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  • Mobile Coverage Reaches New Heights

    Last October I made a long, gruelling trek to the base camp of Mount Everest, braving blisters, altitude sickness and a never-ending supply of dal bhat (lentils and rice) to ...

  • The Power of Openness

    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 ...

  • Playing Tablet Forecast Poker

    Steve Jobs' comments about tablets on Apple's third-quarter earnings call have once again opened up the debate on the future direction of this nascent category. Mr Jobs' sceptical remarks about ...

  • Vodafone Tunes Its Overtures to Business Dealers

    The past couple of years have not been kind to Vodafone in the UK. O2 and Orange are formidable competitors that seem to have outsmarted Vodafone at almost every turn ...

  • Nokia Makes Bid to Change Lives with Mobile Payments

    It’s 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 ...

  • Checking In on Holiday

    I recently took my mobile phone on holiday abroad with me. It appears I wasn't the only one, as I surprised at how many other holidaymakers I saw constantly on ...

  • Is Korea Inc. In Danger of Losing Its Lead?

    On a recent visit to Seoul I dutifully visited one of my favourite geek tourist destinations — the Yongsan Electronics Market. This is Seoul's "temple" to consumer electronics, with eight ...

  • Time for Change at Vodafone?

    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 ...

  • Google’s “Mobile First” Approach Not Clear in Its Results

    Google recently announced its second-quarter results. Total revenue grew 24 percent over the year to $6.82 billion, with 23 percent growth from each of the two largest businesses — Google ...

  • Mobile Operators Scored an Own Goal at the World Cup

    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 ...