Alex Kinch

Zer01, the curious ‘MVNO-but-not-an-MVNO’ mobile VOIP operator, officially launched it’s services at CTIA this week. Whilst we still don’t know a huge amount of info about the company and it’s promised services, CNET reporter Kent German managed to glean a bit more from CEO Benjamin Piilani.
For those of you curious about the technical aspects of [...]

As expected, Opera Software have inked a deal with Virgin Mobile USA to bring their mini browser to US customers handsets.
And that’s about it. Not exactly the world’s most ground-breaking deal – Opera Mini is already available for free download, plus Virgin Mobile isn’t exactly the biggest player in the US – but as it’s [...]

Remember my post the other day about mobile-VOIP-over-data (and definitely not an MVNO, so they say) Zer01? I was hoping for something to come out of CTIA a little more concrete – perhaps even a demo I could talk about.
Alas, no. Whilst that hasn’t quite happened yet, they have set a launch date for their [...]

Things seem to come in two’s lately – hot on the heels of RIM’s launch of the BlackBerry app store, Microsoft have done a bit of a ‘me too’ press blitz to remind everyone they’ve got something similar in the pipeline.
Although Windows Marketplace for Mobile won’t hit the streets until later this year, that’s not [...]

Amongst all the news and noise coming out the CTIA show in Las Vegas comes this sad snippet. According to Gearlog, Mark Desautels – Vice President of the CTIA – died of an apparent heart attaack on Monday afternoon whilst at the show itself.
Desautels had been with the CTIA since 1998, after serving as the [...]

Skype for iPhone to Be Released as Early as Next Week.
Om Malik claims he has information from ‘a tipster – a reliable one’ that Skype are about to announce an official client for the iPhone. It could come as early as next week – perhaps at CTIA in Las Vegas, that starts on Wednesday.
My old [...]