A few quick updates to the post I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago exploring the role of GPS on mobile phones: Firstly, Nokia has released a new service called viNe in private beta. It’s similar to Sports Tracker, but is less for the sporty types and more for the urban, culture-seeking geek [...]
Projects like this Geo-stories website (just announced) and the work of Digital Urban really make me want to upgrade to the Nokia N95 phone. Is this bad?
I’ve been experiencing some annoying, if comical, problems with the Vodafone mobile phone network today. It’s been impossible to have conversations lasting more than a couple of minutes without suddenly being ‘switched’ into a phone call with a random stranger. At one point, I even tried to call a friend, but ended up listening to [...]
The Guardian has published a new special report on the ‘happy slapping’ craze, which I covered a while back in my blog post, which has since become the most popular page on this blog, attracting a staggering 45,000 hits. The guardian article quotes some of the comments people have posted to my blog post (though [...]
I attended the event today, organised by the Radio Academy, called ‘The Digital Generation: Radio’s Friend or Foe?’. Held at the Apple Store on London’s Regent’s Street, a bunch of radio industry professionals gathered to discuss whether the iPod (and other portable MP3 players) are a threat to the radio industry. These are my notes [...]
The BBC have reported that Transport for London is to trial transmitter technology allowing access to wireless internet and digital radio in tube stations. The system would probably also give you a mobile phone signal. Whilst current plans are to have this system in stations only, it could be extended to include trains moving within [...]
Having just bought my new mobile phone, one of the first things I did was to install Nokia Lifeblog 1.5, on both the phone and my computer. The idea behind the application is to create an ongoing personal multimedia diary, synched between your phone and your computer, which stores your photos, text messages, video clips [...]
I’ve just received my new nokia 7610 phone, replacing my old nokia 7250i, which I’ve had for about 18 months. I’ve wanted a new mobile phone for a while, in order to be able to take better photos on the move, but actually getting around to buying a new one is a different matter. The [...]
BBC London News reported this afternoon on a new craze amongst London youths: slapping random commuters in the face and filming the result on mobile phones with video cameras. The resulting ‘Happy Slap TV’ clips are then shared amongst friends (via MMS?), causing much hilarity. A psychologist on the programme put some of the blame [...]