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Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

Episode Twenty-Five hits your screens this morning from Charlotte Mews, just off Charlotte Street — centre of Her Majesty’s Media Empire. There’s a heck of a lot of advertising and media companies based in the area. And a very nice Pizza Express that I have frequented for years. Originally we were aiming to record [...]

Ewan | September 8th, 2008 | Continued
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It’s official: Dell launches Inspiron Mini 9 with Vodafone Europe

Oh baby! Remember last night I reported a tip about Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 ultra-mobile device coming, possibly to Vodafone? Woosh. It’s arriving across Vodafone Europe in late September. I just got the release from them. It’s obviously got built-in HSDPA broadband. You’ll be able to get it directly from Dell or [...]

Ewan | September 4th, 2008 | Continued
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Dell Mini Inspiron coming to a UK operator shortly

I had a tip in this evening from a reader who reckons that the Dell Mini Inspiron — as seen by Gizmodo (pictures from Gizmodo too) — is heading to a UK operator shortly. Almost every operator has got in on the laptops-for-30-quid-a-month thing — and they’ll thrown in a USB data dongle. Well. If my reader [...]

Ewan | September 4th, 2008 | Continued
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Mr Pullen is taking us to Fresher’s Week

Here’s an introduction to Daniel Pullen — a new recruit to Mobile Industry Review. Daniel is shortly heading off to Uni and I’ve asked him to give us a horse’s-mouth style viewpoint on just how the mobile operators pitch him during the Fresher’s Week (the introductory shenanigans popular at most UK Universities). Plus, [...]

Ewan | September 3rd, 2008 | Continued
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Ask Mr Operator: “When will WiMax become standard for carriers?”

Last week, I invited the Mobile Industry Review audience to pose questions to Mr Operator. For the benefit of those new to Mr Operator — the series is written by a chap working high up in one of the world’s international mobile operators. As such, Mr Operator has a rather unique perspective on [...]

Ewan | September 3rd, 2008 | Continued

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Published by Ewan on Monday 8th September 2008, 15:31 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Monday 8th September 2008, 15:13 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Monday 8th September 2008, 14:57 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Monday 8th September 2008, 14:30 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Monday 8th September 2008, 01:15 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by preshit on Friday 5th September 2008, 13:10 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Samantha on Friday 5th September 2008, 12:59 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Friday 5th September 2008, 12:43 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Friday 5th September 2008, 11:36 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
We recorded Monday’s MIR Show last night and it’s going to be a slight departure from the norm, I think. We had a whole schedule planned — but the chaps got stuck with the Poloroid PoGo bluetooth printer so I kept the camera on as Dan Lane and James Whatley bickered with each other for about [...] Continue Reading
Published by Ewan on Friday 5th September 2008, 11:14 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Friday 5th September 2008, 09:04 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Krystal on Thursday 4th September 2008, 15:40 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 14:24 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 14:16 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Samantha on Thursday 4th September 2008, 13:11 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by preshit on Thursday 4th September 2008, 12:57 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 12:32 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 11:55 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 10:05 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Ewan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 09:16 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Krystal on Thursday 4th September 2008, 09:00 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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Published by Jonathan on Thursday 4th September 2008, 08:00 | Comments | Related | Filed Under
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