By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Friday, March 6th, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Orange’s “The Feed” Blog is always a good place to hit up if you fancy a bit of a read – alongside our very own IntoMobile of course!
A recent post on there invited readers to hunt down their old phones, and post up about what they find! Suffice to say there are some great comments on there for some classic (in many ways) phones!
BTW, for all you Phone-reconition geeks out there, the pic is of the Nokia 7110 – NOT the phone in the Matrix film, as many people seemed to think
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
iamclayscholes
that was my first mobile. : )
cs.
Matt Radford
Hey! I had one of those Nokias as my first mobile! Completely pointless slidey bit (and outrageous call charges), but otherwise brilliant
Ria@The Feed
Thanks very much for the shout out Ben. We’ve had some great responses in the comments, lots of great ‘my first phone’ stories and such.