Mobile / Cell Phone Thoughts & Reviews

I am one lucky guy, I know that, I get to attend the premier events around the world when it comes to mobile technology and I get to play with the latest and greatest devices.  Sometimes devices I’m not at liberty to talk about for months.  So when I was at CTIA last week in [...]

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So I used the E75 for a while then went back to my trusty E71 and back and forth and back and forth for weeks now.  I love the format of my E71 but like the menu and speed of the E75.  Plus the E75 has US 3G and my E71 doesn’t.
I keep telling myself [...]

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I was recently reading a Nielsen report and it has some very interesting facts that really make me ask my self when will the mobile telcos figure out what young people want and offer them plans that reflect their needs.
Did you know that the average US consumer now uses their mobile phone fore texting more [...]

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So I just got back Friday afternoon from CTIA in Las Vegas. As a whole in terms of announcements, hardware and software it was quite a boring show. I did get to play with the Nokia E71x, N97 and E75 (I got to take one of these home, I have a review coming), those were [...]

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Vringo is hot!  I have been using it on my Nokia E71 since this interview about 2 weeks ago with Andrew Perlman, the GM of  Vringo US.  Basically, it is a video ring tone for your mobile phone and so much more.  You and your friends can share video ring tones  and you can set [...]

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I find myself on at least a few conference calls every week and I was always disappointed that the E71, such a business centric device didn’t have a mute button.  Well come to find out it does.  All I needed to do was ask the right people to learn it does.  The right people are [...]

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At CTIA I bumped into an old friend Oliver Rohl from United Mobile.  They have a service with a sim card that provides no roaming anywhere in the world ever.  They provide a number in Liechtenstein and give the caller competitive outgoing call rates.  This is a great service for travelers who want to be [...]

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Fall CTIA ‘08 is off to a great start.  I was invited to attend a cool networking party last night hosted by Nokia.  As always they through a great party.  We heard some speaches from Nokia execs and I did quite a bit of networking.

Ewan MacLeod of Mobile Industry Review and I
Today was filled with [...]

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It was a pleasure to meet Deepen Shah from Buzzd while at CTIA in Las Vegas a few weeks ago.  Now I am very happy to write that Buzzd has gotten a first round of venture capital led by Greycroft Partners and Monitor Ventures.  This is thrilling news for these guys and I hope they [...]

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I want to thank Comunicano and Nokia for including me in all kinds of great briefings and meals last week at CTIA in Las Vegas. My friend Andy Abramson the owner of the most prominent mobile PR firm was most gracious and hospitable by brining me along to participate. Andy had [...]

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