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Andy Hadfield
In the last post, I was quite excited by the application of location-based services in a community that has the infrastructure to generate enough traffic. I'd like to temper that exuberance with some considered thinking. It involves a good story, and... |
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Views: 12 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Tags: sxsw, sxsw South Africa
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Minnaar Pieters
On Wednesday morning I headed over to the Nokia The Way We Live Next event in Cape Town. Richard Mulholland did an excellent (and very objective) job of explaining the current mobile landscape. During the presentation a few things were highlighted th... |
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Views: 1047 | 8 Comments » | posted on Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Tags: Maemo, mobile technology, Nokia, review
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Steve Vosloo
M-novels, or mobile novels (stories on your cellphone) are on the rise in South Africa, as Michelle Matthews explained so well in "Cell-lit is all the rage". In SA there is about 10% PC-based internet connectivity, while the number of people with acc... |
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Views: 602 | 7 Comments » | posted on Friday, October 16th, 2009 | Tags: cellphone, Kontax, literacy, m4Lit, mobisite, MXit, novel, reader, teen, WAP
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Andy Hadfield
Fleishman South Africa were kind enough to lend me a Nokia N97 for a couple of weeks. This phone was coming into focus for me as an upgrade competitor to the iPhone 3GS. Add to that, a fairly nifty digital marketing campaign and my interest was pique... |
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Views: 2878 | 12 Comments » | posted on Friday, September 25th, 2009 | Tags: cellphone, gadget review, iPhone, mobile, Nokia, Nokia N97, product review
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Andy Hadfield
I had the opportunity recently to have a text exchange (read: questions by email -- the interview style of the time-pressed blogger) with Jake Larsen, head of the Nokia Music Store (Middle East and Africa). I was interested in how the Music Store has... |
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Views: 521 | 6 Comments » | posted on Monday, September 7th, 2009 | Tags: interview, Jake Larsen, music, music downloads, Nokia, Nokia Music Store
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Steve Vosloo
I recently had a conversation with some people at Google about mobile applications for sub-Saharan Africa. Two key issues emerged: i) South Africa is ahead of the pack in terms of cellphone adoption, coverage and services, and ii) the lowest common d... |
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Views: 520 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, August 7th, 2009 | Tags: Africa, cellphone, cellphones, content, data, google, GPRS, mobile, MTN, SMS, South Africa, Uganda
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Andy Hadfield
Nokia's Teach the Technophobe: Eight brave Nokia fans have signed up to help some close friends and family join the messaging generation using the E75. Their technophobes will negotiate various hurdles and challenges. The one who finishes this traini... |
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Views: 281 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009 | Tags: E75, Gmail, Nokia, Teach the Technophobe
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Francois Botha
I'm excited to be able to share some info relating to a project we're working on that makes it possible for vida e caffe patrons to access HipZone hotspots free of charge. This is all possible through an advertising platform that combines hardware wi... |
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Views: 255 | No Comments » | posted on Monday, June 15th, 2009 | Tags: HipZone, iPhone, router, Wi Fi, wireless
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Andy Hadfield
I've been victim (stupidity or entrapment, I'm not sure yet) to a couple of mobile subscription services recently. Browsing any old half-decent mobile site only to be hit with a 5 euro/month charge that apparently I opted into once downloading the co... |
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Views: 388 | 2 Comments » | posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Tags: advertising, digital, ethics, Google, marketing, mobile, Vodacom
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Dee Chetty
Since the launch of the iPhone, the application development scene for mobile handsets has gone ballistic. My history is most likely wrong, so don't be pedantic, but Symbian and Windows Mobile drove the mobile application market with its Java and Win3... |
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Views: 534 | 6 Comments » | posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Tags: App Store, apple, application, DChetty, mobile, mobility, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, web applications
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