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Nokia's running an ad for its N8 phone at the moment. It shows the N8 on a remote-controlled helicopter and a toy train, playing Snake on a tower block, and controlling a wall of video screens, among other things. The tagline is "What will you do with it?"
Impressive though the ads and the phone may be, I'm not entirely convinced about the "open" credenti... Read more

Its been a year since Nokia Money was introduced at Nokia World 2009. The service, which works in partnership with Obopay, lets ordinary mobile phone users make payments through SMS messaging. Nokia's target audience is primarily people in rural areas of developing countries that may not have easy access to financial services or even have a bank account.
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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, Kayak and Microsoft's Bing.... Read more

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. Perhaps my expectat... Read more

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 know it might seem mildly irrelevant, but ima... Read more