This evening I’m off to check out the new 3UK MiFi personal wifi hotspot device from 3UK. It’s a different brand — Huaauuauwueiii, if memory serves — from the Novatel one I’ve been trialling recently. I *LOVE* the Novatel one. I really do. (Check the video overview I did recently) I’m excited to find out [...]
Vote: Are you buying a Nokia Booklet 3G?
I’ve setup a vote on the right-hand-side here on Mobile Industry Review to capture your perspective on the new Nokia Booklet 3G laptop coming soon (see yesterday’s post). To vote, look over here –> and choose an option. And here’s a nice picture of the Booklet as a reminder:
Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, on Orange’s Social Life service
I had a note in from Carsten Brinkshulte, the CEO of Synchronica, who saw the piece we published yesterday on Orange’s launch of their ‘Social Life’ service. Synchronica are all about sync — in particular, their Mobile Gateway (push email for everyone) and Mobile Backup services are being enjoyed by customers of many an operator. [...]
Why mobile in the UK is like that scene in the Life of Brian
I think, at least in the United Kindom, we’re still very much at that stage in the movie, the Life of Brian, where the Peoples’ Front of Judea ask “What have the Romans ever given us?” The underlying assumption is that the Romans are rubbish. Until each of the ‘Front’ members pop-up with suggestions unhelpful [...]
What’s the definition of a smartphone?
I was asked this question the other day: What’s the definition of a smartphone? I didn’t immediately have an answer. I had the answer in my mind… I could feel the neutrons firing but not giving a distinct summary sentence. Then I formulated this: A smartphone is a handset that enables you to manage your [...]
Vodafone and Carphone are friends again
If you remember, back October 2006, Vodafone decided to go-it-alone with the UK’s second largest mobile phone retailer, Phones4U. The removed the UK’s largest chain, Carphone Warehouse, from the roster and gave Phones4U exclusivity. So if you walk into a Carphone Warehouse, even today, you can’t get a Vodafone service. They won’t offer you a [...]
MIR 3.0 is hunting for shit hot mobile rockstar columnists
If you’ve got an opinion about the mobile industry — or life related to the mobile industry — I’d like to read it. And what’s more, so would more than a quarter of a million Mobile Industry Review readers. Opinion and commentary is a a lot more valuable to MIR’s readers than your average handset [...]
Why Ashton Kutcher should launch his own Twitter
Ashton hasn’t reacted all that well to reports that Twitter is getting into bed with a TV channel/show that may well, “put ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.” Here’s a quote from that CNN report: Ashton Kutcher — Twitter’s top tweeter — warned he may pull the plug on [...]
Vodafone’s ‘App Store’: Mobile developers respond
I just published Vodafone’s news regarding their ‘app store’ initiative — and I’m already getting questions and reaction in from developers. Here are some quotes right off the press from some mobile developers.
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“MIR should go camping” – what do you think?
Regular reader, Mike Stead, reckons Mobile Industry Review should ‘get out a bit more‘. I took exception to this statement on the basis that we’ve reported from six different countries in the last 3 months. But what Mike meant was we should get OUT more. Out into the fresh (read: cold, rainy) air. In the [...]
A first look at O2′s new Joggler home appliance
O2 UK has unveiled it’s new family oriented Joggler device, a 7″ touchscreen photo frame based on Openpeak’s OpenFrame platform and I jogged along to take a first look.
- The merry-go-round continues: We’ll all buy buying an iPad 3, right? January 11, 2012
- Am I the only person in the UK that would pay a concierge fee to an operator? January 17, 2012
- Watch how this one plays out: o2 sending mobile numbers to every website you visit January 25, 2012
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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead
January 30, 2012
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
January 31, 2012
- Nokia’s six-screen “Agora” Social Visualizer launches internally February 14, 2012
- MWC: I just can’t wait for App Planet! February 14, 2012
- Baby Number Two is due any moment — So I’m not going to MWC! February 14, 2012
- Operators: “Please stop using our network!” (“And, er, thanks for your money!”) February 14, 2012
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Would you like to spend $1,100 on a Cisco Cius or $399 on an iPad?
February 13, 2012
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Jerome: Now even the CEO of Orange is complaining that "f...
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Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS: I continue to say "don't count out Microsoft". ...
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Ewan: Office365?...
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