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First draft of Mobile Developer TV is complete

First draft of Mobile Developer TV is complete

Posted 21 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

That’s how Mobile Developer TV is looking at the moment. I’m pretty pleased with the clean lines. At least now we’ve got rid of the standard WordPress theme. We based it on Kubrick — but hand-coded it to work exactly as we wanted from a text perspective. Next up? Video. Production and integration. I’ve got [...]

I'd like to see a Wakoopa for my mobile handset

Posted 20 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

I didn’t bother signing up for Wakoopa when I heard about it a while ago. I thought it was a cool concept — track the desktop applications you’re using (along with ‘web applications’) and then publish the data to let you track what your friends are using. Now and again I’ve found myself on some [...]

My Google Latitude is now live to the world

My Google Latitude is now live to the world

Posted 20 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

People I know from London keep asking me, “Are you in San Francisco?” and, people from San Francisco keep asking if I’m in London. The where-are-you question is very, very relevant in the context of business so I’ve been trying to solve that with the use of a Where Am I function on my personal [...]

T-Mobile UK's Hey-Jude video sing-a-long in Trafalgar Square

Posted 18 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

Would you like to see thousands of people singing ‘Hey Jude’ together in London’s Trafalgar Square? Yes? Good. Because that’s what T-Mobile UK have cooked up for your delectation. It’s the next in the series after the rather amazing T-Mobile ‘Dance’ at London’s Liverpool Street Station that saw hundreds of apparent commuters all of a [...]

Vodafone abolishes European roaming charges for the summer

Vodafone abolishes European roaming charges for the summer

Posted 14 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

You read that right. Fluck me sideways. From June 1, pay as you go and pay monthly consumer customers can talk, text and send picture messages from over 35 countries across Europe this summer for the same price as at home. From May 15, calls from the UK to friends and family overseas from as [...]

Vodafone Shop: You can't change your price plan here. Call 191.

Posted 12 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

Well then. What a total waste of time that was. If you recall, I recently wrote that it was high time I visited a Vodafone shop. I’ve got five lines on the account, all at crazy price plan levels. I don’t know which-is-which, apart from my main number. And Vodafone UK’s online account management is [...]

Vodafone UK's official video unboxing of the HTC Magic

Posted 11 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

I think Vodafone should do an unboxing video for every single one of their handsets. Relying on an array of independents to do it for you on Youtube is not good enough. If I’m a Vodafone customer (and I am), I want to know what the Vodafone branded version of my handset comes with and [...]

Time to visit a Vodafone UK store

Posted 11 May 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

It’s that time again. I am off to visit a Vodafone store to find out what’s going on with my five lines. I’m going to change around some of the price plans and decommission the lines I don’t need. I’ve also finally recognised that I don’t actually use 3,000 mobile minutes per month, nor do [...]

Verizon Palo Alto Store: 'Yeah you don't want the Blackberry Storm, it's buggy'

Verizon Palo Alto Store: 'Yeah you don't want the Blackberry Storm, it's buggy'

Posted 16 April 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

If you were reading my Twitter feed earlier this afternoon, you’d have caught my update from outside the Verizon Wireless Store in Palo Alto. Here’s a pic: I was Palo Alto for a few meetings, one with a mobile titan (ID not public alas). The chap was running 30 minutes late (“Don’t worry, I’ll hit [...]

Got 60 friends? Spell out a message with Google Latitude

Got 60 friends? Spell out a message with Google Latitude

Posted 16 April 2009 | By Ewan | Categories: Mobile | View Comments

I came across this rather nifty proof-of-concept video from the Google Latitude team. Latitude, if you’re not familiar with it, is an add-on to Google Maps that (amongst other features) overlays an avatar of your friends on Google Maps. So if you’re out-and-about you can see their location. Or if you’re on your desktop you [...]

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