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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 in [...]

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 summary [...]

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 desktop [...]

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 3G [...]

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 from [...]