As I said yesterday, my MWC experience got cut short by some stomach fun, but I have managed to collect some thoughts on the event. – Damn, it’s big. I’ve been going to this event for several years now, stretching back to the Cannes days, and it just keeps getting bigger. I’m not sure that’s [...]
Archive | February, 2008
Don’t Eat The Shrimp
Some dodgy food (I’m thinking a piece of shrimp at a party Monday night) put paid to my MWC experience, forcing me to spend Tuesday and Wednesday in my hotel room with a lovely bit of food poisoning. Hence the lack of updates, as I was fairly certain regular posts about what I was seeing [...]
Nokia does it again
The buzz thus far (yet again) is Nokia’s new devices, including the update to its powerhouse N95, the aptly named N96. I spent some time with the N96 and the other new devices, the N78, the 6220 Classic and the 60-something or other Navigator just now (and I managed to leave my SD card reader [...]
somebody is having a laugh…
somebody is having a laugh…, originally uploaded by Mobhappy. Hall 7 is a space of some… uh… incongruity —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
And We’re Off…
I’m finishing up breakfast and getting ready to head over to the Fira here in Barcelona, where the Mobile World Congress kicks off this morning. The handset announcements and other news have already started to flow, and there’s lots to see. Be sure to check back with us this week as Russell and I bring [...]
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Privacy Really Is Raising Its Head
Back when I was doing my predictions for the year, I forecast that “privacy” would be the word of the year, alongside Carlo’s prediction of “Open”. And the first few months of 2008 seem to be bearing this out, whether it’s a story about another load of confidential data being stolen or lost, or watchdogs [...]
links for 2008-02-07
CBS Mobile to test location-based cellphone ads – International Herald Tribune “Pssst, hey you! There’s a cheap latte waiting at the coffee shop on the corner!” – gah. (tags: lbs mobile-ads) —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
Myers Briggs Explained
I’ve been playing around with Myers Briggs Type Indicator a lot recently, as I think it’s very helpful to understanding how teams work, companies tick and communicate and how all this can be improved. My friend, Jane Mason (ENTP) is a leading expert on this whole area and as it’s not the kind of thing [...]
links for 2008-02-06
Build-to-order cell phone store launched | Computerworld Blogs Custom phones from China… got spammed about this yesterday, wonder if it is legit (tags: china) Turning Symbian Smartphones into Mini Wi-Fi Hotspots (tags: wifi symbian s60) BBC NEWS | Technology | Smart tags hail the web of things (tags: rfid) FCC Approves Sale of Nationwide Spectrum [...]
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The Sorry State of Mobile Retailing
Both Marek Pawlowski from the MEX blog and Dean Bubley of Distruptive Wireless have weighed in with posts talking about the sad state of mobile retailing and customer service in the UK. I don’t think it’s all that different from other parts of the world — my experience here in the States hasn’t been much [...]
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