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Re: Nokia’s Handset Test Laboratory in Farnborough

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:06:17 -0000

I live down the road from there and didn't get an invite! :o(

I'm dead jealous! ;o)

Re: The 45 year old iPhone lady watching Prison Break on the train

Anthony Carroll — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:29:04 -0000

The second most amazing thing is that she had something sounding like reliable reception on the train!

Re: The ever-present arse that PhonePayPlus has to deal with

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:12:32 -0000

My ears are burning, no really! Who'd have thought toasters could be so dangerous?

In all seriousness, I've got lots to say about PhonepayPlus and not much positive I'm afraid. They've promised many crackdowns in the past and yet they've failed to curb such activity.

Re: The ever-present arse that PhonePayPlus has to deal with

Anthony Carroll — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:29:04 -0000

I've sent Ben the first part (I've struggled to narrow down my thoughts on them, so it's in parts!)

In the meantime The Mirror has this to say about mBlox (I've plenty to say about them too): http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2008/1...

Re: James Whatley hands-on with the Nokia N97

Anthony Carroll — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:57:00 -0000

As much as I'm eager to know more about the upcoming N97, after watching the video I'm left wanting to know what's up with those tiles! Where is that?

Re: Flirtomatic heads stateside with Flirotmatic US Beta

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:23:23 -0000

There's quite a few people using the service in Nigeria too. Including, in the last few days, a "woman" I've been chatting to named Tammy who claims to be head over heels in love with me (after about two messages) but desperately in need of money wired to her so she can get back to the UK. :-D

Re: Creator of UKTrains site is MIR’s very own Ben Smith

Anthony Carroll — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:58:51 -0000

And of course, Ben was inadvertently tweeting live on Sky News last night: http://twitpic.com/1axno

Re: MIR Show goes to Rome and finds locals using N73s

Anthony Carroll — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:59:28 -0000

So many things to digest... There's my N73 rotting away in a draw when in Italy it'd be the creme-de-la-creme and how absolutely useless Nokia Maps is at... well anything! Why couldn't Nokia have bought up tomtom instead? I want a brand spanking new version of tomtom City Maps and I want it now!

As for next MIR city... hmm Kabul perhaps? There's quite a few interesting mobile stories there to uncover!

Re: Taking the Mobile Industry Review show to Kabul, Tehran and Pyongyang

Anthony Carroll — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:14:40 -0000

I'd imagine Tehran would be very do-able logistics-wise and the authorities fairly welcoming. Pyongyang is open to Western tourists but from what I remember reading (from those that have gone) you have to put your name down on a waiting list and once there you have a minder at all times and, um, phones are taken off you! :-D

Re: MIR Show goes to Rome and finds locals using N73s

Anthony Carroll — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:44:59 -0000

Could we not somehow bring Andy McNab into the mix? In return for doing his Jack Bauer thing GoSpoken could get lots and lots of coverage! :D

Re: The new media economy with Twitter at the heart

Anthony Carroll — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:42:09 -0000

I'm finding it more and more difficult not to follow @stephenfry on twitter! I get to follow him by-proxy through nearly everyone else I follow and although I don't mind the fellow, I just don't want to be yet another follower for the sake of following!

Of course I'm also jealous that he has about a gazillion more followers than me... ho hum! :D

Re: MIR Show - James Whatley gets his MIR jacket

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:35:30 -0000

I'm probably showing my age, but when James had the jacket done up and hands in pockets, I just though Man at C&A! :D

Re: INQ win ‘best handset’ at Global Mobile Awards 2009

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:53:12 -0000

I knew about INQ1 winning but didn't know Sports Tracker won an award. Cool.

Can't wait for the INQ guys to bring out a mid-tier handset or, if it doesn't defeat the whole purpose of what they're doing, a high end device.

Just wish 3 in the UK offered it on shorter contracts. 18 months is far too long. 12 months is only available at higher priced tariffs. No 6 or 9 month contracts at all (with or without paying for the handset).

