So, one of the stands at the Gadget Show Live 2009 was a “History of Gadgets” – it was nice to take some time out of the hustle and bustle, to go look at what was in the mix… Rapidly, I came across a glass cabinet that had a stack of “mobile” devices – some…
Gadget Show Live 2009: Pacemaker DJ
One of the stands that I wish I’d had more time to spend at was the Pacemaker DJ stand – what on earth is that you ask? No, it’s not a solution to deliver music to those people who happen to have a pacemaker fitted! Instead it’s all about this little chappie: This little bit…
Gadget Show Live 2009: Flip
Any of you that read my posts regularly will know that I’ve a bit of thing about recording mobile video of late. The Tech has changed SO MUCH in the last 12 months, it is ridiculous. Pioneers in the budget “mobile” video recording devices market were Flip – purveyors of the the Mino, and now,…
Gadget Show Live 2009: Sonim
One of the stands that I thought was great was the Sonim stand. For those of you that are not familiar, Sonim have been busy carving out a successful niche as the leaders of the ruggedised handsets market. Actually that’s a bit unfair – they pretty much have their own category of “indestructible handsets” –…
Gadget Show Live 2009: INQ Mobile
INQ, in case you didn’t know (where have you been?!) have developed a social-neworking handset. INQ are also a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary, as is the Operator Group “3”, hence the logo you can see in the above pic. The INQ stand was pretty busy all day, with a constant buzz of people wanting to update…
Gadget Show Live 2009 – That was the day that was….
Well today I spent the day in Birmingham UK at the Gadget Show Live 2009 – a festival of all things tech and gadge! The setup: having been seeded tickets by a contact, I was in line to get in at the start of the show – or so I thought. Actually all three days…
Verizon Wireless: HopeLine’s phone collections experience a double-digit increase in first two months of 2009
During the recently ended CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless announced that their phone recycling and refurbishing program, HopeLine, has seen a double-digit increase in phones collected since January 1st, compared to the first two months of 2008. As a result, the carrier expects to see more than one million phones collected by the…
Kyocera Communications Inc. established in San Diego to integrate the company’s wireless device business
At the CTIA, Kyocera Corporation announced the formation of Kyocera Communications Inc. (KCI), as a “next step in the global integration of Kyocera’s wireless device business.” The new company will be headquartered in San Diego, and will comprise the combined sales, marketing and service functions from Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC) and Kyocera Sanyo Telecom Inc.…
UK: O2 customers getting pop acts love at the O2!
O2UK customers, you are in for some major love from O2 if you are registered with the Blueroom, and like good music – Pink and Ne-Yo are due at the O2, and you can get some priority tickets! 🙂 Pink – O2 Priority Tickets are available from 9am Wednesday 8 April until 8am Thursday 9…
The Signal (Episode 22: CTIA Wireless 2009 Edition)
 Well, that was underwhelming. CTIA Wireless 2009 wasn’t an especially stunning show, but Will and I run down the main device releases from Samsung and HTC, followed by an interview with RIM Manager of Developer Relations Mike Kirkup on their App World launch. I’ve been hearing some anger from abroad about the UK, Canada,…