Being Connected by Ian Fogg

10:15 Google buying Admob again demonstrates that US Internet firms now see mobile as a central part of their strategy #

10:16 Wow, it’s amazing how much happens when you’re ill for a day!!! Mobile devices make it easier (but not easy) to work from bed #

15:36 Faster yes RT @Scobleizer: @twidroid is out with list support on the Android (v. 2.7.0). Beats all the iPhone clients. Thanks @stevenixon. #

15:40 Twitter app @twidroid had advantage of the minimal delay between completing an Android app & availability compared to Apple App Store #

15:51 RT @ianbetteridge: @ianfogg42 Exactly. And if there’s a bug, he can fix it and get a new version up without going through a gatekeeper. #

16:58 @ConorfromOrange Congrats. What percentage of Orange UK iPhone owners have downloaded the Orange Wednesdays app? #

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09:45 . @c_davies That’s the reason poor sync is worse than no sync -> you don’t realise a contact/event is missing until far too late #

12:57 . RT @AndrewGrill: @Whatleydude I was once told "great minds think alike….and fools never differ" #

13:17 Thought for the day – Orbital is fantastic. Listening to the ‘Live at Glastonbury’ compilation while building slides #

19:01 7pm Friday – my laptop blue screens. Sometimes non vocal communication is really clear #

19:05 Autorecover seems to have mostly worked! Amazing!!!! #

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10:51 @ianbetteridge Android can succeed *even* if it’s not as good as iPhone. But I agree, Android is improving fast #

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11:01 Love Samsung solar powered phone. Increases phone convenience as fewer charges needed. Smart of Swisscom too bit.ly/3eSCSN #

15:05 Win laptop battery just died after 1hour 20m, with no warning. This should not be happening in 2009 with a 1 year old PC #

15:07 This is a tremendously innovative handset -> RT @jasongordonhk: HTC HD2 officially coming to the US in early 2010. #

19:14 RT @AndrewGrill: mags I subscribe to (Campaign, Wired) are offering e-editions due to the Royal Mail strike. I wish they ALWAYS offered this #

19:18 RT @jounikjuntunen: 20€ phone announced today is quite amazing. Superfast ui. Something to learn in more expensive products. #

19:19 @jounikjuntunen Simple products often deliver a really convenient experience as they lack the issues that act as barriers to use #

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10:36 RT @JNathan: according to the Orange press release, Unlimited data = 750MB. Hasn’t the ASA banned these kind of claims yet? #

10:38 Interestingly @JNathan Orange say unlimited iPhone WiFi = 750Mb. To have fair use on cellular is understandable, on WiFi it’s strange #

10:47 I was looking here bit.ly/1RI9nX @JNathan where the fair use asterisk is next to both WiFi & ‘mobile Internet browsing’ table rows #

10:49 If an ‘unlimited’ fair use limit is much more than vast majority of users will ever reach, then it’s reasonable, esp on mobile networks #

10:50 750Mb for a **mobile handset** per month is far more than almost all users will consume, even on iPhone #

10:51 750Mb for a home broadband connection used by PCs, perhaps several PCs, is tight and not reasonable to be marketed as ‘unlimited’ #

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08:23 RT @Gartenberg: RT @lennp: Comparing Freedom on Maemo and Android bit.ly/20lzTK #

14:19 @AndrewGrill But Vodafone don’t yet stock the iPhone in Kensington?! Or have I misunderstood? #

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09:27 Yes, exactly (my take: bit.ly/2KSaX8) RT @AndrewGrill: #vf360 actually looks like a mobile social network….no really! #

09:27 RT @stevelitchfield: The HTC Hero is to get Android 2.0 – bit.ly/3PTdRt – the speed of Android evolution is quite impressive, TB #

09:29 lets correct that link to my take on #vf360 – bit.ly/16HQu6 It’s both a mobile social network, aggregation, *and* handset play #

09:56 Only "over 20k" VirginMedia customers on superfast 50Mbps, end of Sept, out of 4m broadband subs. I was right: bit.ly/1EeqdT #

10:51 RT @Mark_Mulligan: I’m going to run a survey of the digital music market for a Forrester report. If you want to take part DM me your email #

17:09 My Twitter apps desperately need to be updated for official Twitter list support #

17:13 RT @jonprice: most of the time when people refer to "Apple lock-in" they actually mean "free will." #

17:15 . @jonprice Apple is a lot more open with products than people credit & Google is more closed than people think #

17:16 RT @superglaze: I won’t miss Donut as long as Eclair gets onto my Hero quickly enough bit.ly/2a6kh (Imagine saying that 3 years ago) #

17:16 . @superglaze Those Android version names — Eclair & Donut — are as much about branding as anything anyone else does #

20:11 @jonprice Android. Proprietary apps on top of open source base. Try using Android without a Google account #

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12:22 Tele2 stages hoax meteorite strike in Latvia – not a boring telco! bit.ly/2Zuo5n bit.ly/4BgkCe bit.ly/3lVNZX #

12:24 @joewilcox Uptake depends on segment & country. World of difference betw consumers that know they own a smartphone & all smartphone owners #

12:28 Interesting Murdoch links here on free apps – RT @BenedictEvans: bit.ly/2WOeEh Sky is doing £60k a month from iPhone app advertising #

12:29 RT @ForresterJobs: Want to work for a cutting edge research company? Forrester is hiring! www.forrester.com/careers #workwednesday #jobs #

12:32 @jonprice I agree. Goal to create 1 address book is simple. Aggregating multiple address books from phone, social networks etc is not simple #

14:26 Orange appears to making it easier for their customers to use Google communication services. Is this in Orange’s interest? #

14:27 ie this – "Orange signs strategic pan-European mobile partnership with Google" bit.ly/396W80 #

14:29 RT @atmasphere: I wonder how long Nokia will keep turn by turn navigation premium as Google rolls it out for free … #services #mobile #

17:45 RT @mikeharvey: RT @TimesTech: Happy 40th birthday to the internet cli.gs/ZQ4r7 #

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08:23 @ianbetteridge But chicken or egg? I suspect content quality = high is prerequisite #

10:01 At #see09, very low key so far. Shout if you’d like to meet, I still have some slots free. #

10:03 Impressed with potential of joikuboost concept: enables sharing of multiple phones’ 3g data connections dynamically. #see09 #

10:20 Jimmy Wales, wikipedia co-founder up. #see09. Arguing that culture is getting smarter, examples: tv, gaming #

11:18 Jimmy Wales: Sites where contribution is ‘incented’ have lower quality than free, as contributors not doing it for the love of it #see09 #

11:19 Best solution: everyone loves what they do, even if paid for it #see09 #

15:09 @bryanrieger Lots of N900’s, Blackberries & Htc Touch Pro 2’s as well. Surprised how few Android phones here ;-) #see09 #

17:30 Android 2.0 offers a leap in featureset notably multiple Exchange and Google account support. Handset market is hyper competitive now #

17:32 For those that argue to look beyond iPhone, everything depends on timing: iPhone is here today. Others mostly promise jam tomorrow #

17:33 Symbian claim Android will fragment; installed base of Symbian is fragmented; Apple offers the largest homogenous targetable app audience #

00:02 @joewilcox Actually, anecdotally I saw those kinds of numbers in use among attendees at #see09 !!! [ie excluding demos on stands] #

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08:57 @Gartenberg N900 is not about the US (only), Nokia needs mindshare recovery in Europe etc too. Nokia under pressure on multiple fronts #

13:13 There would be a lot less public betas if unfinished products could not help build mindshare #

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