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How I spent £432 in 4 minutes on my iPad

Last night I was on the phone to my father catching up on the week’s excitement. Of course, the Christmas period is arriving fast and one of his particular tasks this weekend is to pick up Gran. This means driving from Essex to Glasgow, staying overnight and then driving back with Gran. My father quite [...]

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BlackBerry Travel is a phenomenally useful app (and service)

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!

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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British Airways Mobile Apps are looking very smart

I have to say I am thoroughly impressed with the new British Airways mobile applications. Of course, I haven’t used them in anger yet, but I am very much looking forward to doing so. Like most companies getting involved in the mobile platform, British Airways recognise the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms. Nokia is persona [...]

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Mini-review: SIM4Travel Roaming SIM

Mini-review: SIM4Travel Roaming SIM

Updated: With thanks to commenter ‘BigJohn’ for his note about the use of a Jersey Telecom number range. One of the services I have been most remiss in not writing about after my time in China was SIM4Travel.  Now owned by the chaps over at Truphone we’ve been waiting for ‘a bit’ to see what [...]

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I’m off to Beijing soon… what should I take?

I’m off to Beijing soon… what should I take?

Once this month’s warm-up event in Beijing is tidied away some of the most exciting sport you’ll see will be coming to you from Beijing… the Paralympic element of the 29th Olimpiad.  Your intrepid reporter will be with Team GB’s medal-winning wheelchair basketball team reporting live – I’ll also try to give you the low-down [...]

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