Back in April, I posted a review of Hotxt, a downloadable Java application that allowed you to send all the sms-type messages you wanted for £1 ($1.79) a week. This concluded with the view that: So, is Hotxt hot? To be honest, I’d go for lukewarm with lots of potential. If they sort out their usability/copy [...]
Archive | November, 2006
Okay, So That’s Three Times People Have Used Video Calls…
Ah, the good old video call — it’s been trotted out time and time again by telecom operators as this fantastic new feature that everybody’s going to be doing soon. Of course, every time it’s been introduced, it’s failed to catch on, and 3G has been no exception. Or is it? Back in August, Martin [...]
Is Stelios a One Trick Pony?
easyMobile, the UK MVNO, has announced that it’s to shut up shop, albeit with a Terminator-esque “I’ll be back” post script. The venture proves, if nothing else, that this MVNO lark isn’t the licence to print money it might seem to some.   The idea behind easyMobile was to strip out a whole bunch of [...]
Breaking Up Is Easy To Do — When You Text
kfed gets the boot on his sidekick 2 limited edition (Celebrity Gear Watch) Hey K-Fed.. what’s up dawg? Well, apparently Mr. Spears was caught as off guard as the rest of us with the news that Brit wanted a divorce.. He was filming some reality show when he started texting with Britney on his Sidekick [...]
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Carnival 53 at Enrique Ortiz’ Blog
Head on over to Enrique Ortiz’ site, where he done a great job putting together the 53rd edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists, this week’s collection of the best writing on the web about mobile. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
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Mobile Marketing Has Finally Arrived
I was asked to submit an article to a forthcoming edition of Admap, published by World Advertising Research Center¬†which is the “leading supplier of information, knowledge, insight and data to the global marketing, advertising, media and research communities.” I thought you might like a preview of the unedited version, below. It’s a little AdMob-centric, but [...]
W3C Launches “Planet Mobile Web”
Rudy de Waele points out that the W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative has launched Planet Mobile Web, an aggregator of several blogs that discuss the mobile web. It’s an effort to increase communication and the community around the topic, as well as encourage conversations across different blogs. It’s a cool idea, and worth a look, particularly [...]
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Stefan Eriksson Watch: Eriksson Pleads Guilty — Is It Over?
Just a few days after his trial on embezzlement and grand theft auto charges ended in a mistrial, Stefan Eriksson has accepted a plea bargain — pleading no contest to two counts of embezzlement and one count of illegal possession of a gun. Grand theft auto charges were dropped, but Eriksson was sentenced to three [...]
Stefan Eriksson Watch: Mistrial!
You go away for a few days and you miss everything… Jurors in former Gizmondo boss Stefan Eriksson’s grand theft and fraud trial were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, and a mistrial was declared. However, prosecutors say the’ll go ahead with another trial, since jurors were deadlocks 10-2 in favor of convicting Eriksson. I’m [...]
Sony Ericsson Buying UIQ
Sony Ericsson has unsurprisingly decided to buy UIQ from Symbian. Apart from a few devices from other manufacturers, SE has been the only significant licensee of the platform, and there have been persistent rumors that it planned to roll out a wider range of consumer devices based on UIQ. This buy would seem to validate [...]
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