Google Nexus S – is it worth it?

Google offers Gingerbread for the holidays with the Nexus S and also unveiled Chrome Web Store for free and paid apps for the Chrome browser and Chrome OS. Here’s an interview with DroidCon organiser, Dominic Travers about his first impressions of the NFC-enabled handset.

Mobile Banking from M-PESA to PAYPAL

From serving the otherwise un-banked at one end of the spectrum, to providing more options for the on-line over-banked at the other, I inspect the mobile banking balance sheet with the co-founders of M-PESA and PayPal.

Mobile Health

The world’s fourth largest telco, Telefónica is combining cutting-edge technology with health. Last week, I went to the south of Spain to visit its R&D facility and demo some of its new mobile health services- Help at Hand & Home Physio.

HTC Rains on Nokia’s Parade

Not content with trumping Nokia in the smartphone stakes – HTC also hijacked its guests and stole away Nokia’s thunder. At the HTC press conference, I check out the HTC Desire HD & Desire Z and interview UK & Ireland Executive Director, Jon French about the revamped Sense UI.

The World According to Nokia

Amongst all the heavy corporate reshuffling at Nokia, there were three new Symbian smartphones unveiled at Nokia World.  I spoke with analysts Ben Wood and Stuart Robinson about the state of the world’s largest handset manufacturer and asked where the new the C6, C7 & the E7 devices fit in today’s smartphone market.

Qualcomm Innovates

At the Science Museum in London, I got to demo what Qualcomm is working on such as vision-based augmented reality technology, a colour display that reflects ambient light and a peer-to-peer recommendation service via Facebook. I also spoke to Qualcomm about the challenges of developing chipsets for competing operating systems as well as confirming and [...]

How Secure are Smartphones?

Smartphones are becoming ubiquitous but that doesn’t make them secure. In fact it makes them a target, as huge flaws were uncovered in two mobile phone operating systems – WebOS and Android.

Kinect for Xbox 360

Yeah it may be July, but it’s never too soon to get a head start on your holiday wish list. At the Microsoft Christmas showcase, I got to play with the new controller-free gaming sensation, Kinect for Xbox 360.

Nuance unveils Dragon Dictation iPhone app

Dragon Dictation for the iPhone is an app that lets you speak your emails, SMS messages or social network chatter. The company behind the speech-to-text app, Nuance Communications, recently acquired troubled SpinVox for a budget $102.5 million. Seven months on, we find out how they’re combining the two sets of technologies.

Vimeo- The ‘More’ Respectful and Prettier YouTube

Vimeo was founded in 2004 to create a “warm safe place” for artists to promote and share videos without being battered by adverts and negative comments. Six years on and Vimeo has drawn a strong following from both Hollywood creatives and fledgling artists.