Category: Gadgets

  • 3 Skypephone: First impressions

    Since mobile operator 3 launched the Skypephone in the UK last Tuesday, I’ve had a pair of them to play with. Quite a few thoughts to share. First, though, a quick overview of the Skypephone. The photo here of the…

  • Skypephone changes everything

    Skype, the internet phone service, is all about disruption. I remember thinking, when I first started using Skype back in 2004, that here’s a small, nimble company that will drive a massive wedge into traditional telephone service business models. From…

  • The iPhone is coming

    Much of the speculation during the past week or so is now confirmed – O2 has done the deal with Apple to be the exclusive distributor of the iPhone in the UK. Going on sale on November 9 at various…

  • A cocoon of life within

    An almost organic shape, a skin that provides some unique functionality and a curious name are three characteristics that mark the Cocoon, a new clamshell 3G mobile phone from O2 launched in the UK in August. I’ve had one to…

  • A good pitch that counters the bad pitches

    Reading through The Bad Pitch Blog by Kevin Dugan and Richard Laerner really does bring home to you how appallingly bad some of our colleagues in the PR profession are in how they reach out to people to pitch their…