Disqus
Contact Us
We love getting feedback from our readers - we'd love to hear what you liked or disliked, what you'd like to see in the future, or simply what you think of IntoMobile. No suggestion or critique is too small or overlooked.
Contact UsBen Robinson's Posts
iPhone 3G calendar: Ker-blamm!
Imagine your iPhone calendar – Ok, now think of it without any entries! Not much use, is it? Well that is what happened to me in my ongoing battle to get the iPhone behave – honestly, it’s like having a belligerent child with this device! So having fixed the calendar sync issue (or sorts, see here), I was happily using the calendar, until … oh dear … the screen is blank when the app is launched, and it crashes (every time) after 10 seconds – WTF !? Ironically, the calendar … Read more
Ben Robinson
iPhone 3G: cases…
Yee-argh. Cases make your iPhone look ugly. I’ve heard some reports recently that they can even scratch your iPhone. That SUCKS. But, if it’s the right case, it can provide much needed protective haven for the uber-device – hence my purchase of one. And to be fair, I’ve got a strange one – it’s a case from a company called Contour and the specific model is the “Contour HardSkin iPhone 3G Case”. Any of you got one? I say it’s a strange case for a couple of reasons – first … Read more
Ben Robinson
iPhone screen protectors… the good, the bad, and the ugly!
So in my quest to get my iPhone3G prepped and ready for ongoing usage, I have been trying to find a decent screen protector. That screen protector has to have a bunch of key characteristics: Protect from scratches Not affect touch functionality Not look shocking! Not bubble or peel Not collect excessive amounts of dust I have had 2 screen protectors so far (Belkin Screen Protector for iPhone, and one from an unnamed company that makes a “mirror” protector..) and both have been been quite poor. The Belkin covered just … Read more
Ben Robinson
Will there be a new network menace this Christmas?
This year, in my humble opinion, has been the most progressive in terms of the connected Mobile device. Lead by the iPhone (in concept, if not in practice), devices and services have been being bound together to give us access to the Interweb like never before. As we gear up for Christmas, devices are even being released that target specific services (check out 3’s INQ Mobile with Facebook!). So what does this mean for Mobile Networks? In previous years, the thing that used to kill the Mobile Networks were the … Read more
Ben Robinson
The most amusing way you have ever seen a Mobile damaged
Ok so this is just a little bit of fun – I am NOT suggesting you go out there and find innovative ways to destroy your Mobile device…! A long time ago, could even be 10 years now, I witnessed a great comedy mishap that ended up in what was at the time, a very much desired Mobile device getting absolutely smashed. I’d like to share that with you, in the hope that you (the collective ‘you’, that is!) have some amusing anecdotes you might like to share back… A … Read more
Ben Robinson
Update: Rocketship Apple: email…
As I said before in what turned out to be a long-ish post (!), I have been having all sorts of problems with the POP email handling of the iPhone email client – a problem made all the more ironic by the fact that the mail client (when working) is really very good! (Just for information: currently configured, I have two POP accounts, one googlemail account, running in the mail client of v2.1 firmware on the iPhone 3G) What I had previously seen is that the email retrieval and sending … Read more
Ben Robinson
Best content viewed / to view on mobile devices…?
Following on from my post about wanting a ‘higher definition’ for (video) content that is arriving on our Mobiles, I was wondering whether any of our readers had actually used their devices for watching lot of (video) content? If so, what were their most enjoyable experiences? I remember seeing the Nokia N95-8Gb when it first arrived, containing a copy of Spiderman 3 – now that was part of a big marketing push, with the film being DRM’d, and occupying about 1Gb of storage – but the quality was fantastic. Likewise, … Read more
Ben Robinson
Mobiles: commodity, utility, or luxury, in the wake of the credit crunch?
With the tumultuous financial markets that seem to have taken over the news recently, come a whole cavalcade of implications – some large, some small. For a lot of people, it brings a time to re-look at their expenditure, because as the prospect of getting a wage rise decreases, the need to look at costs becomes potentially more important. The cost of running a Mobile device could variably be described as one of the larger monthly expenditures, depending on what type of user you are. If you are a contract … Read more
Ben Robinson
Do you fancy some ‘Mobile HD’?
I bet you probably do, right? Anyone who has seen the improvements that Blu-Ray offers over DVD, might also be wondering whether, in an analogous sense, the transition from current content offered by 3G networks, to something altogether better quality, could occur anytime soon? Not through the 3G networks, I would argue – right now, devices and their specifications are singularly outpacing network developments. Whilst we have HSPA commonly being rolled out, it’s not giving us enough confirmed bandwidth to be able to stuff ‘higher definition’ content for mobile devices … Read more
Ben Robinson
Turning Mobiles ON before getting off the Plane…
Hoorah, it’s time for ‘Ben’s pet peeves’ number #147….. How many of you have been on a flight where the cabin crew make you aware that you are not to turn on devices until you leave the plane? And how many of you have also seen people turning on devices the second the plane touches the tarmac? I bet it’s the same number in both cases there! Yes, it’s those people that consider it their prerogative to switch on devices before they have been advised to, and that co-incidentally are … Read more
3 yearss ago
Ben Robinson
Should kids be getting Mobiles for Christmas?
So here is a nice controversial one – do you think kids should be allowed Mobiles? I bring this up in the context of the upcoming Santa-related day, and the likelihood that many, many “kids” (come to that definition in a minute) will be getting Mobile devices amongst their presents. Now, I would define a “kid” as someone up to age 12, after which point they become a ‘teenager’ at 13. So I am asking, should kids up to 12 yrs old be allowed Mobiles? Also, setting aside the health … Read more