Nokia seem at the moment to be sending mixed messages. On the one hand they have had to face the bad news that Intel no longer supports Meego, a linux operating system that was destined to potentially power Intel tablets. The concept seemed to be a good idea but never got adopted by other manufacturers and thus became a shelved idea. The Meego concept may be replaced by a project called Meltemi. The news that Nokia has a project called “Meltemi” that will supposedly be used to provide functionality to low and mid range Nokia cellphones. It seems that the Meltemi project has been done to...

Yesterday was a historic day for Google as they announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion.  The total cost of the purchase is the biggest ever made by Google and close to a third of the total cash that they have in their war chest with which to make acquisitions. The acquisition was unexpected but according to various media reports negotiations have been going on for close to 5 weeks.  Google have added 19000 people to their payroll, if the acquisition is not blocked by regulators in the US. The move was done in my opinion for one reason: patents. Google was unsuccessful in...

Remember a few months ago when Stephen Elop wrote that masterful letter to his fellow Nokia staff members in which he speaks of them as being a burning platform? I do and at the time I thought it was a brilliant piece of leadership used by Elop to motivate his staff. However as time goes on I am beginning to think that this might go down as one of the greatest pieces of Astroturfing ever. For those not familiar with astroturfing it is “the artificial creation of a grassroots buzz for a product, service or political viewpoint.” Let me explain.. Regular readers will be aware of my...

I have had the unfortunate luck of losing my cellphone once and it sucked big time. Suddenly all of your data that was on your simcard (which we take for granted by the way) is gone. Your contact list, sms’s and emails are all no longer yours. I made a promise then that I would look after my phone and help others from not suffering the cellphone fail like I did. A lot has changed since that day. Apple, Android and BlackBerry have made apps or services available that can help in situations of extreme disaster in terms of data loss. If you are the lucky owner of an Apple notebook, iPad or an iPhone you...

You can now download the PriceCheck Mobile Application, which is a Web Icon type of application, onto to your BlackBerry Smartphone to reside alongside all your other applications, for your convenience! This will open up the PriceCheck Mobile Website directly in your BlackBerry’s Web browser! The PriceCheck Mobile Application can be installed on all BlackBerry Smartphones using OS versions 4.5 and higher. You can download and install the application using your desktop PC with your BlackBerry Smartphone connected to your PC via USB, Bluetooth etc. and the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software program....