Today it’s time for MIR in Rome, Part Two. In this episode we have a look at the iPhone language assistance applications (How do you ask ‘Where is the toilet in a foreign country?’) and we put Nokia and Google Maps head to head to help us locate the Spanish Steps. Which app do you [...]
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MIR TV goes to Rome, Italy – Part One
Back in January, Ben, Dan and me (that’s Ewan) hopped on a very early flight to Rome, Italy, to check out the mobile scene there and to film two MIR TV episodes from the city. In today’s Part One, we talk about the technology we’ve brought, we visit some landmarks and spot-the-handset, we try making [...]
O2 Launches £5m ‘Surprises’ Campaign with Buongiorno
In a bid to retain UK customers in the pre-pay market – something notoriously difficult to do – O2 have launched their ‘Surprises’ campaign this week. Customers topping up are given a code which guarantees a prize when entered at the campaign’s online ‘hook a duck’ fairground-game themed site – prizes range from free texts [...]
MIR Show goes to Rome and finds locals using N73s
We’re still getting to grips with this international-bloggers-of-mystery concept here at the Mobile Industry Review Show. Instead of bringing you updates, perspective and on-the-road tests from somewhere in London, we decided to take the MIR Show on the road. The first stop, of course, was Rome. We flew out on the 730am British Airways flight [...]
MIR Show goes to Rome this Saturday
On the last Saturday of every month, we’re taking the Mobile Industry Review Show to a different city across Europe. Starting this Saturday with Rome, Italy. The model for each destination on the MIR Show schedule is simple: 1. We’re taking the crew — that is Dan Lane, Ben Smith and James Whatley — to [...]
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- Watch how this one plays out: o2 sending mobile numbers to every website you visit
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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
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Would you like to spend $1,100 on a Cisco Cius or $399 on an iPad?
- Is Nokia’s rehabilitation in the Western Media complete?
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