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The global road warrior’s new BFF the Huawei E587 mobile hotspot

As many London Calling readers know, I travel a lot for work.  I used to travel within Europe extensively, and have done the London-Sydney-London route more times than I care to remember. Lately, my role with PeopleBrowsr has seen me in San Francisco on a regular basis. One of the most popular posts on this [...]

Mobile web take up across Europe up 4% on last year says Forrester

According to a report in New Media Age, mobile internet usage has grown by 4% in Europe. According to the Forrester report, some 24% of Europeans regularly access the internet on their mobile phones. The research found mobile internet use increased over the past year, from 20%, and found the growth in take up increased [...]

HSDPA laptops to go mainstream for Christmas

This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop – a Sony TZ31WN to be precise. Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one.  Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back [...]

Forum Oxford Conference summary – and more evidence that flat rate data drives uptake

This year I was not able to attend Oxford University’s Forum Oxford Conference, but the next best thing – having my friend and fellow blogger Martin Sauter write up a comprehensive  review over at wireless moves has allowed me to catch up with what transpired at the conference last week.  I also had the opportunity [...]

The Davos Effect – Google CEO Eric Schmidt expects mobile to be big – is he right and what has to happen to prove him right?

Much has been written on the “Davos Effect”, where the musings at this annual event from senior executives of large companies such as Google and Sony actually become true, or at least offer a window into the current thinking or focus of a particular company or industry segment. By now, many of you will have read the [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists #107 is up at www.mobhappy.com

Over at MobHappy which Carlo Longino describes as the “spiritual home” of Carnival of the Mobilists, there is again a wide range of commentary on a range of subjects including… Dennis at WAP Review takes a look at mobile email WAP sites, and wonders why they don’t offer many of the same features as their [...]

3G dongle family grows – Vodafone announces USB stick 3G modem

Since my recent post on USB dongles vs Coffee shop WIFi Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?, I received a number of follow up posts following the post being published on Carnival of the Mobilists. Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis had a similar theme to his post on Joining the [...]

Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?

The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago.  I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]

STOP PRESS: Customers with unlimited data plans use more data than those charged up to £4 per megabyte!

We all know that the time leading up to Christmas and New Year is a very slow news period, but many mobile commentators including myself had a quiet chuckle when they read the story on the front page of the UK’s Financial Times on Christmas Eve 2007 – iPhone users raise network hopes. Quoting the story [...]

Visions for the Future–Telstra webcast August 8 2000

This was a webcast I delivered back in August 2000 – how things have changed since! In my 15 minute talk, I cover ADSL, portals and mobile internet. One quote from the video was that in 2000, 40% of Australians had a mobile. Watch the video below or read the transcript.   Hello and welcome. [...]