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  • Nokia’s Ovi Store, One Month On

    As a self-confessed phone addict I was one of those who got up early on 26 May to be among the first to experience Nokia's new Ovi Store. As it ...

  • Winners and Losers in China’s Gold Rush

    Amid the gloom of the economic crisis, the issuance of 3G licences in China has caused many telecom executives' eyes to light up with dollar signs, despite the challenges presented ...

  • Cheaper Roaming’s Part of a Bigger Picture at Vodafone

    Watching the Vodafone quarterly results Webcast this week, a few things fell into place for me. The announcement that Vodafone was to scrap roaming charges in some countries for three ...

  • Tesco’s New Telecoms Centres May Herald Shift into Mobile Broadband

    On 21 April 2009, UK supermarket chain Tesco confirmed it would increase its Telecoms Centre outlets from 41 to 100 by January 2010. The centres are stand-alone departments within larger ...

  • Facing the Music in Italy

    Last week I spent a few days in Italy catching up with friends and visiting relatives. As you'd expect, I ate and drank well. When I wasn't at the dinner ...

  • A Marriage Made in Heaven

    I'm off to a wedding this weekend, and it's prompted me to think about hitching hardware and software. Let’s rewind back to 1998. The Nokia 5110, shown on the right, ...

  • Android Bandwagon Quietly Rolls On

    I expected to see more Android devices at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, and was disappointed that Vodafone's Magic phone was the only major announcement in this area. ...

  • Prepare for the Touch-Screen Backlash

    I have to admit this won't be the first — or last — blog post about a backlash against touch-screen phones. I've lost count of the number of articles I've ...

  • I Want More Toys!

    Over the weekend I picked up a Polaroid Pogo printer. In the UK, O2 is selling them for half price, making them much more attractive than when they cost almost ...

  • What Do We Need in the New Mobile World?

    Imagine a world where you were charged for every e-mail, voice call, every instant message, every Web page. Or a world where you had a set limit for these things, ...