Rubinstein comment shows how far Palm are off the mark
During interview with All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher at CES Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein said three of the most incredible things I have ever heard, not only in telephony but in business in general.
Q:How does Palm (PALM) view Apple (AAPL)?
“We don’t pay that much attention to Apple….I know it sounds really strange,”
says Rubinstein.
“Really?” [...]
Apple to buy iCall, worrying times for other providers?
Some interesting news floating around regarding Apple and its interest in purchasing iCall a USA VOIP provider.
iCall allows iPhone users when in a hotspot to divert calls off of the GSM network and onto the WiFi network. I have been testing it for a few week now and quality appears to be as good as [...]
Ebay’s main problem-Fake goods
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A friend of mine bought an iPhone 3GS a few weeks ago on Ebay, this guy would have saved long and hard for this.
Phone duly arrived and its a fake- €800 down the drain.
This is a huge problem for Ebay at the moment, the fakers will always have good reviews as they have numerous [...]
New MAXroam store comes with never locked iPhone 3GS
Today we launched the new MAXroam store.
Its the third iteration and its definitely getting to where we want to be with lots more to come soon.
So whats new?
Lots of phones, a nice selection of the most popular Nokia phones with Sony Ericsson and other models coming soon.
All these phones have never been locked and are [...]
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 5 hours [...]
MAXroam teams up with Shozu
We at Cubic Telecom are absolutely thrilled to announce we have partnered with Shozu.This was a quick turnaround from two A teams with a little bit of magic in the middle.
Full release below
ShoZu and MAXroam Partner to Free Mobile Users Worldwide from the High Cost of Multimedia Social Networking While Traveling
CORK, IRELAND, and LONDON, UK- [...]
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 an [...]
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
Ireland: free wifi roaming-Data roaming 99c [...]
Firing blanks
One of my issues with being so busy is that it leads to blogging blanks.
I have so much to say on twitter and in real life but all this talk leads me to firing blanks on this blog.
So I introduce you to a new meme “Firing blanks”
Why do companies say their client is the “best [...]
Best of breed twitter mobile clients
There are a number of fantastic Twitter clients floating around at present for Blackberry, Android, Symbian and iPhone.
Here are my flavors of the month.
Symbian
Gravity has just been released and its a huge leap from what was available.This is definitely a huge personal favorite. some complaints regarding its cost of €9.46 but not an issue in [...]