Devices
Almost every team member has at least 3 primary mobile handsets! In this category, we profile devices and related wireless infrastructure.
I got this note in from Paul Newton, a reasonably happy LG Renoir user.
Paul saw the footage we shot at the Renoir launch and, suitably impressed with the device, took the plunge.
But there’s a glaring, glaring issue with the device.
Have a read:
Hi Ewan,
I am looking for some advice. I recently upgraded my handset [...]
Just got a newsletter through from Dabs4Work. Quite a useful service if you’re ordering office equipment — printers, computers, monitors, that sort of thing.
They’ve got an HP Mini at the top of the newsletter — pictured above. I had to laugh at the ‘Not Actual Size’ text placed on the laptop screen by [...]
For all those wondering where I was this morning, the answer is Nokia.
Alas there was no smoke and daggers and X-Files Cancerman-style shenanigans as per my post this morning. I got a little bit carried away.
I actually got a phone call from Ray Haddow, one of the chaps in Nokia’s Social Media/Communications team. [...]
In an ideal world, I would ask for happiness, and the end of this dismal time of year. But of course I’m not here to discuss that! No, no, no… What do I want from the world of Mobile this Christmas?
Firstly, I call for originality.
I personally think originality should be the first aspect of any [...]
Getting a bit technical for a moment, I got a bit of news through from Sagem Orga, the chaps who make a lot of sim card and sim card related systems.
They’ve partnered with BlueSky Positioning to bring the world’s first Assisted-GPS Sim card to market.
Interesting.
Enter Francois Blanchard, Global Account Marketing Manager at Sagem Orga:
“The SIM [...]
That’s not a typo.
It is Four Pounds and Ninety-Five Pence Only.
Less than FIVE POUNDS!
They’ll be giving them away in Christmas Crackers soon.
Carphone Warehouse have launched the handset today — just in time for Christmas.
So think twice about whether or not you want a circa £900 commitment to get hold of an iPhone 3G. Perhaps [...]
The INQ1 or ‘The Facebook Phone’ is launched today. Our man RobK is on the scene. We’ll have more from you shortly — plus I’m hoping to be able to meet with one of their top executives tomorrow for a sit-down interview on camera.
We’ll bring you more on the handset shortly — but [...]
Launched today Mobile Industry Review are among the lucky few to receive this new handset for a first hands-on. We have a first look.
Continue ReadingThanks to the people at Nokia Womworld, the best surprise of the day has just arrived - a pre-production E63 (the model we caught a glance of unofficially the other week) not even in final packing! I’ll be trying it out and reporting back.
Looking much like an E71, it has a 3G chip-set, an all-plastic [...]
Continue ReadingI had a note in from Rachel at The Internet Team this afternoon:
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Dear Ewan
My partner recently got a T-Mobile USB HSDPA dongle for his Windows laptop.
I tried the Mac software for this on my Macbook (one of the latest models before they went metal again) but it keeps crashing.
I really want [...]
I’ve had my G1 for a week now. (You can see me walking through the setup here
Whilst I was quick to document the little things I liked about the G1, finding the stupidly annoying things has taken a bit longer.
Here we go.
1. Build quality. It’s a bit plastic. Don’t get me wrong, the [...]
As we reported the other day, Vodafone’s Storm Blackberry is launched officially today in the UK.
That means you can pre-order it, here.
You can have one free on £35 a month for TWO YEARS (yikes) which includes 600 minutes and ‘unlimited’ texts.
Here’s Ian Shepherd, Consumer Director of Vodafone UK talking about the device:
Who’s getting one?
I’m not [...]
I’m thoroughly enjoying reading the perspectives of the executives we’ve contacted to give us their viewpoints on the new T-Mobile G1.
Andrew Henning is CEO of Redweb (a leading digital agency). Redweb has a team of over 45 people turning over 2.5 million a year working with the likes of Norwich Union, Sky and the [...]
What’s the industry thinking about the G1 launch? Let’s hear from one of the top chaps at Amdocs. If you haven’t come across them, they’re a $3 billion 17,000 employee behemoth, serving the back-offices of many huge providers in the telecommunications industry. (Think China mobile, Japan Telecom, Vodafone, BT, Cable & [...]
Continue ReadingRemember when the iPhone 3G launched during the summer, we asked Patni Telecoms Consulting to give us a viewpoint? Well here’s some perspective from Hugh Roberts, Senior Strategies chap at Patni.
Hugh most certainly knows his stuff and will not be buying a G1 just yet… Have a read:
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What [...]
I’ve had my G1 for a few days now and here the things I’m really enjoying:
1. It all just works. If you’re a regular user of Google — Gmail or Google Apps — this is a dream operating system. The handset requires a Google account to get setup. After verifying your account, [...]
Our second executive opinion on the T-Mobile G1 launch is from Brad Rees, the Managing Director of Mediacells (the leading independent supplier of fact-based market insight in the mobile arena).
For those who haven’t met Brad, he’s an former journalist, who began his career with Reuters, before migrating to popular Fleet Street brands for United News [...]
Anders Norström is the first of our executives that we’ve invited to comment on the G1 launch this week, here in the UK. Anders knows a thing or two about mobile and is now heading up the European market for MobiTV. Indeed whilst working along side Ericsson, Anders was instrumental in delivering the [...]
Continue ReadingThe Blackberry Storm 9500 is available to pre-order today from Vodafone.
You can get it free on contract for £35 per month.
But wait for it… it’s a TWENTY-FOUR month contract.
:: cough cough ::
TWO YEARS of your life contracted away to get this beauty.
Well, some might say it’s worth it.
Others might vomit in your face at [...]
I paid the 500 quid for the StarTac back in 1999. It was a brilliant, revolutionary handset. My favourite feature was the fact it carried a credit card sized sim card. Not that useful but I liked the concept. Of course the form factor was simply amazing.
I was the coolest kid at [...]
Oh yes…
Here’s hoping that T-Mobile have got their online systems working correctly and they don’t do a ‘Carphone Warehouse’ or an ‘o2′ and fall over dramatically.
In case you’re thinking of ordering, this is the link you need tomorrow from 9am.
And if you’d like a reminder about the device itself, here’s the Man From T-Mobile UK [...]
We met Mauricio of Visto walking round the Symbian Smartphone Show last week and — well — you could hear an audible squeak of excitement from us as he brought out a Nokia ‘Exx’.
That’s right.. it’s an E— something. We thought it could possibly be the E63 — and Mauricio did let slip that [...]
I simply can’t stand it when I’m on the phone to someone and they interrupt me saying words to the effect of ‘You’re breaking up’.
At my desk I’ve been using my E90 perfectly without issue for ages. However now that I’ve swapped (semi temporarily) to using a Blackberry Curve, I frequently get folk complaining [...]
When, on the 30th of October, you walk out your local T-Mobile Shop with your brand new G1 Google Android phone, what applications will you be able to download?
Well, I’ll tell you.
We’ve got the list from T-Mobile:
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Shopping
Barcode Scanner v2.1 – Scans and recognises the barcode of any product
ShopSavvy – Compares prices [...]
Yes. It’s true, it seems.
Our very own Ricky Chotai noticed this on the ZZPhone site earlier today.
Interesting, interesting…
The last ZZZPhone I purchased didn’t work in the UK; but I think they’ve changed suppliers now. I’ll need to talk to them and find out more.
Just LOOK at these features:
This new model zzzPhone, scheduled for [...]
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