I’ve been using Ribbit Voicemail ever since SpinVox died. Sadly, Ribbit has croaked. So, how to get my voicemails transcribed and have MP3s emailed to me? Enter Tropo! Tropo makes it simple to build phone, SMS and Instant messaging applications. You use the web technologies you already know and Tropo’s powerful cloud API to bring [...]
As per the meme, here are my 20 points on Gov Camp UK. Sign up early. I dawdled and so was only able to get a ticket for Saturday. I feel like I missed out on a lot of interesting conversations. BarCamps should be recorded for posterity. It’s a point I’ve made before. Cameras and [...]
I’m trying out the new Android app for Path – the new social networking service. I’ve discovered something rather troubling… Most of the app’s communication with the Path servers is over SSL. This means that no-one can see the data you’re sending and receiving. If there are snoops on your network, they will only be [...]
You may have heard of “Range Anxiety”. It’s the worry that your car will run out of petrol before you have a chance to find a filling station. I have “power anxiety” – the crushing realisation that my smartphone’s battery will be dead by lunchtime if I use it for more than five minutes. Over [...]
When a phone’s web browser visits your site, how can you tell what capabilities that phone has? How can you work out its screensize, whether it can play mp3s, or know if it supports a particular bit of JavaScript? It ought to be possible using a mixture of UAProf, accept headers, and media queries. But [...]
In my quest to find the perfect phone, I was recommended to try the Motorola Pro Plus by Seb Schmoller. This is my attempt to review it fairly after a week of usage. Some people have accused me of being unfair in my review of the Nokia Lumia. I think I was harsh – but [...]
I think that WP7 is one of the first phone operating systems which natively has a QR scanner built in. It’s rather hidden – you have to go in to search (not camera) then click the eye icon. However, it is one of the fastest and most accurate scanners I’ve ever used. It knocks Android [...]
After the disaster that was my experience with the Nokia Lumia and the rather underwhelming time I had with the BlackBerry Torch, I’ve been thinking a lot about what my perfect phone would be. I think I’ve found it… My Photoshop skills are legendary! Here are the things that I want – no one platform [...]
It was the best of phones – it was the worst of phones… I want to start this review by saying three things: I got this phone for free – thanks Nokia! I’m an extremely demanding mobile user. I recognise that I am an edge-case; what I find annoying, you may not. I’ve tried to [...]
Stephen Fry has recently recorded a BBC podcast about the history of the mobile phone. It’s a really great series, and I encourage you to listen to it. At one point in episode 4, Stephen sings the Nokia ringtone. So, here it is for your edification, and delight. Feel free to set it as your [...]
When you create a QR code which contains a URL, it is vital that the code is not only as small as possible, but also as user friendly as possible. I’m not a massive fan of short URL services like bit.ly – but for shrinking the text you want to fit in a QR code, [...]
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