Patrick, Author at Mobile Industry Review

Thought for the day

I was listening to the radio the other day and I heard the following exchange: - Presenter: "I've got a futurologist with me tonight. So...

Company Profile â€“ ScreenReach

I recently did a little teaser about ScreenReach, which generated a few comments. Well here's a fuller profile following my conversation with Paul Rawlings,...

Great experience with Vodafone

Here at SMS Text News towers we love the mobile phone industry - but we rightly criticise it when it doesn't get things right....

iPhone – it’s not all bad

But wait, what is this ... a positive outcome from the iPhone 3G launch. It just goes to show that it's not all bad...

More iPhone woe

After the awful experience of our intrepid reporter Dan, we have more reader woes to report. This is from Ben: - - - It was strangely reassuring...

Is the â€˜Minority Reportâ€™ world becoming a reality with Screenreach?

It was interesting that Ewan was using a reference to the film Minority Report to emphasise his latest rant about the industry. At about...

Normob watch

Sat on the train down to London this morning I saw a great piece of normob behaviour. A little bit like Ewanâ€™s recent â€˜Does...

Don’t forget – Unlimited Drinks next Thursday (10th July)

Next Thursday we're in Dublin for the Irish edition of our now (in)famous Unlimited Drinks and if you want to come along there's still...

Texting – most important handset feature

An interesting survey has just been published thanks to ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. It found that 73% of US consumers buying a new handset...

Shaq rap as your ringtone

For a number of years now there has been a feud between two of the biggest basketball stars in the US - Shaquille O'Neal...

Unlimited Drinks Dublin: 10th July – Update

As you know SMS Text News is coming to Dublin ... and we're really looking forward to meeting Ireland's mobile community. I have some...

3G available for the Olympics – if you buy a new phone

If you're planning on going over to Beijing for the Olympics then you might need to buy a new handset when you get there....

Alltel opens up its Wi-Fi service with Boingo

Alltel Wireless has announced that it has signed a deal with Boingo Wireless that will allow anyone to access to its more than 25,000...

1.2 million venues have been buzz’d

If you're planning to go out for the night in any of the major US cities then you might want to try out buzz'd....

“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?

Patrick