Hey Skype, you better give Mr Viber a call
I have never been a huge Skype fan believing that people speak on phones rather than computers and that 5 billion is a much more interesting number than 28 million. I am though a fan of a new application called Viber which appears to be taking the world of telephony by storm. Friends who would be [...]
HulloMail a new type of voicemail for Ireland
It’s not too often that I will go straight out nuts for a product but having been using an early version of HulloMail for months now let me tell you, GO GET THIS. If you receive voicemail this will change your life, no more trying to grab a pen, pressing 7 to reply definitely no more garbled messages [...]
MogoTix, the future of smart Ticketing
I don’t write enough about new products but once in a while something comes along that really has potential and MogoTix is definitely that. A nice piece from Ryan over at Gigaom drew them to my attention and with Dave Slugger McClure behind them the future looks bright. This is huge market that is in serious [...]
Apple still blocking Voice over 3G-Good decision
I can’t believe we are back here again in a discussion regarding Apple blocking voice over 3G. Voice over 3G is an appalling standard, it just doesn’t work without massive compression. If any iPhone user runs a standard ping test I would be shocked to see ping times of under 100ms, in fact I have [...]
HTC Hero, amazing if you finish work at 2pm
My Htc Hero arrived yesterday, we bought it to test with some new MAXroam stuff and I have to say the improvement in Android since the G1 has been amazing. Menu layout and movement between applications is quick and intuitive and graphics are amazing. There is only one slight issue, after an overnight charge and [...]
Palm in O2′s hand
Palm have all but confirmed that they have entered into an agreement with 02 for exclusive distribution of their much praised Pre. From pretty limited sources it appears that the Pre has sold 300,000 units in its first month in the USA, this is quite successful especially in a market where the Iphone has been [...]
iPhone Paddy Tax still alive and well in O2 Ireland
Its like the team the never learns at O2 Ireland Its beyond disgraceful and they just don’t seem to give a damn about the Irish consumer on the Iphone 3GS launch. Check the UK prepaid pricing out here Check the Irish prepaid pricing here Retail for 8GB iPhone 3GS Ireland €519 UK €522.77 (Equivalent) Packages [...]