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The Mobile Zeitgeist
Vodafone 360 is currently: Rubbish
Vodafone 360 maps are: Back in 2002
We're buying our iPhones on: Orange UK
Favourite UK App: Snaptu
Fav American App: Poynt
Microsoft Mobile is: Dire
Samsung Bada: Wait and See
Thanks, ipadio!
The ipadio team have very kindly placed my latest phlogs (phone-blogs) on their frontpage today: Have you been listening in? I’ve had quite a few emails from surprised individuals flicking through Google Reader only to be shocked to hear my voice coming from the rss feed. That’s the beauty of ipadio. Over [...] Read more
ipadio: Stop Everything And Check Out Chomp
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ipadio: Going To Barcelona? You Need Touchnote
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ipadio: Good Morning From Silicon Valley
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Symbian is now officially Open Source
So almost five billion dollars of investment is now available on an open source basis. Did you catch the official announcement today? You now download Symbian and get it working on your own hardware, if you’ve got the mind to. In fact, we actually shot some footage of this happening on Friday [...] Read more
Mobile World Congress: Wait ’til you see what we’ve got for you!
This year we’re doing something different for Mobile World Congress. Oh yes. I’ve teamed up with Rafe Blandford and the team at All About Symbian. We’re combining the resources of Mobile Industry Review (“MIR”), Mobile Developer TV (“MDTV”) and All About Symbian (“AAS”) to deliver what I hope will be some of [...] Read more
Is Ovi Maps going to wipe the floor with TomTom?
The new Ovi Maps, that now comes with free walk and drive directions for most of the planet, has been downloaded 1.4 million times in just a week. Here’s the press release. A week. Wow! “We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. “When we announced [...] Read more
Did you say “Google Chrome Tablet?”
This tweet from Neville Hobson caught my attention: “Google to unveil Chrome tablet?” FUD! http://is.gd/7xXlS The tweet links to a v3 blog (formerly vnunet) discussing the possibility of a Google Chrome tablet… Here’s a mock-up image: Bring on the tablet wars… Read more

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