On Monday I attended the M-Publishing conference in London. The event brought together decision-makers from the media and publishing industries to discuss how best to bring their services to mobile phones. Delegates debated the merits of apps and mobile Internet sites, and how to make money from mobile publishing.
If I’d been given a penny every [...]

I woke up on Monday morning excited at the prospect of going to the Roland Garros tennis tournament in Paris. As well as going to the event for the first time, I’d been promised a peek behind the scenes at Orange’s efforts to broadcast matches in 3D.

For the Roland Garros event Orange has teamed up [...]

In this business it’s hard not to get seduced by the never-ending succession of all-singing, all-dancing high-tier phones, but it’s important to keep an eye on the low end of the market. Basic, inexpensive phones still account for the vast majority of global mobile device sales and even in mature markets they make up a [...]

Having spent a large part of last month testing a new online product we’re developing, I’ve become quite familiar with the phone data we’ve amassed over the years. I couldn’t help noticing that each month we’re adding more and more phones with either a touch screen or a full qwerty keyboard. While we know anecdotally [...]

The competition between Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon has become a strong force in the mobile market at present. The latest move came from Apple, which bought start-up Siri last week, taking Apple into search for the first time and strengthening the suite of technologies behind its rumoured expansion of online services later this [...]

I’m sure the average buyer walking into a phone shop considers a number of factors when deciding which device to buy. They might like the look of it, or its colour. Perhaps they favour one manufacturer over another. Or maybe there’s just an attractive offer with a good price.

But what about the phone’s name? I [...]

What with that volcano and the upcoming election, the spectrum auctions in Germany and the Netherlands have gone largely unreported in the UK. In Germany, total bids for available spectrum (in 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands) already amount to more than €1.88 billion. Some observers estimate the final figure will [...]

Having had a few days to play with the Apple iPad we purchased and imported into the UK, I thought it was worth sharing my initial thoughts as a follow-up to my earlier blog post written in anticipation of the launch.
The Positives
One thing is certain — virtually everyone we have shown it to agrees that [...]

Last week I was lucky enough to go away on a skiing holiday. As always, I left my packing to the last minute. On the evening before departure I found myself scrabbling around the office for a Nokia S60 phone to take with me, as I wanted to use the excellent Sports Tracker software while [...]

I often marvel at the mobile industry’s unwavering pursuit of the next technology, irrespective of small details like a business case, consumer demand or day-to-day practicalities. The eye-controlled headphones on NTT DoCoMo’s stand at Mobile World Congress were an extreme but highly entertaining example. At least the headphones aren’t a commercial reality. Yet.
The launch of [...]