Lots going on in the world of mobile telephony over the last few days…
The headlines seem to have been captured by India, where Mumbai-based company Spice - who, astonishingly, have no entry in Wikipedia (at least, not when I checked a few moments ago; no doubt one will appear in short order - have introduced [...]
By Emlyn
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Posted in Asia, Innovation, Mobile telephony, Telecommunications, developing markets
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Tagged airtime, Brightstar Corporation, Infineon Technologies, Jurong Technologies, mobile services, People's Phone, Smart Entry Phone, Spice, TJAT Systems
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The IHT has a good piece today on Nokia. The Finns are roaring ahead, dominating the handphone market, and in particular are being very successful at penetrating developing markets.
This is particularly important for them because this is where adults are buying their first ever phone, and mindshare is established. That’s a valuable asset; in a [...]
By Emlyn
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Posted in Innovation, Mobile telephony, Telecommunications, design
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Tagged cell phones, developing markets, handphones, IHT, Jan Chipchase, LG, Meizu, mobile phones, Nokia, Younghee Jung, ZTE
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The Straits Times has a piece in its Home section today on the MiniOne. Apparently, it’s expected to hit the market here in Singapore from next month, and will cost between S$600 - S$700. The author, technology correspondent Alfred Siew, does mention that it will run Windows Mobile, but mostly discusses the similarity between the [...]
By Emlyn
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Posted in Beijing, Change, China, Innovation, Mobile telephony, Singapore
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Tagged iPhone, iPod, M8, Meizu, miniOne, Qianmen, Straits Times, Zling Nax
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When I was working in the mountains of Lesotho, many moons ago, keeping in touch with people was a major undertaking. For example, my parents were concerned about my welfare - me being 17 at the time, and South Africa not being the most stable country then… and of course, this was before the time [...]
By Emlyn
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Posted in Africa, China, Development, Economy, Innovation, Mobile telephony, Telecommunications, design
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Tagged Bangladesh, cell phone, Ficksburg, Grameen Phone, handphone, Hlotse, Leribe, Lesotho, mobile banking, mobile phone, MTN Banking
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Well, I seem to have spent a lot of time lately on moving all my blogs from wordpress.com, and setting up a self-hosted solution. I hope - really, really, hope - that the bugs are all ironed out now! With luck, I’ll have the energy soon to actually start posting real content.
Of course, I do [...]
As part of the move to a new server, I’m splitting up some of my topics between new blogs.
At present, content will be divided between:
The World Egg: New Worlds, new humanity. This will be taking the topics of virtual worlds and transhumanism. Those of you who have been coming here for cyberpunk topics will probably [...]
Since wordpress.com is not accessible from inside China, I won’t be able to post to it once I move to Beijing at the end of this month. So… my blog at http://trigram.wordpress.com is now at this new home. Thanks for coming along!
