Archive | June, 2010

Episode 199: Checking out the FLO TV personal TV device

Here’s a look at the rather swish FLO TV personal television device that uses Qualcomm’s FLO broadcast system to receive television signals wherever you are, without having to be plugged in to an aerial of cable system. This device allows you to get a selection of television channels anywhere in America. (You do need to [...]

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Episode 198: Meffys Best M-Commerce award – Wau Movil’s ‘First Gateway’

Congratulations to the team at Wau Movil who won the Best M-Commerce category at the Meffys Awards 2010 for their work helping organisations enter the Latin Amerian marketplace. Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

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Episode 197: Meffys Cross Platform Technology award – MTS’s Omlet.ru

Congratulations to the team at MTS who won the Best Cross Platform Technology category at the Meffys Awards 2010 for their work on Omlet.ru. Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

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Episode 196: Meffys Best Cross Platform Content – Zed Group’s Planet 51

Congratulations to the team at Zed who won the Best Cross Platform Content category at the Meffys Awards 2010 for their work on Planet 51. Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

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Episode 195: Meffys Best Content Discovery award – Taptu

Congratulations to the team at Taptu who won the Best Content Discovery & Personalisation category at the Meffys Awards 2010. Bob Last, Co-Founder and SVP of Taptu collected the award and told me how he felt on video just a few moments afterwards. Have a watch! Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the [...]

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Episode 164: Meffys Best Consumer Experience – FindaProperty.com

Congratulations to the team at FindaProperty who won the Best Consumer Experience category at the Meffys Awards 2010 for their iPhone application. Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

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Episode 163: Best Ad Campaign at the Meffys 2010 – Fancharge

Congratulations to the team at Fancharge who won the Best Ad Campaign category at the Meffys Awards 2010. Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

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Episode 162: Meffys Outstanding Contribution Award for Mr Touchscreen

Every year, the Meffys recognise the outstanding contribution of an industry pioneer. This year, the inventor of the touchscreen, Andrew Tsu of Synaptics, received the award. Here’s what the award announcement had to say: Dr. Andrew Hsu created the complex technology “Transparent Projected Capacitive Touch Screen” which is the basis for the modern touchscreen handset. [...]

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Episode 161: The Meffys 2010 Introduction Video

I took the camera along to the Mobile Entertainment Forum‘s annual award ceremony, The Meffys, to capture the winners on camera, thanks to the generous support of The Symbian Foundation. First up, it’s the video played at the start of the ceremony showing the work behind the awards and introducing some of the judges. You’ll [...]

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Episode 160: Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini

I’ve been loving the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini ever since I caught sight of it at Mobile World Congress back in February. It’s all about the size. The Mini really is small — it’s basically the same height and width as a credit card, and about 1.5cm thick. And it’s a full featured Android phone [...]

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