MEX Notes: BBC iPlayer goes global with iPad app launch in 11 countries
- BBC iPlayer goes global with iPad app launch in 11 countries – The BBC's iPlayer is much admired outside the UK and iPad users worldwide will welcome the arrival of a dedicated application. High quality television programming has long been one …
Nokia launches set-up service for NFC tags and posters
In a sign of the imminent mass market arrival of NFC ‘touch-to…’ technology, Nokia has launched a service for creating NFC tags and posters. The NFC Hub enables users to order NFC tags pre-programmed with Facebook and Foursquare check-ins, Twit…
Reviewing the user experience of HP’s WebOS TouchPad
HP’s TouchPad rewards users willing to invest a few minutes familiarising themselves with the unique characteristics of WebOS.
The initial set-up is simple, with the core applications of email, browsing, contacts and calendar immediately ac…
MEX Notes: DoCoMo sells 20 million of Raku Raku easy phones
- DoCoMo sells 20 million of Raku Raku easy phones – DoCoMo's range of handsets has often defined the cutting edge of mobile technology, with those outside Japan amazed and baffled in equal measure by the seemingly arcane features provided. Howev…
Younger generation shows surprising interest in old form factors
Which age group shows the strongest desire for a desktop-style phone form factor (albeit with the portability of a wireless connection)? Burnside Telecom, which happens to make such devices, recently commissioned a survey of 3000 adults in the UK…
TubeTap helps users claim refunds for London Underground journeys
Page 42 of Transport for London’s Conditions of Carriage holds an interesting nugget of information: if your London Underground journey is delayed by more than 15 minutes for reason’s within TfL’s control, it will refund the cost of your single jo…
MEX Notes: Android numbers exploding, but developers choose iOS
- Android numbers exploding, but developers choose iOS – This article from FierceDeveloper editor Jason Ankeny raises an interesting question: why are developers increasingly focused on iOS when the number of Android OS devices is growing faster? …
Vodafone Webbox brings internet to TVs over 2.5G
Vodafone’s Webbox was announced in February 2011 and uses a combination of the Android OS and Opera Mini web browser to bring internet browsing to existing TV sets in emerging markets. The physical product is essentially a PC-style QWERTY key…