If you live in the UK, there some some great deals on 3 at the moment.
Firstly, they are offering the Skypephone for only £39.99. I reviewed this innovative phone last October. Earlier this year I spoke to someone involved with the Skypephone launch at 3 who, without specifying actual numbers, said that 3 has been […]

One problem I come up against on nearly every project is the provisioning of end users’ phones with Internet access points. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola (needs registration) have online wizards that send configuration messages to your phone. With other manufacturers things get more tricky as settings often have to be configured manually on a […]

There’s an enlightening post at RCR Wireless News that suggests how companies might take on RIM (BlackBerry) and Apple (iPhone).
The article suggests that owning the solution may be the key to success in that both RIM and Apple own their respective solutions end to end.
I can think of a two further examples […]

There’s a very dramatic post at MobileOpportunity entitled Mobile Applications: RIP. Michael Mace’s observations are based on a company that has been trying to sell applications.
While I agree that creating a mobile application for sale is now a dead end (and had been for many years), the smart people have since moved on to […]

Netsize have just published their (free to download) Netsize guide…
"The Netsize Guide is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. Drawing on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with industry executives and opinion-makers, it provides professionals an essential snapshot of the developments that have taken place and […]

This month’s Mobile Monday London was themed ‘Mobile Operating Systems’. There were speakers from Symbian, Trolltech, Vodafone and MMetrics. As so much was said and I believe in short blog posts, I am going to split my commentary over several instalments.
First of all, David Wood from Symbian. David gave a whirlwind presentation why he thinks […]

Today, there’s a new study by AppTrigger that shows 57 per cent of UK users have not advanced their use of mobile phones in five years. While the study just covers the UK, I am sure this is true for many other countries.
This doesn’t surprise me. When I happen to meet non-computing professionals I often […]