I have been using the new Brightkite location-aware social network (invite-only at this point) a lot over the last few days, and one of the very common questions I hear is how I do check-ins from my mobile phone, since at this point only U.S. carriers are supported for their SMS service. The (not so) [...]
April 29, 2008
australia, brightkite, email, mms, Mobile, outside, SMS, u.s., usa
This review was originally slated to be published on MobileBurn, but scheduling difficulties meant we had to pass it over. It could be of use for some though, and it is a pretty great device, so I thought I would publish it here. Read on for all the details. Note: Click on the photos to [...]
August 8, 2007
cameraphone, i-mate, imate, jaq, jaq3, Mobile, Mobile Tech, pocket_pc, poket, Reviews, touchscreen, windows, windows_mobile
The Nokia N73 has been a bit of a roller coaster for me. When it was originally announced and I wrote the story for MobileBurn, I didn’t like it. It just looked funny to me, and I wasn’t really interested. Here we are though, five months later, the N73 has been released and I have [...]
September 25, 2006
auto_focus, carl_zeiss, Mobile, Mobile Tech, n73, Nokia, qvga, Reviews
One of the hardest parts of my job is remembering model numbers of handsets. For a long time, confusing numbering has been the norm, but finally some of the marketing folk that work with handset manufacturers are waking up to the fact that model names, rather than numbers, are the way to go. Samsung are [...]
September 8, 2006
auto-industry, Commentary, handset-manufacturers, Handsets, Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Tech, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Word-of-Mouth
To begin, I’m not one to bad mouth convergence. While I have no real use for a music phone, I certainly don’t have a problem with manufacturers combining an audio player and a phone – it does seem like a good match. What I do have a problem with, is the fact that many are [...]
August 19, 2006
Apple, Convergence, iPod, Mobile, Mobile Tech, Music, Nokia, Phone, Samsung
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