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  • Has Apple Lost Its Shine?

    I was talking to a friend of mine last week — a software developer — who's been a committed iPhone user. Although he isn't a Mac or iPhone developer, he's ...

  • The Lefts and Rights of Phone Controls

    It's interesting to see that while the touch screen interface has become increasingly popular, many mobile phones still offer a separate control pad for manoeuvring the cursor. Usually this control ...

  • RIM Shifts Gear to Web Speed

    It's no secret that RIM's browser isn't among its strongest assets. The list of sites that the BlackBerry browser either struggles or fails to render is growing by the day. ...

  • Making Mobile Music More Social

    Vodafone's signed a distribution deal with Warner Music, making it one of the first mobile operators to offer DRM-free music from all the major record labels. The operator's already signed ...

  • The Importance of Being Mobile

    Earlier this month I attended IBC2009 in Amsterdam to give a presentation on how media companies are embracing the mobile industry. The session I participated in, "Mobile media: Managing and ...

  • Obsession with Smartphones is Ignorant

    If you live in Europe or North America you could be forgiven for thinking that the only phones that really matter are so-called ”smartphones”. With all the hype and publicity ...

  • A Revolution in US Mobile Broadband Is One Bold Step Away

    There's one development that could turn the US mobile broadband market on its head this year. If you want to know what it is you can skip to the end ...

  • Launch of 3G Networks in India Is No Bollywood Movie

    When my lovely wife made me sit through a Bollywood movie to be reminded of her cultural background recently, I knew what to expect: a set formula, some dancing and ...

  • Orange Gets a Social Life

    Looking through the news today, I saw that Orange in the UK has announced a new service called Social Life. This will be a site on the operator's Orange World ...

  • Polishing Apples

    Earlier this week I had lunch with a friend and his father. The father's a witty and clever man who's written several books about various topics, including chaos theory and ...