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I really had high hopes for the BlackBerry Bold 9900. TWO replacement phones later I am not so sure

[UPDATE] I have managed to get the phone back to the brand new state via the BlackBerry desktop manager (the first phone was completely dead). The Vodafone team told me that there is a known issue with the Vodafone Bold 9900 version and they are trying to provide an over the air (OTA) fix, but [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted August 26, 2011 in blackberry, mobile | Tagged 517 errror, blackberry, blackberry 517, blackberry 9900, blackberry 9900 review, blackberry 9900 vodafone review, blackberry bold, blackberry bold 9900, blackberry bold 9900 issues, blackberry bold 9900 review, blackberry bold jvm 517 crash, blackberry crash, blackberry umts bands, bold, bold 9900, jvm 517, jvm error, JVM Error 517, vodafone, vodafone blackberry 9900, vodafone bold 9900, vodafone uk | Comments (0)

I remain a QR code skeptic – here is why

I am probably one of the world’s greatest advocates for anything mobile, except for one thing. QR codes, mobile barcodes – call them what you may. You see, in my eyes if you put a barrier in the way of a consumer redeeming something, or using a new technology then it will never really take [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted May 6, 2011 in social media | Tagged blackberry, columbia, Fendi, high street, McDonald barcode, mobil ebardodes, nfc, NFC FAIL, normob, qr code, QR codes, qr fail, QR reader, qr skeptic, sceptic, skeptic, times, TV ad, waitrose, wave and pay | Comments (31)

Are social networks creating a generation of techno addicts?

The short answer is no I do not believe so, otherwise I would not have set up @madeleinegrill’s twitter account for when she is older. Last week I was asked by Sky News to provide comment on the issue of “Techno addiction”, as a result of a report by Northampton University, where a study of 1,200 people carried [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted September 28, 2009 in social media | Tagged addicted to text, Amelia Torode, attention deficit, bbc, blackberry, blackberry flashing light, blackberry light, blackberry orphans, distraction, email light, email overload, facebook, guardian, information overload, Mark Stone, Nada Kakabadse, Northampton University, Outlook, overload, productivity, Professor Nada Kakabadse, Sigel press, Sigel report, sky, Sky News, Sky News TV, social distraction, social media, social media addicts, social media children, social media orphans, social network anxiety, social network research, Susan Bailey, techno addcicts, techno addiction, Techno Addicts: Life Style Through Technology, twitaholic, twitter, twitter addiction, xobni | Comments (4)

Motorola Good Mobile Messaging 5 to be launched for the Nokia E71

UPDATE: November 29 2008 I thought it would be worth an update on this post, as it receives a fair number of hits every day so many others must also be hanging out for the E71 + Goodlink fix. I’ve been testing version 5.1.0.24 on my E71 and E61i. The good news is that it [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted August 17, 2008 in mobile, push email | Tagged blackberry, E71, gmm, good mobile messaging, goodlink, goodlink 5, Nokia, nokia e71, push email, symbian | Comments (3)