Michael Selvidge, Author at Mobile Industry Review

Do We Need Just Another Chat App? No, We Need MessageMe

Yes, I am going to tell you about another messaging app that you need to download, and you are going to roll your eyes--why are...

Review–Moshi Concerti iPad Case (2, 3rd Gen)

I have been trying out the Moshi Concerti as my full time case for my iPad (3rd Generation) for over a month now. I have tested...

Saving RIM in Three Easy Steps

Since RIM's disastrous "earnings" report last week, and their CEO's insane (either that or completely out of context) comments, a lot of people have been dancing on...

Review – Speck SeeThru case for MacBook Air 11″ – Speck-tacular!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am an Apple fanboy. But I have room in my heart to be another kind of fanboy--especially when...

Google+ and the Android Trojan Horse

I was skeptical at first, but I think there is a future in Google+. I've been using it this last week, and it's not perfect,...

The Truth About iMessage in iOS 5: It’s Sublime

For years, I've been told about how cool BBM is on the BlackBerry. BlackBerry users tried to tell me why it was so cool,...

FT, You’re Missing the Point With Your HTML 5 iPad Web App (an open letter to FT.com)

FT. Don't get me wrong. I know what you are trying to do here with your HTML 5 web app. It's actually pretty slick,...

Microsoft’s WP7 Ad Campaign: Buy Our Unsexy Phones!

Oh deary me. By all accounts, Microsoft have made themselves a nice little smartphone OS in Windows Phone 7, but alas, they are shooting themselves...

Mobilize 2010: Tango–Think Cross-Platform FaceTime Over 3G

I had a chance to check out a cool new free iPhone/Android app that officially launched today at Mobilize: Tango Video Calls. Tango enables 3G...

Windows Phone 7: Excellent, Also Doomed?

Microsoft has conceded that a capacitive touchsreen and a touch UI is the future of mobility, but they are foolishly clinging to their ancient, desktop-inspired business model.

San Francisco: Conferenceville, USA

Ahoy from sunny SF, MIR readers! Ewan has been giving us the goods from BlackBerry DevCon all week, all the while a small local blog...

iPad, iPad iPad. iPad? iPad… iPad!

As the title to this post might suggest, the iPad has been on my mind, and if Techmeme is an accurate zeitgeist of the...

How Microsoft Got its Groove Back(?)

So everyone is talking about the news from Barcelona: Microsoft is flirting with relevance again in the mobile space. How? By burning the house down,...

The iPad is nothing but an oversized iPhone–now where does the line form to buy one?

Yes, it has a cringe-worthy name. Yes it's a closed development environment. Yes it's $500 I don't NEED to spend. Yes it is highly...

“Apple will only sell 100,000 of their headsets in the first year” Really?

The BlackBerry Movie: Worth a look, but it’s heavy on fiction

Question: When is the only time a traffic jam is good news in the UK?

Michael Selvidge