On the back of the post I wrote the other day regarding the capabilities of the TomTom Go 940 Live, it seems that the margins between functionality of specialised Sat Navs and Mobille devices (with GPS) are narrowing. Even with Google’s innovative work in plugging just about every service in to their ‘Cloud’ Mapping apps,…
Britney makes fiery return to the UK; I’m still listening to her last album!
Crumbs, how much Britney-related news (that relates to Mobile) is there right now? Well I’ll tell you – quite a bit! First of all, I mentioned the other day that Brit is bringing her ‘Circus’ (that’s the name of the new album) to The O2 next year – should be a hot ticket. Next of…
Mobile Operators throttling access to the InterWeb – probably/possibly/definitely?
It’s a perennial question amongst Mobile InterWeb users – is my Mobile Operator of choice fiddling with my access to the wider InterWeb? Recent IT news suggested that Orange was blocking access to The Pirate Bay (which itself doesn’t seem to have been out of the news this year!), but it turns out that was…
Future-look: will streaming of your home content to a mobile be the future?
There is a (large) school of thought that says that the future of digital content is ubiquitous access, with the home acting as a hub of sorts, and multiple satellite devices pulling ‘your’ content on-demand. In theory I think this sounds fantastic, and the love-affair with doing this has been quite a passionate one –…
Huawei predicting $4 billon revenue from handsets in 2008
Huawei is predicting $4 billion revenue from handsets in 2008, according to the EVP of the company. That’s alongside the fact that the annual growth rate of the handsets business should top 30% in the next five years! Given all the recent negative news surrounding Mobile companies’ finances, this is good (and impressive) news! Interestingly,…
3 Ireland wins big Mobile Broadband contract
independent.ie is reporting that 3 Ireland has won a €40m contract for the National Broadband Scheme (NBS), beating Eircom (another Irish MNO). The Goverment-backed NDS scheme is to get broadband to the 10% of the population that can’t get Internet services i.e. those in remote rural areas. Whilst the contract should be sorted out in…
Sonim XP3 available in UK
We’ve mentioned Sonim and the XP3 before – and this is really just to update our UK readers on where to get it should they want one. Firstly, you can get it for free on a Vodafone contract – otherwise, you’ll soon be able to grab one SIM-free for £245 including VAT, direct from Sonim.…
UK: TomTom Go 940 – offer on!
TomTom have very kindly emailed me to let me know about a stack of features in their Go 940 Live device, currently retailing at £449.99 on their website. Check out what they’ve got on-board: TomTom Safety Alerts TomTom High Definition Traffic™ TomTom Fuel Prices Local Search with Google In short, that basically means you have…
UK: Britney comes to The O2!
Wow! This is just about the most exciting “coming to The O2” post I have done to-date! Britney Spears is on her way to The O2 – yes, she of the well-publicised career, both inside and outside of her music! Despite everything that has happened, Britney still has a very keen following, and I seem…
UK perspective on Apple’s Ad ban
James wrote a great post a coupla days back on the banning of one of Apple’s Ads in the UK. It was covered quite extensively in the UK by The Guardian, and also the BBC. So now it’s time for the UK office of IntoMobile to weigh in (with considerable weight!!), and say – actually,…