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Can Apple be the king of all things entertainment?
Posted in General, Media, Nikki Preston, Latest reporters' blogs January 16th, 2008 by Nikki Preston
As if it wasn’t enough for Apple to be the world’s biggest computer manufacturer, and then MP3 player brand, and last year challenging existing mobile phone manufacturers with the launch of the iPhone…Apple is now taking on television and DVD companies.
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Tags Apple, iPhone, MP3 player, Mobile phones, iPod, Technology
Text celebrates 15 years – can you believe it?
Posted in General, Media, Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs December 17th, 2007 by Elspeth
The mobile world has recently celebrated the 15 year anniversary of the text message – the scary thing is that most technology has evolved during our lifetimes and we’re not that old. What’s next for a sector that’s done it all?
Is mobile really the next big thing?
Posted in Advertising, Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs November 30th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Mobile advertising is set to take up more than half of advertisers budgets by 2012, as revealed at the Internet Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Mobile Engage conference yesterday (29 November), but are we getting a little too ahead of ourselves?
Tags Mobile, Telecoms, Digital, Advertising
Here comes the mobile wave… again
Posted in Media, Digital, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs October 31st, 2007 by Arif Durrani
It seems like we’ve been banging on about the arrival of mobile news and marketing services for ages, largely because we have. We all know there are more mobile phones than humans in the UK, and we’ve also heard how after keys, mobiles are considered the most important “must-haves” before we leave the house. So why are we so reluctant to use them as a vehicle for news?
Can Skype make it up to eBay?
Posted in General, Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs October 29th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
It looks like Skype is staging a comeback by teaming up with mobile operator 3 UK, not too long after it was said to have wiped a mere £500 million off the value of its owner eBay.
Will you line up for the N81 or the iPhone?
Posted in General, Media, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs August 29th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
It was only a matter of time before Nokia jumped on the bandwagon to launch its very own rival to the iPhone, so what’s so spectacular about the N81 in comparison to all the other MP3 enabled handsets?
Tags Nokia, iPhone, Telecoms, MP3, Mobile phone
Why I’m afraid of mobile TV
Posted in Media, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs August 24th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Aside from the fact that most people don’t understand exactly what mobile TV is, it is expensive, even though the mobile operators tell you it isn’t.
Why is O2 taking on the iPhone?
Posted in General, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs July 9th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Months ago I had a meeting with some mobile publishers and told them that O2 was going to get the iPhone contract, why? Because they’re big and British (sort of) and they have the best coverage.
But mobiles are used for everything?
Posted in General, Mel Varley May 8th, 2007 by Melinda Varley
A new report was published yesterday saying that the number of calls made from mobile phones has fallen by 28.5 per cent. Have we finally grown tired of the convenience of mobiles?
Tags Mobile phone, Text Message
Can Carphone Warehouse crack the States?
Posted in General, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs April 27th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
There are few British companies with the “vaulting ambition” to leap across the Atlantic and even fewer that have not returned with a bloody nose.
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