Three weeks ago today I, and about 50,000 other people, walked through the two towers that stand at the entrance of the Fira de Barcelona and attended the first day of Mobile World Congress 2010. This was my second time at the show, and for some of my colleagues it was their third visit, so…
Marketing Doesn’t Matter: Whether Apple or Nokia is #1 doesn’t mean a damn thing
When Steve Jobs got on stage Wednesday and told an audience of journalists that Apple was now the largest mobile company in terms of revenue, larger than Nokia even, you could hear Finland cocking their rifles and firing up the jets. Apple fanbois now have a sound bite that get to throw out every time…
When did we stop caring about killer apps, and start caring about the number of apps?
It’s Thursday and that means I’m watching Cranky Geeks, a video podcast with one of my favorite technology pundits, John C. Dvorak. Joining him, on practically every show, is Sebastian Rupley, Editor in Chief of the GigaOM Network. He says in episode 197, and I quote: “We got one [the Google Phone] at GigaOM yesterday.…
Idea: Someone should acquire Layar; Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung come to mind
You’ve probably heard about Layar and their augmented reality service/platform. We covered them for quite a few times on IntoMobile. The company has a compelling and super-interesting offering, and will probably be one of the leading augmented reality service providers in the future, aside from Google. In that sense, I find them to be an…
Personal plead: Acer please start selling the Timeline AS1810T-8679 in Europe!
This is almost completely off topic. Actually I’m talking about a very small laptop, so it’s kinda mobile related. Anyway, I wanted to use my small influence as a blogger on IntoMobile to plead Acer to start selling the 11.6-inch Timeline AS1810T-8679 laptop in Europe. At the moment this particular model is not available in…
Idea: Samsung should dump Bada plans and offer TouchWIZ UI to third parties
A few weeks ago, we found out Samsung is working on its own mobile OS – Bada. Right from the bat, we asked – who needs it? There are already several mobile operating systems available on the market and why would Samsung spend its resources on “yet another mobile OS” is beyond me. Do they…
What Mobile devices/accessories are you planning to buy this Christmas?
Okay, so the question was going to get asked sooner or later, and given we are only a month or so out from the big day, I thought I’d jump in with it: What Mobile devices/accessories are you planning to buy this Christmas? There are a few reasons behind me asking the question – one…
Follow-up: what’s the laggiest handset you’ve used?
A few weeks back, I wrote a post, asking which the laggiest handset you have used is – this was following a try-out of the Palm Pre, and my own suggestion that the Nokia N96 I used a good while back didn’t seem to be too fast at the time either! Well, it generated some…
What is the ‘laggiest’ handset you have used?
Just the other day, I was in the local O2 shop, playing with the Palm Pre – having heard so much about it, but no opportunity to get hands-on, I was keen to see what the device could do. Initially, I was really pleased to see an excellent implementation of both the capacitance screen sensitivity,…
Idea: Sony Ericsson should make a Sony Vaio P smartbook
This isn’t the first time I’m writing in praise of Sony’s small and stylish Vaio P notebook/netbook. And I’m not doing so only to get the attention of Sony’s PR folks who by now should send me a single unit free of charge for all the publicity they got at IntoMobile. 🙂 I really, really…