Category Archives: News

Gravity will soon allow you to forward a Tweet as an SMS.

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Rob

A few days back I tweeted the message below, wishing that the awesome app Gravity had the feature to forward tweets as an SMS. A couple of days latter @janole tweets back; Now that’s what I call a service. The … Continue reading →

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E63 The hardware; comparing an E63 to an E71.

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Rob

First up is the two devices placed side by side, here you can see the differences in the keyboards very clearly. The space bar is smaller on the E63 and had two extra keys along the bottom row allowing for … Continue reading →

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Another great holiday at Compton Pool

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Rob

I can safely blog our vacation now as we’re booked back in for next year, yep almost a year in advance. The award winning Compton Pool was a spotless as ever and there’s a new reception building with a flat … Continue reading →

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Mobile Geeks of London IV

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Rob

It’s MGoL IV tonight, I’m not able to make it as we’re travelling to Devon, but I wish Whatleydude all the best and I’m sure it’ll be a huge success. I’ve missed them all so far, but I’m determined to … Continue reading →

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Another new role at Orange!

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Rob

It’s only been a few months since the last time I mentioned that I’d got a new role within Orange Business, but it’s all change again, I’ve moved Managers and become the Manager of a new group, Telecoms Integrated Operators. … Continue reading →

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1 week with the Nokia E66

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Rob

I’ve now had the brand new Nokia E66 for just over a week and..I haven’t been able to put it down. It’s one of the best phone’s I’ve ever had. So I’ll kick off with the bad points first of … Continue reading →

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Dell’s day is over

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Rob

Looks like Dell is hitting a tricky patch. This is the second article I’ve seen chronicling the demise of Dell $3bn saving is a big job and when you’ve had razor thin margins like Dell and a pretty slick operation … Continue reading →

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Share Online v3.0 and location tagger

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Rob

I upgraded the share online app on my N95 the other day to the new version 3.0. That added a nice little comments and new photo’s tracker to the homw screen and allows me to read the comments on my … Continue reading →

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No 10 is on the social

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Rob

Just going through my Google reader when I read JP’s street cred post, No 10 is on twitter. That’s pretty cool and it’s obviously pretty new as they are replying to @responses. But one of the tweets also states they … Continue reading →

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Telco Dilemma Series: 3. So is it unlimited or unlimited*

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Rob

The implication of truly unlimited bandwidth for the users can have huge impacts on the network. We’ve seen the impact of iPlayer on Easynet (a 20% rise in bandwidth and rising), is that there needs to be investment in the … Continue reading →

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3G would be nice, but what no multi-tasking?

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Rob

I think I jumped the gun somewhat on my post about the iPhone SDK. I made the assumption that as the iPhone was based on the OSX kernal that it’d be multitasking capable. Having now read this techcrunch post, I’m … Continue reading →

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The Telco Dilemma Series.

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Rob

I’ve been thinking about the implication of the $99 unlimited packages hitting the US shops and what the impacts of that would be if the model is adopted here in Europe. My musings then went on to cover the other … Continue reading →

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Is Your Printer Spying On You?

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Rob

Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer – and potentially, the person who used it. Sounds like something from an episode of “Alias,” right? Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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New role at Orange

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Rob

I’ve been keeping this under my hat for a few days, but my Manager told the rest of the team last week so it’s in the ‘public’ domain. I have the name of the person to handover to and a … Continue reading →