Re: Never miss a show with Sky’s Mobile Remote Record service

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:06:58 -0000

You really need to jump through hoops to get it working, but once you do it's great!

Spent ages on the phone to various Sky folk, even had to have a TV package added! They credited back the difference. Why was an extra pack required? Well you can't have Remote Record with an odd number of packs!!

The 'record' signal is sent over the air - not via the Sky+'s telephone connection. That's why it's sent almost immediately. It's also why it works even if the box isn't connected to the phone line (or the line's engaged). The downside of this is there's no way of seeing if you have a programme clash or no space left on your planner.

Re: MIR gets on the wrong side of Coracle Media

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:28:58 -0000

When I saw the title of this I thought, 'Oh no, what have they done now?' :o) And *that* was it?!?

My sympathies go out to Ewan and the MIR crew, not receiving future releases from this PR will surely be a tragic blow. Although I'm sure you guys will recover!

Re: The 30″ mobile phone screen from Mobintech

Anthony Carroll — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:01:51 -0000

The likes of Mobintech and Vuzix really need to start collaborating with handset and PMP maker. They really need to add some kind of mini-HDMI, mini-component or what-have-you as these things will always suck when all there is to feed them is a dodgy composite connection.

Re: Sony Ericsson Hikaru - first image leaked

Anthony Carroll — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:20:05 -0000

Looks very nice, wouldn't mind getting my hands on one. Just loved the W595 that I played with last year. It was the first ever SE device I'd used and it was fun and impressive.

Re: Alcatel to launch a Lego phone (for kids)

Anthony Carroll — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:46:08 -0000

If you can attach regular Lego bricks to it I want one!

Re: Free Imperial Majesty Nassau Cruise - survey cold call

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:27:12 -0000

Another Ant here, but I'll more of the sceptical kind!

I just answered the phone at my parents place and got the silly cruise ship automated cold call. They get them all the time and I get them every now and then (or at least ones very similar).

I really hate scam artists, cold callers, general fraudsters, opportunist and all round PITAs. I can feel a little investigation coming on (I love digging dirt on these kinds of folk).

Re: Ewan MacLeod from MIR Responds

Anthony Carroll — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:45:30 -0000

Ewan's response has explained some aspects but now I'm confused on other aspects! As I have no business sense whatsoever, I can only hope he knows what he's doing (and I'm sure he does) and that it all goes to plan.

One thing's for sure, I won't be getting a subscription - it's just a little out of my price range!

Re: Breville UK fail the customer service test

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:24:18 -0000

That is rather poor. It's like they don't give a damn and have a part-time trainee doing the replies whenever there's nothing else to do. It'd be interesting to know what those high up in Breville think about this level of service.

Re: Muppets On Demand

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:01:33 -0000

I'm also a poor British Isle-ander and I'm also forbidden Kermit and Miss Piggy. Damn you Disney, damn you to hell! (Or, if that's full, EuroDisney)

Re: Beginner’s guide to self-hosting your Wordpress blog

Anthony Carroll — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:50:24 -0000

Just what I needed! Although I'm on VOX and won't be transferring my current posts from there.

Re: Sports Tracker Adds Navteq Maps

Anthony Carroll — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:07:04 -0000

Thanks for spotting this, I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

I've used Google Maps whilst running (excuse the pun) Nokia Sports Tracker. Not an elegant solution, but it works.

Anyway, got this working on an E71 without a hitch. Now to try it on an N95 8GB

Re: Sports Tracker Adds Navteq Maps

Anthony Carroll — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:49:44 -0000

Eric, I meant using Google Maps Mobile at the same time as NST while out and about... mobile!

Re: I do not look like Joshua Jackson

Anthony Carroll — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:50:58 -0000

There's a little more than a passing resemblance, is there not? Like I've just said on Twitter, this is a job for http://totallylookslike.com ! :D