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4Mar/100

The Google Phone – a slippery sucker

I left Nokia last week after six fun-filled years to pursue new challenges, and am currently exploring a range of these – will post updates when there’s more to report. However, one of the advantages is that I can now (with a clear conscience) use non-Nokia phones. Now for a mobile guy, the choice of [...]

1Feb/100

Fitbit – keeping (f)it simple

Interesting little device I saw today (that am not affiliated with), which sits on the cusp of mobile, healthcare / wellness and data-as-a-consumer-service trend, and does it as a combined device+service, rather than just an app:  Fitbit. It has an inbuilt accelerometer to measure your steps, or your sleep patterns, and spits it out to [...]

22Jan/100

Four mobile predictions for 2010

There are no shortage of predictions about what this year will bring for mobile, so at the risk of piling on a bolted bandwagon here are a few more. Not exhaustive by any means, more of a selection of some of my favorites. 1. Celebrities figure out how to monetize social media, even if social [...]

19Aug/095

Want to charge for content online? Make it three dimensional

Trying to save the consumer content industry (in particular newspapers and the record industry) by charging for digital content faces all sorts of problems. Distributing content today is trivial, so charging for it is like trying to eat soup with a fork – you won’t end up with a satisfying meal. What’s needed is to [...]

5Aug/090

Nokia acquires Cellity to accelerate social networking

The recently announced acquisition of German startup Cellity was completed today. Good news for Nokia as it takes us towards a goal we have had for a while – getting more out of the most important social network that you own (ie the contacts book on your phone) by connecting it with the new breed of [...]