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

Ewan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:35:30 +0000

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 with a 5 megapixel camera along with 3G HSPA. Genius. It’s not for everyone, but if you’ve been hunting for a small handset, definitely, definitely take a look.

Episode 159: Hands-on with the Nokia N8

Ewan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:19:36 +0000

I sat down with Rafe Blandford of All About Symbian (that’s him talking) to check out a pre-production unit of the Nokia N8. See what you think…

Episode 157: A look at the Sony Ericsson X10

Ewan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:59:02 +0000

I sat down with the Sony Ericsson X10 and had a little play with it on camera. I like the device a lot.

If you’re a standard user, I think you’ll enjoy most aspects of the phone. If you are a geek like me, some of the social networking features that work nicely for normal folk don’t quite work when you’ve hundreds of tweets flying past every minute, so I aimed to evaluate the device in that regard. I also pointed out that you should definitely consider keeping a charger at work if you’re aiming to use the X10 ‘in anger’ — like most phones of it’s calibre, it needs a lot of juice across the day to keep it’s gorgeous screen bright and the data feeds flowing.

Episode 156: A look at the Orange Rio

Ewan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:46:52 +0000

Have a look at the £55 Orange Rio — a highly capable QWERTY device that’s sure to give the chaps at RIM a run for their money. Word has it that the device is selling very well on the High Street. I’m not surprised.

Episode 155: A look at the Bea Fon, the phone granny wants

Ewan — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:23:30 +0000

If you recall I recently took delivery of a ton of handsets aimed at the elderly, infirm and visually impaired marketplace. Well I’ve spent some time with the first device, the Bea Fon S20. MatobShop — the chaps who sent me over the loaners — are retailing it unlocked for £99.

It’s only 85g, it looks nice, it’s got some big buttons, a large screen and it’s quad-band!

Episode 154: Future of Voicemail Series, Part 1

Ewan — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:11:47 +0000

Here’s part 1 of the Future of Voicemail Series, supported by HulloMail. This episode features Olivier Sichel of Sofinnova Partners. Read all about this episode.

Episode 153: The Novophone headset rocks!

Ewan — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:22:11 +0000

I’m surprised by how natural and how familiar the Novophone device is as a ‘headset’ for your mobile. Genius! Have a watch and see what you think. Order from novophone.com.

Episode 149: David Wood speculates on the future of (mobile) technology

Ewan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:11:37 +0000

In the previous episode, 148, we talked to David about Mobile World Congress and the trends and themes he was witnessing. After we finished the interview, he had a little bit more time so I grabbed the opportunity to ask David what his top 3 sci-fi movies were. What follows is an absolutely fascinating ‘real-time’ riff from David on where he sees the future going — in terms of technology augmentation — and what to do about the human race becoming far too reliant on technology that may well turn against us. Or that we simply couldn’t do without.

You can find out more about David and his technology consultancy at DeltaWisdom.com. Get him on Twitter: @dw2

David’s got a fascinating event coming up this month called Humanity Plus. The event aims to explore this question:

How will accelerating technological change affect human mental and physical capabilities as well as the environment in which we live?

If you’re at all interested in the next generation of human augmented computing, definitely, definitely check it out: http://humanityplus-uk.com.

Episode 148: David Wood’s take on MWC

Ewan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:00:40 +0000

Outside WIPJam at Mobile World Congress, Rafe and I came across David Wood, formerly of Symbian and now founder of independent consultancy, Delta Wisdom. We asked David if he’d give us his perspective on the event. He didn’t hold back! Nice one David!

Episode 147: Catching up with Alessandro from Biskero

Ewan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:17:03 +0000

We bumped into Alessandro of Biskero at the Mobile World Congress WIPJam event to find out what was new.