Walking down Brick Lane in London over the weekend, I saw this poster:
It’s advertising a “secret” party somewhere in the area. The location is given in a QR barcode, which is the seemingly random mosaic that covers most of the poster. As the instructions suggest, it’s not meant to be read by eye, but with […]
Posted By Robert Caunt On July 22nd, 2008
Rob's got more than 20 years' experience of publishing research material. He has an unhealthy obsession with gadgets and thinks Psion devices are still some of the greatest pieces of technology ever made.
You may already be aware that Bluetooth headsets have improved dramatically in recent years. Noise-cancelling technology is a mass-market selling point, with products such as Aliph’s Jawbone and Motorola’s H12 showing how far we’ve come from the early days, when Bluetooth earpieces only worked in quiet offices. While these products do a fantastic job cancelling […]
Posted By Tom Byrd On July 16th, 2008
Tom began his career in the mobile industry in 2002. He's responsible for CCS Insight's device pricing products, as well as the Web site. Tom has a keen interest in new mobile technology and a passion for vintage cars.
Last weekend, I went to Open Tech 2008. I saw Bill Thomson snapping away in a couple of sessions, and I remembered I hadn’t visited his Web site for a while.
Surfing to his site after the weekend, I encountered a Wordle. If you haven’t seen them before, Wordles are graphical representations of written items — […]
Posted By Robert Caunt On July 14th, 2008
Rob's got more than 20 years' experience of publishing research material. He has an unhealthy obsession with gadgets and thinks Psion devices are still some of the greatest pieces of technology ever made.
Earlier this morning, Nokia announced it would buy the 52.1 percent of Symbian shares it doesn’t already hold, merge the company with its own S60 organisation and create the Symbian Foundation. This new entity will introduce an open-source licence model for the Symbian operating system and the S60, UIQ and MOAP platforms. The move’s a […]
Posted By Geoff Blaber On June 24th, 2008
Geoff leads mobile device software research at CCS Insight. Over the last few years he's followed developments in this area as competition hots up.
If the rumours I’m hearing are correct, there will be at least six mobile phones featuring eight-megapixel cameras appearing in the second half of 2008.
The relentless megapixel “arms race” shows no sign of letting up and it leaves me wondering, “Why?”
My personal experiences suggest there’s still a lot of work to be done in improving […]
Posted By Ben Wood On June 11th, 2008
Ben leads the research at CCS Insight having been in the mobile industry for over 15 years - he's always got a different phone in his hand and loves trying out new services and features on the latest and greatest devices.
On 4 June 2008, Orange announced it will create 500 jobs in the UK by bringing call-centre work back from India and taking on more staff for its retail shops. It will also cut about 450 management and administration roles. The reorganisation is part of a focus on what Orange calls “the 21st century customer”. […]
Posted By Shaun Collins On June 5th, 2008
Shaun Collins has a strong track record in the wireless equipment manufacturing business, having held senior roles in the UK, Europe and the US. Shaun was European Account Director for Motorola when the industry was moving from analogue to digital technology. He founded CCS Insight in 1993 and has seen sustained growth since then, with revenue doubling in the past four years.
I can’t help but notice the sheer number of announcements coming out of Italy about mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). Italy has a mobile penetration rate well above 100% — there are more phones than people — but there still seems to be room for another MVNO.
Part of the reason for all this activity is […]
Posted By Paolo Pescatore On May 14th, 2008
A native South Londoner, Paolo's got almost a decade of experience in the mobile industry. He covers services, so he can talk for hours about music downloads, the mobile Internet and how many Norwegians watch TV on their phones. (E sa fare un buon ragu'.)
When I first discovered Nokia Maps on my N95, I was a quite underwhelmed by it. The phone took an extremely long time to find satellites and pinpoint my position. By the time it had placed me on a map, my impatience had taken over and I’d reached for my traditional A-Z paper map. But […]
Posted By Tom Byrd On May 9th, 2008
Tom began his career in the mobile industry in 2002. He's responsible for CCS Insight's device pricing products, as well as the Web site. Tom has a keen interest in new mobile technology and a passion for vintage cars.
Today Vodafone announced it will offer the iPhone in 10 new countries. The deal gives Apple a much-needed shot in the arm at a time when its international strategy seemed to be faltering.
Vodafone will sell the iPhone “later this year” in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and […]
Posted By Ben Wood On May 6th, 2008
Ben leads the research at CCS Insight having been in the mobile industry for over 15 years - he's always got a different phone in his hand and loves trying out new services and features on the latest and greatest devices.
Nokia launched another three phones this morning, and as soon as I saw the names I threw my hands up in despair. Once again it’s recycled numbers used for earlier phones. I think this will only confuse its customers and distributors.
The latest misstep’s the worst to date, in my opinion. Nokia has christened two of […]
Posted By Ben Wood On April 28th, 2008
Ben leads the research at CCS Insight having been in the mobile industry for over 15 years - he's always got a different phone in his hand and loves trying out new services and features on the latest and greatest devices.
