upwardly mobile in comment and analysis
Back to reality for Bangalore
Comment In a city where residential communities like Silver Manor, Golden Enclave and Platinum City sprouted to house thousands of young, upwardly mobile technology workers, instead of 200m-rupee homes,... [30 Sep 2008]
Upwardly Mobile: There's no workplace like home
Comment My most recent Upwardly Mobile column dealt with environmental issues and how the big mobile operators and handset manufacturers are doing their bit - or otherwise - in 'greening' their... [17 May 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: How green is your phone?
Comment While these ideas are aimed at the developing world where traditional powerlines are at a premium, there's no reason such renewable technologies can't be employed in the UK or the US - once again, it's down to the mobile... [14 May 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Why mobile DRM must die
Comment The brave new world of DRM-free music is in its infancy but it will surely have implications for mobile music. The sun has not long set on the announcement between Apple and EMI that saw the record company's catalogue... [01 May 2007]
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. Like BT, Deutsche Telekom positioned its FMC, or... [27 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. The inclusion of a portal... [12 Mar 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Mobile advertising at work?
Comment The giant's Dutch arm is experimenting with mobile advertising. However, where Vodafone Netherlands differs from its British cousins is in its attempt to take mobile advertising to the business market,... [27 Feb 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What I learnt in Barcelona
Comment When the mobile industry gets together, it does it in Barcelona at the annual 3GSM shindig. Like everyone with an interest in mobile, I was out there last week to hear what the next big thing would be... [23 Feb 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Where are all the QRs?
Comment In the last Upwardly Mobile column, I called for smarter use of cameraphones - more business applications, less taking drunk pictures of your mates. Before I conclude, I'd also like to throw in a... [06 Feb 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Bring back MMS
Comment Instead of only thinking 'consumer', maybe the mobile industry should realise MMS means business. The answer could lie in the grande dame of mobile services, MMS. Young people go out, snap away with... [22 Jan 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Where's the smart money for smart phones?
Comment Brisk smart phone sales don't automatically mean big data revenues for the mobile operators, says Jo Best. If the industry continues plodding down the Qwerty keyboard/mobile email route, it won't be long... [10 Jan 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What's on my Christmas list
Comment If I could have Streetmap on my mobile and then my position triangulated onto that, that would be ideal. Wi-fi should be like mobile coverage - ubiquitous and affordable. I've been really good all this... [14 Dec 2006]
Upwardly Mobile: The operators' new clothes
Comment More Upwardly Mobile That WiMax 3G phone tablet thing Why I won't buy an iPhone Sente and sensibility In the fast-moving mobile market, 'follow the leader' isn't good enough... [03 Dec 2006]
Upwardly Mobile: That WiMax 3G phone tablet thing
Comment The P9000 is not strictly a UMPC, it's a more mobile-centric type of device and far smaller - about half the size of Samsung's first UMPC. Jo Best weighs in on the mobile plans for this much-hyped... [20 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: Will the iPhone save the iPod?
Comment All about the iPhone Minority Report: The death of the iPod (part 1) Upwardly Mobile: Why I won't buy an iPhone Rumour-mongering is a beloved pastime of the Apple faithful and currently the talk is... [10 Nov 2006]
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