3g in comment and analysis
Upwardly Mobile: What we can learn from the death of T-One
Comment Just as a wave of new converged fixed-mobile services are being announced in the UK, Germany's biggest telco has killed off its own FMC product. Jo Best takes a look at what FMC services need to survive. [27 Mar 2007]
Leader: €12 for roaming data? Could try harder
Leader At this year's CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Vodafone announced it will offer a flat-rate data plan for European roaming users - all the data you can eat, including web and email usage, for €12 per day. [15 Mar 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: How the iPhone changed the world
Comment When Apple unveiled the iPhone, it set the whole mobile industry talking - not just about the device but about the unusual agreement between Apple and mobile operator Cingular. Jo Best says it's the pact between these two tech heavyweights that... [12 Mar 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What I learnt in Barcelona
Comment While working at this year's 3GSM tradeshow, Jo Best got a lesson in what every business traveller knows - getting online via wi-fi or 3G leaves much to be desired. So what's the answer? When the mobile industry gets together, it does it in... [23 Feb 2007]
Leader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader It is fitting that in this week of the annual 3GSM World Congress a major mobile network operator has chosen to announce lower data-roaming rates. T-Mobile is halving its prices. But looking more broadly, one thing is clear - more needs to be done. [14 Feb 2007]
3GSM Diary, day 3: Speed and a GSM wristwatch
Comment It's the second day of the show proper and the crowds at the Fira conference centre are just as large, packing in to listen to the great and the good of mobile speak - among today's keynotes were Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin and Sanjiv Ahuja, head of... [14 Feb 2007]
3GSM Diary, day 2: Handsets at dawn
Comment It's Monday and Barcelona is preparing to welcome an estimated 60,000 people to the 3GSM World Congress. The first day sees a lot of vendor press conferences, showcasing all the latest and greatest devices. [13 Feb 2007]
10 mobile trends: Should you care?
Comment On the verge of this year's big 3GSM show in Barcelona, silicon.com's Jo Best looks at 10 oft-debated areas in mobile and wireless and asks a simple question: how much should you care over the next 12 months? [09 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: Olympics as tech showcase?
Comment I've written and read a lot in the past few years about how the 2008 Beijing Olympics are very much about China's coming of age in terms of being a modern economy and in certain areas like technology. [07 Feb 2007]
Leader: A skin spat or OS X's new dawn?
Leader Apple has once again put its lawyers to work - this time over a website that had posted a link showing users how to put a skin of the iPhone's OS X icons onto their Windows mobile. Apple has a history of being heavy-handed over its intellectual... [15 Jan 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.01.07
Round-Up Like a washed-up gambler eyeing his final chip on the roulette layout, the eyes of the technology industry have been focusing to squinting point on Las Vegas this week. The annual shindig that is the Consumer Electronics Show once again rolled into... [12 Jan 2007]
Minority Report: Why I'm already dreaming of an iPhone
Comment Despite his very best efforts, Seb Janacek fails to disguise his admiration for the simplicity and elegance of Apple's new iPhone user interface. Read about why he loves it - and where there's room for improvement. [11 Jan 2007]
Leader: iPhone for the enterprise
Leader The long-awaited, much discussed iPhone has finally launched to the cooing of Mac fans and, perhaps, the gritted teeth of smart phone makers. When Apple head honcho and polo neck addict Steve Jobs unveiled the touchscreen device, several of the... [10 Jan 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What's on my Christmas list
Comment Dear Santa, I've been really good all this year and after giving it a lot of thought, I've decided I'd like some presents. Really good ones. Don't skimp. I've had enough of getting the coal; the bathmat and blank cassettes last year didn't cut it. [14 Dec 2006]
Unwired: The tiny screen problem
Comment It's usually labelled 'Device Convergence' but perhaps we should call it by its proper name: 'Doing more stuff on fewer, cleverer toys'. Unwired's Richard Leyland explains. It's a major battleground for technology vendors in both business and... [12 Dec 2006]
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