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Feeling Enthusiappstic*

Mark 1:52 pm September 8, 2011

Last August I had what could be best described as a little temper tantrum about the state of the Android Marketplace and the dearth of quality official applications. But a year on I’m more mature (mostly) and so is the Android Marketplace.
When I last wrote on the subject I complained that big news outlets like [...]

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Reflections on Mobile World Congress 2010

Nick Dillon 4:36 pm February 26, 2010

We have just about managed to catch up with ourselves after the whirlwind which was Mobile World Congress last week and have taken a few minutes to reflect on the announcements and hot topics at the show.
On a general note, despite rumors before the show that attendee numbers would be down from last year, the [...]

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Handsets vs. Operators

Nick Dillon 1:36 pm February 6, 2009

Reports last week claimed that Vodafone’s CEO Vittorio Colao is calling his handset suppliers to order, apparently with a view to reducing their number and further standardising the Vodafone “experience”, aka user interface.
Now this is nothing new - the struggle between operators and handset vendors for supremacy and mindshare of the end customer has been [...]

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