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Ewan and Ben visited the IT security show 'INFOSEC' to investigate the state of mobile security. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss the challenges for mobile operators, businesses and consumers around mobile security, noting how immature the market still is.

Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in digital publishing and how consumers' demands are shifting with growing use of mobile devices as book readers. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss our views on the increasing cross-over we see between 'book' and 'app' development.

Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in digital publishing and how consumers' demands are shifting with growing use of mobile devices as book readers. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss our views on the increasing cross-over we see between 'book' and 'app' development.

Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in digital publishing and how consumers' demands are shifting with growing use of mobile devices as book readers. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss our views on the increasing cross-over we see between 'book' and 'app' development.

Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in digital publishing and how consumers' demands are shifting with growing use of mobile devices as book readers. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss our views on the increasing cross-over we see between 'book' and 'app' development.

Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in digital publishing and how consumers' demands are shifting with growing use of mobile devices as book readers. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss our views on the increasing cross-over we see between 'book' and 'app' development.

Ewan and Ben visited London Book Fair to investigate how the publishing industry is innovating in digital publishing and how consumers' demands are shifting with growing use of mobile devices as book readers. We interviewed representatives from several exhibitors and discuss our views on the increasing cross-over we see between 'book' and 'app' development.

In this final episode of season 2 we discuss patents and the huge impact they're having on the mobile industry. We highlight some of the reasons the mobile industry may be more prone to patent disputes, give the whole patent system a kicking in general and Ben proposes Rafe as a possible solution. We also briefly discuss valentines day, disappointed wives, babies and Rafe's new app. A huge thanks...

This week we discuss the 'technology cycle' and how the need to refresh a mobile platform every 5 years - something that is currently causing Nokia and RIM so much pain - will eventually come to Apple. It's not all bad news though… We think Apple is one of the few firms with the vision and experience to navigate this tricky process successfully.

In our first episode of 2012 we wonder what this year might hold for mobile and offer some predictions: Ewan thinks this will be the year m-commerce goes big. Rafe thinks this is the year the smartphone market gets really competitive. Ben thinks this is the year operators start running additional services 'over the top' of their existing network to differentiate.

This week the team re-cap a round-table discussion we were invited to, discussing the challenges and possible solutions for handset manufacturers in the future: Ewan notes Apple's increasing 'mind-share dominance' which exists quite separate to their market share. Rafe longs for beautiful hardware and innovation in material sciences. Ben notes it's the networks preventing people from painlessly op...

This week the team set themselves a 'fun' challenge - to choose a new pre-pay mobile phone costing less than £100 to give as a as a Christmas present... [To avoid arguments we agreed to 'shop' at Carphone Warehouse] Rafe opts for a Nokia: A 'One Direction'-branded Nokia C2-02 for £59.95 Ewan buys something special for his Nan: A Doro PhoneEasy 610 for £79.95 Ben spots an Android bargain: The SonyE...

Recorded at MEF Americas 2011 in Miami, Ben interviews Neil Stiles, president of the Variety Group, on producing content for a 'multi-screen world'.

After a series of handset losses and breakages Ewan's been exercising his network operator-supplied handset insurance... something he'd forgotten he'd signed-up for. But do these policies offer good value for money and how should you choose who to buy from? The team discuss: Why we do (and don't) buy handset insurance (and a few war stories). The difference between network operator-provided insura...

The UK has reached a tipping point - 50% of all mobile devices in use are now smartphones and the trend looks set to carry on, expected to reach 70% by 2015. We discuss the implications of this - for retailers, for consumers and the mobile brands that serve them.

We're back to the 'usual' format for this week's episode - recapping all the important events that happened between seasons 1 and 2. We discuss: iOS5 and the iPhone 4S - Has Apple 'grown up' to the point it now takes more than a year to create a new 'magic' product? HP, WebOS and an opportunity wasted - What was HP thinking…? Were they thinking…? And does WebOS (or Palm for that matter) have a fut...

In this episode - part 2 of the coverage from our live event at Nokia World - we carry on the audience discussion moving on to discuss the US market, Microsoft's Windows Phone ecosystem and Samsung's (possible) problems with Android. This episode was recorded with an invited audience of bloggers and mobile gurus. They pitched-in to give their comments and opinions and in this episode you can hear:...

We're back! To kick off our second season we headed to Nokia World and recorded our first ever 'live' edition in front of an invited audience of bloggers and mobile gurus. They pitched-in to give their comments and opinions and in this episode you can hear: Stephen Wing, UK Gadgeteer Iain Wallace James Whatley, 1000heads Stefanos Kofopoulos, Pestaola.gr Aditya Singhvi, Worldofphones.net Vinu Thoma...

This week we're recording remotely again as Ewan calls in from Austin, Texas. In the last episode of series 1 (don't worry series 2 is already on the way) we have a bit of a whinge discussing 'bothersome things' (as Rafe terms them). Ben's list covered pages by the time we finished listing them pre-recording so here's a few choice ones... We discuss: WiFi hotspots MMS Batteries Mobile apps failing...

This week we talk about Nokia... How has it come to this and what next for the big firm? We discuss: The history behind the current problems. How and why the firm has to change. Windows Phone, the new strategy... and the parts which are often forgotten. Whether Nokia can recover and what its first Windows Phone device will mean. It all gets a bit heated this week... Ewan accuses Rafe of not seeing...

This week we talk about international roaming services and wonder why these services - and especially data - command such premium pricing. We discuss: The recent MACH conference. The products and services we use for roaming including Vodafone's data traveller service, Abroadband, Droam, Onavo, Truphone and MiFi devices. The wetpaint Wiki for information on global pre-paid wireless internet access....

This week we reminisce about the devices we've owned and loved over the years. We highlight a few we think were real 'market changers', a few lemons and speculate about who might make the next game-changer. Rafe also lets slip the secret of his magic drawers. Amongst the devices we discuss this week are the: SonyEricsson P800 Sony CMD Z5 Nokia 6210 O2 XDA (HTC) Nokia N95 Nokia E61 and E61i Nokia N...

Ben and Rafe head to the Millbank Tower in London for the official UK unveiling of Mango, Microsoft's latest (and most major) update to the Windows Phone 7 platform where we also interview Oded Ran, Head of Consumer Marketing, Windows Phone, UK. Ewan joins us afterwards as we discuss: The '500' new features in Mango The problems and benefits the new platform has Whether anyone should care about Wi...

An introduction to the people and thoughts behind the podcast we briefly considered calling the 'All About Wireless Mobile Industry Symbian Worker Review' Podcast.

Episode 3 takes the form of a debate, which Ben chairs (because he's not brave enough to take sides): Rafe argues that App Stores are a passing fad, are limiting and lacking, addressing only a current need that will soon be left behind as innovation in the mobile space continues at a blistering pace. Ewan argues that App Stores are great enablers and have created a multi-Billion dollar industry in...