including links to all the nominees and winners.
CATEGORIES, NOMINEES AND WINNERS:
(winners are indicated in red)
Best Marketing Campaign ( 01:33 )
Strongbow (Flirtomatic)
CityAM & Mippin
Cassidy
Best Mobile Instant Messenger ( 02:19 )
Palringo
IM+
Agile Messenger
Goggle Talk on Blackberry
Trutap
Best Mobile Related Corporate Social Responsibility Story ( 03:04 )
Orange Rock Corps
Nokia for environmental friendly mobile charges
Stand By What You Say – Spinvox
Best Public Relations Campaign ( 04:33 )
LG Blog
WOMWorld
Texperts
3MobileBuzz
Best Gadget ( 05:21 )
Loc8r (from glasto): GPS thing
Proporta mobile charger
Flip camera
Mobile Industry Hero ( 06:29 )
Steve Jobs of Apple
Google Founders
Jyri Armstrong
Jay Fenton
Mobile Industry Villain ( 07:43 )
Ofcom
The phrase ‘unlimited’
Vodafone porting
PhonePayPlus
Carphone Warehouse (for iPhone 3G launch)
Best Mobile Blogger ( 09:20 )
All About Symbian (AAS)
S60 Nokia Blog
Boy Genius
Stephen Fry
The Outsider
Most Innovative UK Operator ( 10:20 )
Vodafone
3 UK
Blyk
Best Mobile Application ( 11:23 )
Shozu
Shazam
Yap
Google Maps
Qik
NewsGator
JoikuSpot
Handy Taskman
Best Mobile Handset ( 12:37 )
iPhone 3G
Nokia N95 8GB
Blackberry Pearl
Nokia N71
Nokia N82
Best Use of SMS ( 14:22 )
Paypal
Crimestoppers
Virgin Vie
Texamundo
AddisonLee
Clickatell FNB
Best Public Use of Mobile ( 15:25 )
Mediaburst SOS Response
Vodafone and UN
Orange RockCore
Best Value Product ( 16:58 )
Google Maps
3 PAYG Broadband
Clickatell
Spinvox Memo (it’s FREE)
Mippin – it’s FREE
Goosync
Best Use of Mobile ( 18:00 )
ShopQwik
Lastminute Fonefood
Halifax Brooding Society
Best Mobile Service ( 19:08 )
Momail
Spinvox
DeviceAnywhere
Shazam
Text answer services combined with Textperts and AQA
Skyfire
Best Mobile Industry Review Reader ( 20:32 )
Kip Hakes
Mike42
Terence Eden
Dan’s Stalker
Stefan
Episode Twenty-Five hits your screens this morning from Charlotte Mews, just off Charlotte Street — centre of Her Majesty’s Media Empire. There’s a heck of a lot of advertising and media companies based in the area. And a very nice Pizza Express that I have frequented for years.
Originally we were aiming to record the episode from the Mobyko party — but due to a clash of schedules (they’ve changed their party to this week, we’re alas, not all in the country next week), we had to find another location.
Instead of roughing it out in the city of London, we selected an office. Dan’s new office, actually. (They’ve taken some space courtesy of mobile marketing geniuses, Sponge Group — one of their co-founders features in the opening credits actually). We were thus mercifully free of wind noise, chavvy girls trying to get on TV and general street hubbub. As a result, we haven’t any normob-walkabouts this time.
But we’ve got something better: Dan Lane and James Whatley arsing about trying to get a Poloroid PoGo mobile photo printer to work. ( 08:53 )
They both steadfastly refused to read the graphical instructions (James wavered now and again) and for a good 50 minutes or so, pressed buttons, slammed fists, criticised Nokia’s Bluetooth implementation — and so on — as the Poloroid refused to work. ( 10:28 )
That is, until we actually gave it a full 15 minute charge. Then it worked perfectly. ( 13:59 )
We filmed the whole shebang and it is a magical RTFM tour de force. (Read the flocking manual).
Special Guest this week is Ed Hodges. Ed kindly stood in for Ben, despite — monentarily — forgetting Ben’s surname. (“It’s Smith!” screamed Dan at a slightly peturbed Ed, “It’s the most generic surname, how can you forget Smith?”)
We’ve also got a cameo from Phoneboy (AKA Dameon — see if you can spot him), we try out the Cellranger Cell Booster ( 03:05 ), James explains how the N78 requires him to carry just one phone nowadays ( 19:44 ) , Ed explains his upcoming special-assignment for MIR ( 04:42 ), Dan compliments Phoload.com ( 18:33 ), there are some competitions, we have some brief Sony Ericsson news ( 06:20 )and we check out some Nokia mobile speakers ( 06:53 ).
Plus: A lot of people simply don’t believe me when I tell them that Dan Lane has got a RFID chip embedded in his arm. This week we prove it. He uses his wrist and and RFID sensor to unlock his computer in a live demonstration. ( 16:49 )
Watch out for James Whatley riding passenger on a motorcycle too. ( 22:17 )
We’ve got all the feeds properly in iTunes now. Do a search for Mobile Industry Review and you should find them there. Or if you like, lift the feeds or actual files from the links below:
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And thus, here is the 24th Mobile Industry Review Show episode. For those who aren’t paying close attention — for clarity, we’re numbering the episodes literally. Thus last week’s episode was numbered 22 and the trailer we published was numbered 23. So that’s us on 24.
And it’s a special one. Packed to the rafters. The key focus is the Sony Ericsson party including a chat with their UK Marketing Director, David Hilton. We take a hands-on look at the W595 and, of course, the Xperia (with which James Whatley was rather taken).
Then we focus on the upcoming Future of Mobile event with a brief chat to event producer, Dominic Travers. We’ve actually got a good 10 minutes of briefing from Dominic so we’ll publish the full version nearer the time. Key message: Get your tickets now, while they’re still 145 pounds. They’ll go up in price by 100 quid shortly.
Look out for a cameo from Ed Hodges of Howler Tech.
And we’ve got the first of our reader introductions.
We announce the winner of the Etymotics headset and give you a preview of some more cool things to win. Watch of for Ben Smith’s special first-past-the-post competition too.
We were hoping bring you the next episode of the MIR Show from the Mobyko party this week — but it looks like it’s been moved ’til the 11th of September and we’re out of the country.
Featured SMS Text News people:
- Dan Lane
- Ben Smith
- James Whatley
Topics discussed:
- The Sony Ericsson Party: SE W595 ( 01:34 )
- David Hilton Marketing Director, Sony Ericsson UK ( 05:34 )
- Normob Hunting at the Sony Ericsson Party ( 10:02 )
- Ian Williams, News Editor of www.theinquirer.net ( 13:17 )
- A look at the Xperia ( 14:03 )
- The Future of Mobile Conference (www.future-of-mobile.com) with Dominic Travers ( 18:32 )
- Is this the most beaten-up iPhone ever? with Ed Hodges of Howler Tech ( 21:42 )
- Competition Time and Free stuff ( 22:49 )
- The winner of the Etymotics Headset… ( 25:18 )
- A Sony Ericsson Summary ( 26:37 )
This week we’re heading to the Tower of London to produce the Mobile Industry Review Show.
It will, I’ve just noticed, cost us about one and a half grand, plus VAT, to film there, so we shall be filming outside. Very much *outside*.
But we’re off to the Tower.
Look out for lots of shots of ye olde lande-markes and I suspect, some Tower Bridge footage. The 1,000 year old Tower should contrast nicely with all the technology we’re going to be playing with.
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