Following on from the post I wrote about the BBC World Service and its Mobile learning service (here), it’s good to see that other learning providers are also leveraging the power of the Mobile (and MP3 players….). GlobalEnglish has developed a mobile feature – the Mobile Learning Network – for its online business English training…
Mobile Data Infrastructure Market to See Sharp Decline in 09
The mobile data infrastructure market is forecast to experience a double digit decline in revenues in 2009 according to a recent study by IMS Research. Mobile WiMAX may be hardest hit as credit markets dry up, jeopardizing many of the smaller pure WiMAX vendors’ most important customers. Coincidentally, this economic downturn comes at a time…
UK: T-Mobile G1 gets software update: people not happy
Google Android blog site Androinica has an interesting UK-related story this week. Apparently the RC9 update that has begun rolling out for UK is lacking a stack of stuff, including: “voice search, latitude, any MSN/AOL/Yahoo chat options, and … paid applications”. Checking out the comments also that follow the post it’s possible to see that…
The O2 Joggler: five-minute fiddle!
Being lucky enough to be asked to go along to O2’s launch, I’ve had the opportunity to play with the Joggler. As those of you know that follow the “five-minute fiddle” review series, I also like to give initial thoughts on a device, when I’ve only had five or so minutes to try it out.…
New device: The O2 Joggler
O2 has announced the O2 Joggler, a first-of-its-kind device which will transform the way families manage their busy lives. Taking the place of all the notes traditionally placed on the fridge door, the O2 Joggler is always on and can be used by the entire family. It sends text message reminders which mean every family…
The O2: here comes Michael Jackson
I always go on about what a Marketing coup “The O2” was for Mobile Operator O2 – they get mentioned with every big act that comes through the venue, and suffice to say they don’t come any bigger than this – MJ is coming soon! As the PR says: The King of Pop returns to…
eXpansys: HTC Touch Diamond2 Voucher Deal
eXpansys got a great deal on the HTC Touch Diamond2 which I think IntoMobile readers might appreciate. Between the 4th of March and the 15th of April 2009, if you order your HTC Touch Diamond2 from eXpansys, they will give you £30 of eXpansys vouchers* to spend on their site! For those of you having…
Mobile TV: at a critical point now?
Mobile TV seems to have been bubbling away at a simmer for a number of years now. As early back as 2004, there was a lot of noise about how TV services could be offered.. As an early adopter myself, and working for device vendors and network operators, I got to try a lot of…
The Five-minute fiddle: follow-up – BlackBerry Storm
A little while back I wrote a brief summary of my thoughts as regards the Storm, having had just five minutes to play with it. The point of this, to re-iterate, was to mirror the time that your average consumer might get to play with the device in a shop, and hence to relay first…
The Final Frontier: connectivity on a plane, but at a (high) price
I’m sitting on a plane as I’m drafting this post. Tapping away, quite intently on my notebook Laptop, and reasonably content since I am just editing text. However, I do yearn for connectivity in the sky, and that is somewhat the point of this post. I thought I would outline the services that would be…