Vodafone announced its 1Q10 results on Friday and they make very interesting reading. The figures are always a useful guide to how the mobile industry’s faring and Vodafone pointed to many areas of its business that are improving after a couple of indifferent years. Turkey, India and South Africa all improved dramatically in the first [...]

With the World Cup now over, I was curious to see whether the mobile industry had used the event to promote new services and drive up usage. More so given that before the tournament started many retailers around the world reported healthy sales of goods and merchandise related to the World Cup.

Before the opening game [...]

On 1 July Google announced that it intends to buy flight search provider ITA Software for $700 million in cash. ITA is one of the leading providers of flight search information and bookings, competing with Amadeus, Sabre, Expedia and others. It has agreements with a large number of airlines and travel search sites including Fly.com, [...]

The Walkman brand has shown incredible longevity since its inception more than 30 years ago. From cassettes to CDs, a brief flirtation with MiniDiscs, and now MP3s, Sony has subtly adapted the Walkman name to each changing form of technology. So it probably came as no surprise when Sony Ericsson expanded the Walkman series into [...]

I recently attended a conference focused on mobile phones for the ageing population. I went with high expectations of learning more about a subject that I’ve developed a keen interest in over the past couple of years.

At Mobile World Congress I was profoundly affected by the challenges facing older users and wrote about my experiences. [...]

The buzz surrounding Android is inescapable at the moment. The progress the platform’s made in less than two years is remarkable. With shipments now averaging over 100,000 units a day, it’s entirely conceivable that Android sales will top 35 million globally in 2010. And that’s just handsets. It doesn’t include an abundance of new devices [...]

At the recent ARE2010 show in Santa Clara, one of the leading players in augmented reality (AR), Total Immersion, pitched this logo in an attempt to help the AR community raise awareness among consumers.

Over the past years many of those involved in AR have spent a lot of time discussing what the technology actually is. [...]

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’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 [...]