Update January 2010: Vodafone has updated their marketing name for this product and it is now called Vodafone Sure Signal. They have started to heavily promote it around London on the tube and in other outdoor locations. This post was first published in July 2009 just after it launched. Since then it has pretty much [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted July 12, 2009
in femtocell
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Tagged 3g signal, access gateway, BT home hub settings, connection help, dean bubley, distruptive wireless, early adoptor, femto, femto cell, femto forum, femto sell, femtocell, femtosell, first commercial femtocell, hand in, hand out, home 3G cell, home base station, home tariff, hsdpa, improved 3G coverage, indoor coverage, innovator, IP address, IP port forwarding, mobile phone booster, mobile phone signal booster, port forwarding, setup access gateway, signal booster, sure signal, suresignal, VAG, Vodafone access gateway, Vodafone gateway, Vodafone sure signal, Vodafone suresignal, WCDMA
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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 [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted May 26, 2009
in mobile internet
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Tagged 3G, 4% mobile web growth, apple, barriers to growth, browsing, data roaming, Forrester, Forrester resrearch, hsdpa, iphone, mobile advertising, mobile internet pricing, mobile web, New Media Age, nma, sponsored informaton, Thomas Husson, unlimited data, vodafone
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If you are coming to London (or the UK) for business or pleasure anytime soon, you may want to look at a new deal from Vodafone that provides 1GB of pre-paid mobile broadband AND a USB modem all for £39. What makes this deal different is that the included 1GB of data has a long [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted December 29, 2008
in mobile broadband
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Tagged best tourist broadband deal london, Hotel WiFi alternative, hsdpa, london visitor tips, pre-pay mobile internet, prepay broadband, prepay mobile broadband, Starbucks WiFi alternative, topup and go, vist london, vodafone, vodafone 3G, WiFi hotspot
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Carnival number 154, the final Carnival for 2008 is hosted by C. Enrique Ortiz at About Mobility. It is a terrific selection of the best mobile blogging of the week — capping a stellar Carnival year. Head over there to read posts about Trutap, HSDPA downloads, predictions for 2009, off-deck mobile content and the recent [...]
As the year draws to a close, and as I did last year I thought I would prepare some thoughts on what might happen in the mobile industry in 2009. Looking back at some of my 2008 predictions – for some I was pretty spot on – and for others I was woefully incorrect. In [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted December 13, 2008
in opinion
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Tagged 2008 predictions, 2009 predictions, 3G dongles, andriod, evangelist, gps, hsdpa, mobile, mobile advertising, mobile industry predictions, mobile internet, mobile search, music phones
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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 [...]
This post has just been featured at WOM World/Nokia. Just over a week ago I took delivery of a shiny new Nokia E71. Those who have been following London Calling lately will know that I have been waiting excitedly for the E71 to be released, having been an early adopter of both the E61 and E61i. [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted August 9, 2008
in Nokia
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Tagged business phone, E series, E71, E71 experience, e71 goodlink, flickr, goodlink, goodlink e71 keyboard, goodlink nokia bug, google mobile maps, gps, handy taskman, hsdpa, iphone killer, Nokia, nokia e series, nokia e71, Nokia E71 power user, nokia E71 review, nokia maps, nokia upgrade, psiloc connect, should I buy a Nokie E71, ShoZu, WOM World Nokia
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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 [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 20, 2008
in mobile
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Tagged 3G, 3G stick, broadband, carnival, coffee, dongle, hsdpa, hspa, mobile, mobilists, starbucks, USB, vodafone, WiFi
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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) [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 9, 2008
in mobile broadband
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Tagged 3, 3G, 3G broadband, bbc, bill thompson, coffee shop, dongle, high speed packet access, hsdpa, london, mobile, starbucks, vodafone, WiFi, WiFi hotspots, WiFi vs 3G
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