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Is it up to us - or should operators recommend the best tariffs?

Posted by James B on 21 January, 2009 15:21

I recently noticed that the mobile phone portion of my broadband, tv + fixed line bill was steadily creeping up from the £20-£30 I had been used to up to £60 and in one month £80. It got me thinking that maybe I was not on the best tariff (the standard SIM-only £10 per month). One quick and painless call to my operator and it turned out that as most of my calls were either to landlines or off-net it made a... Read more

End of exclusive iPhone contracts?

Posted by James B on 18 December, 2008 11:34

The French consumer watchdog has ruled that Orange must terminate its exclusive distribution deal with Apple for the iPhone.

Originally due to last 5 years, the contract must cease within 3 months, less than 1 year after launch. This will be a blow for Orange and is likely to impact on revenues as the monopoly is revoked. The watchdog claimed the deal was holding back growth in smartphone sales in France and... Read more

Mobiles for small businesses...

Posted by James B on 18 November, 2008 17:21

How many small businesses have found that it is beneficial to sign up to one of the business tariffs offered by the main operators as opposed to sticking to using your personal tariff? what advice have you received?

And when your contract period expires - how many people are happy to remain out of contract? you miss out on the latest upgrade but it means you can switch at anytime.... any thoughts?

I am... Read more

Hands on: Blackberry Storm

Posted by James B on 9 October, 2008 22:52

Vodafone were demo-ing early models of the Blackberry Storm in their HQ today - so I took a few minutes to check out what all the fuss is about. I should say upfront that I am already a Blackberry fan and owner of a BB Curve.

First off - it is thicker and heavier that the iPhone, and will probably cause a few creases in the frequent flyers suit line.

For controls - it uses the familiar 4 button layout... Read more

Which sectors are being hardest hit?

Posted by James B on 3 October, 2008 11:58

Sobering story in the Times yesterday about how major manufacturing companies are cutting back on overtime and 4 day weeks to respond to falling demand...

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article4860551.ece

Story also mentions how smaller supplier companies are being affected as a result - they are seeing declines in orders for the components they manfuacture. This is the first clear... Read more

Small Business Week

Posted by James B on 1 October, 2008 09:52

Small business seems to the flavour of the moment - or maybe vendors are finally waking up to the fact that 4 million+ potential customers represent a major opportunity in the current climate. I can't imagine that the banking sector is going to continue to be the cash cow that vendors have milked in previous years!

BT have joined forces with NatWest and Every Woman(?) to promote Small Business Week 2008... Read more

More rumours of Gphone (with Dell as partner)

Posted by James B on 31 January, 2008 16:01

That reknowned commentator on technology (?!) Marketing Week has published the following story on rumours that Google is set to announce at 3GSM a partnership with Dell to launch a Gphone.

The story lacks detail but it does raise the interesting prospect of a tie-up with Dell. Seems an unlikely partnership to me, Dell has been shy of any first mover initiatives in the past preferring to make money during... Read more

Mobile email backlash?

Posted by James B on 18 January, 2008 12:05

Speaking to other users of mobile email devices that have been provided by their employer, I have come across more than a few cases of users who have decided to disable the mobile email functionality or even return the device to their boss. Generally these are not users who were clamouring for email on the move, rather they are users who were 'offered' a new company-supplied phone with email by their boss -... Read more

Mobile Manufacturers - Obsessed by cool?

Posted by James B on 7 December, 2007 13:01

Love it or hate it - Apple have certainly upped the ante in the race to be cool amongst mobile phones. Copycat (or better!) products from LG, HTC, Samsung and others seem to illustrate that the vendors are all focussing their efforts on developing smarter and cooler phones. Even Blackberry are looking at the consumer market with serious intent...

However as the phones get smarter and cooler they seem to be... Read more

Blackberry to go consumer?

Posted by James B on 27 November, 2007 14:47

Very interesting to read on zdnet that Blackberry are launching a touch screen device in '08 signalling a renewed interest in the consumer market and potentially hotting up the iPhone race.

Of course, the Pearl was launched with a campaign also targeted at extending usage into the lucrative consumer space (remember the 'it would be a shame to use it just for business...' ads?). I may be mistaken but has anyone... Read more

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