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The EC, it seems, can’t get enough of talking up mobile data and that old nearly-ran mobile TV. The Commission has announced it’s started a selection process for a new satellite provider across Europe, who will be able to sell “high speed data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services under a single European [...]
Continue ReadingRight then, I need the services of a Nokia Genius to help solve this issue below.
I had a reader, Tony, send me this by instant message:
quick geek question
i just changed to a different N95 8gb cause my other one had a touch of the N Series about it (crashing etc)
and now it doesnt seem to [...]
I haven’t done an update on the loveliness, that isn’t Blyk in a while; and so, I thought, today I would. I mean, what else is better than having a good old moan?*
Well, to be honest it hasn’t been going good. Yesterday I “celebrated” my six week anniversary of Blyk not working; not much cause [...]
Over the past few months I’ve written about areas and issues that intrigue and sometimes irritate me. This week I’m going to ask you some questions.
What is it that you like about the mobile industry and what do you hate? I’ve written about what mobiles mean to me and to Normobs but what do they [...]
Continue ReadingI’m working on the idea of creating an iPhone application for our site.
We don’t obviously need it. There’s a web version, for example.
But it’s worth playing with, isn’t it?
Trouble is, I’m at a bit of a loss about what we could do with an iPhone application for the site. My ideas are thus:
1. [...]
We’ve had an excellent response from readers — thank you all for your comments and suggestions about our upcoming Femtocell coverage!
Continue ReadingThis looks rather smart, eh?
Have you come across this before? It launched in April this year and they’ve been shipping to 37 countries since launch.
Here’s the SIMable overview:
SIMable is an ultra thin chip, that when attached to a SIM card, immediately fools most mobile phones into thinking that they have been [...]
Here, then, is yet another depressing illustration of how screwed the mobile industry is. It doesn’t matter how enterprising you’d like to be, or how innovative you’re mobile developers are, or how many 80 hour weeks you’re working away… if I can’t access your services on my device, then you don’t exist.
But, at [...]
I’ve been playing with Kizoom.mobi. That’s the address you need for UK train times when you’re on the go. Type it in to your phone and it’ll work beautifully — type it in to your iPhone and it’s even better.
The Kizoom chaps, now owned by CitySpace, have created a customised iPhone design. It’s [...]
“You know Christina, don’t you?” I asked a chap, the other day, when we were talking about SpinVox.
“What, the ballsy one from Newsnight?” he qualified.
“That’s her.”
I’ve never met her myself. I talked to Daniel, the other co-founder (”DD”) who took me through the SpinVox story. But not Christina.
She does write to me. [...]
Dan Lane, uber-geek and Mobile Industry Review contributor, is on the hunt. He’s working on a series of features on Femtocells.
We’re talking to NEC. We’re talking to ip.access. Is there anyone else we should be talking to?
Let me know: ewan@mobileindustryreview.com.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the iPhone 3G is received in the ten Latin American countries due to launch shortly. It’s America Movil, Latin America’s ‘leading’ wireless service provider, bringing it to market in the region in August 22nd.
The countries are: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru and [...]
I’ve had my first email about CTIA in September. From MX Telecom, no less, asking if I’m up for an interview / briefing.
That I am. With nobs on. And with a large HD camera in tow.
We’re going to be doing a lot of wicked coverage from San Francisco this coming September.
Are you [...]
I’m pleased to report that I’m now on a Vodafone price plan that includes ‘unlimited’ fair use policy data.
That’s my primary handset.
My other handset is a Blackberry.
And oh boy, I’m being royally nailed. Nailed to the wall. Here’s a snapshot.
I blew just under 50 quid last month using my Blackberry.
My mistake is to [...]
Alfie from Moblog.net walks through their entire service.
This is an excellent overview of their service. I think a lot more application developers and service providers should do this kind of thing.
Continue ReadingSo it’s alive! Brilliant. ROKTalk isn’t, as I was concerned about (and to quote the irrepressible Michael Arrington) in ‘The Dead Pool’.
I got this in from Bruce at ROK just now.
ROK Talk is indeed a fabulous service delivering easy to use, low-cost, ad-hoc, multi-person calling.
We have learnt a great deal from the Beta [...]
ROKTalk is one of the best mobile applications I’ve ever seen. I’ve been waxing lyrical about it for ages. I’ve had the beta on my handset for yonks. I’ve been using it for hours and hours this year. It’s a mobile conferencing, done properly. The application sits in your S60 [...]
Continue ReadingMobile Industry Review reader Chris knocked me this news over this morning. He was checking out a story on ISP Review about St Pancras Station’s new free WiFi offering. It’s one of the key London stations now that the EuroStar terminal is based there.
The St Pancras website carries this info:
Right on!
The back [...]
This is a thought that I’ve been pondering over for some time; mobiles have taken over our lives, almost to the point of invasion. We use and take them everywhere we go, and many of us rarely turn our beloved handsets off. So is there a time and place for mobiles?
Well I think there is. [...]
I thought ROK was a mobile TV company. The future didn’t look that good for mobile TV. They managed, by hook or by crook, to get a wickedly good valuation when they floated last year. A billion dollars, if memory serves.
I’m bothered immensely by what seems to me to be total lack [...]
Iridium, the uber-mobile-network and Satellite telecommunications company have posted some wicked results today.
For anyone who thought ‘didn’t they go out of business?’, here’s living proof that they’re still operational. 38% increase in subscribers. Revenue up 28%. EBITDA Up 28 Percent. Up up up. That’s the way to go.
Total revenue in [...]
Having just taken on a new role I’m having to get another mobile phone and mobile number.
It’s not such a big problem and, because I’m on Orange, I’ll just grab a BlackBerry for work but it has left me frustrated at Samsung and all of the mobile operators I’ve called this morning. The Samsung D880 [...]
Geraldine Grewal is public relations officer of Geo, a leading provider of bespoke fibre networks. Geo are the people you want to talk to when you need 255mb a second delivered into your home office. Or to connect your company to another, at a reaaaaally fast speed.
I wouldn’t mind one of those connections [...]
Continue ReadingIt’s now August and the kids have begun playing in the square outside my flat. Well, they do when it’s not pouring down.
So, I’m beginning to really look forward to a holiday too. Its booked for a couple of weeks time and I’ve not even contemplated anything I’ll need. I guess the mad rush around [...]
If your iPhone 3G is behaving like a 1998 Compaq Laptop — i.e. it works for 20 minutes before you need to plug it in — then you might want to get yourself one of these battery-sleeves from Mophie.
Roughly 50 pounds or $99 — it offers to make your iPhone 3G work like it should, [...]
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