Mobile / Cell Phone Thoughts & Reviews

What a wild time I had last week.  I spent the week in Barcelona, Spain attending Mobile World Congress.  I met hundreds of people and gave out and received hundreds of business cards.

I also interviewed a handful of really interesting people.  I hope to write up all my interviews but in the mean time I’m [...]

[Read more →]

Wow, what a whirl wind first day of Mobile World Congress.  Nokia had a few big announcements today.  One of the big announcements is that they are going to be launching 2 new E Series handsets, the E55 and E75.  Take a look at the pics.
What I think is the more interesting announcement though a [...]

[Read more →]

I change the profile on my phone at least twice a day.  I have a night mode, a normal mode, vibrate and silent.  But what does changing the profile do?  It really only changes the ring tone/volume and some other sounds the phone makes.  Profiles need to be more advanced then that.  Nokia recently added [...]

[Read more →]

tweetmeme_url = “http://abrilliantblog.com/2009/02/do-you-need-a-sim-for-mwc-i-suggest-yoigo-prepaid/”;
tweetmeme_source = “tweetmeme”;

var fbShare = {
url: “http://abrilliantblog.com/2009/02/do-you-need-a-sim-for-mwc-i-suggest-yoigo-prepaid/”,
size: “large”,
google_analytics: “true”
}
Being my second trip to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress I have a bit of advice.  If you or your company needs access to 3G or needs to make phone calls/sms, I suggest Yoigo.  I got my Yoigo sim last year at a store called [...]

[Read more →]

So I’m part of Twestival LA now.  We’re a small group putting together a fund raiser for Charity:Water.  They help in different ways, to get people in 3rd world countries drinking clean water. @iJustine made a moving video and many others are doing all they can to help raise awareness of the event and the [...]

[Read more →]

GoMo News is again hosting one of their famous Blenders.  This one will take place Wednesday February 18 at BelChica in Barcelona, during Mobile World Congress. TopMobile20 will be holding the awards ceremony at the beginning of the GoMo party, so please make sure to stop by early and RSVP here.

[Read more →]