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  • Finding a Standard for Mobile Barcodes

    I've been handing out my new business cards over the past week or so. People are initially bemused by the mobile barcode on the back. Once I show them how ...

  • The Subjective Nature of Image Quality on Camera Phones

    As the performance and specification of camera phones improves I’m finding it increasingly difficult to judge image quality. Ultimately its in the eye of the beholder which is just so ...

  • Wireless Peace in Our Time?

    A decision by Nokia and Qualcomm to settle their long-running intellectual property dispute over wireless technologies comes as welcome news for the mobile industry. It's unclear whether the agreement was ...

  • Having a Party on the QR

    Walking down Brick Lane in London over the weekend, I saw this poster: It's advertising a "secret" party somewhere in the area. The location is given in a QR barcode, ...

  • Bone-Conducting Bluetooth Earpieces Set to Revolutionise Hands-Free Experience

    You may already be aware that Bluetooth headsets have improved dramatically in recent years. Noise-cancelling technology is a mass-market selling point, with products such as Aliph's Jawbone and Motorola's H12 ...

  • Nokia Squares Up to Software Rivals by Buying Symbian and Moving to Open Source

    Earlier this morning, Nokia announced it would buy the 52.1 percent of Symbian shares it doesn't already hold, merge the company with its own S60 organisation and create the Symbian ...

  • It’s Going to Be an Eight-Megapixel Christmas

    If the rumours I'm hearing are correct, there will be at least six mobile phones featuring eight-megapixel cameras appearing in the second half of 2008. The relentless megapixel "arms race" ...

  • Orange Shakes Up Its Organisation in the UK

    On 4 June 2008, Orange announced it will create 500 jobs in the UK by bringing call-centre work back from India and taking on more staff for its retail shops. ...

  • More and More MVNOs Enter the Italian Market

    I can't help but notice the sheer number of announcements coming out of Italy about mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). Italy has a mobile penetration rate well above 100% — ...

  • I’m Lost without My Nokia N95

    When I first discovered Nokia Maps on my N95, I was a quite underwhelmed by it. The phone took an extremely long time to find satellites and pinpoint my position. ...