One of the most interesting panels at DLD 08 (don’t worry – my last post on the subject) was “Smart Boys on New Markets”. The original title had referred to “old boys” apparently, but someone had objected, although “wise old boys” would probably be the one I’d have gone for. The panelists included: – Dr [...]
Archive | January, 2008
links for 2008-01-25
SMS Text News ¬ª Archives ¬ª AT&T Is Still Confused On Contract-Free SIM (tags: at&t) Official YouTube application in beta, working on Nokia Nseries and Sony Ericsson phones (tags: youtube) ‘Trust but verify’ open mobile network pledges – Yahoo! News (tags: fcc open) Unfiltered ¬ª Blog Archive ¬ª 700 MHz Auction: And they‚Äôre off! (tags: [...]
Paulo Coelho @DLD 08
Paulo Coelho (seminal author of books like, “The Alchemist” and “Veronika Decides to Die”) gave a great, compelling keynote at DLD, which for me, was one of the highlights. The man simply oozes charisma and wisdom. Unlike Martha, he’d thought about his audience and gave a speech that we would find both relevant and interesting. [...]
links for 2008-01-23
Symbian Virus-Worm Spreading in the Wild another Symbian virus you don’t need to worry about (tags: symbian virus security) Phone with fold-away screen launched – Yahoo! News (tags: screens) —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
Impressions from DLD 08
As I wrote last week, I was one of the privileged few to be invited to DLD 08 (thanks Katja and Simon!), which was a tremendous success, as last year. Many congratulations to Dr Hubert Burda, who had the vision to start it 4 years ago and turned it into certainly Germany’s leading conference, probably [...]
More Text Alert Services Make It Out To The Provinces
Back in November, I posted about seeing a couple of small restaurants touting their SMS shortcode offers, and wondered if the trend was really taking hold here in the US. I’ve now noticed that the paper here in town, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has launched its own text alert service. Again, not a major milestone [...]
AT&T Says “Whoops” On The SIM-Only Deal; No Need For A Contract
I posted yesterday on the new that AT&T was selling SIM-only service, but apparently still required customers to sign a two-year contract. AT&T says now that the language on its online store talking about the two-year contract was a mistake, and that customers don’t generally need to sign a contract for SIM-only service. GigaOM says [...]
Stefan Eriksson Watch: Out of Jail, Headed Out of the Country
Perhaps this will be the last mention of Stefan Eriksson: the former Gizmondo exec and Ferrari-crasher is out of jail (via Engadget), and is in a detention center as he awaits expulsion from the US. Apparently he was released from jail in December, but he’s been sitting in a detention center waiting for the Swedish [...]
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links for 2008-01-22
Kenny G, BlackBerry Addict file under “things you really need to know” (tags: kennyg blackberry) EU readying next round of phone charge battles – International Herald Tribune Viviane Reding, at it again (tags: eu regulation) Study Says Mobile Churn is Approaching 40% I’m hard pressed to think of an industry where it’s ok to lose [...]
Look How Far We’ve Come…
Japan to get cellphone ‘sommeliers’: official – Yahoo! News: Japan is to start licensing cellphone “sommeliers” to guide consumers through complicated functions as mobile telephones become ever more advanced, an official said Monday. The communications ministry said it was planning to support a private-sector plan to launch an exam to license specialists who sell cellphones. [...]
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