Smartphone? Tish-tosh. It’s a PDA.

Given it’s 2013 and all, I think we can drop the reference to largely obsolete terminology [PDA].

“98% same as iPhone and Samsung Galaxy”!

Clones, clones, clones. It’s no longer just the iPhone that’s the target of cheap Chinese clones. It seems Samsung is now a victim of its own success and [its Galaxy devices] also the… Read More

Zoe just got pwned by Digital Ira

The desire to interface with a computer through something other than text input is deep-rooted. In a demo seemingly inspired by Holly from Red Dwarf, a team of engineers out of Cambridge University… Read More

Self-proclaimed geeks. Stop it

People, please stop with proclaiming yourselves to be “geeks” and “nerds”. You know who you are. Self-proclamation to a sub-culture is never really a good idea. If you self-deprecatingly declare yourself a geek… Read More

When [gaming] brands collide…

…you get the Sony xbox  

Sony’s back…

In a sea of black touch-screen slates with comparative hardware specifications and (the majority at least) all running Android, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for hardware brands to differentiate on their handset and tablet… Read More

The most stupid CFO in history?

I walked passed this banner advert at Mobile World Congress 2013 every day for almost a week, and every day it bugged me even more. In its bid to speak to vendors looking… Read More

Tilt-shift; the equivalent of using Comic Sans

Being 2013 and all, I was really hoping that television producers would have got over their fascination with applying a tilt-shift “miniturization” effect to their programming. Alas no. Channel 4 is the worst… Read More

Microsoft and BlackBerry absent from MWC?

I first got a little suspicious a couple of weeks ago when I searched on the GSMA website. Looking through the list of Mobile World Congress exhibitors I noticed a couple of absences;… Read More

“No dear, Mobile World Congress is not a mini-break”

I’ve attended Mobile World Congress every year for the last decade; and jolly good fun it is too. In fact, perhaps I enjoy it too much because my wife believes it to be… Read More

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