Mark Bridge writes:
Sometimes I’m a simple soul. This is one of those occasions. I simply don’t get what all the fuss is about.
Sales of Windows Phone 7 smartphones have overtaken Symbian device sales in Great Britain for the first time ever. Yes, the new heavily-promoted mobile phones from Nokia are more popular with consumers and retailers than those using the obsolescent Symbian OS. Windows Phone 7 now has 2.5% of the British smartphone market, compared with 2.4% for Symbian.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Mobile financial services were making the headlines yet again last week. Not once. Not twice. No, we noticed at least three separate (and all pretty big) stories to talk about.
First came Nokia’s planned withdrawal from its mobile money service, which will leave around a million people in India looking for a new mobile wallet.
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Although the new Apple iPad has been grabbing the mainstream news headlines, there's much more going on in the mobile industry. We look at all the top mobile stories, from 4G in the UK to mobile money investments by Visa Europe.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Mobile World Congress is over for another year. Also gone is the mobile industry’s sudden obsession with public transport and student protests in Barcelona. But away from the local news, what’s been going on?
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James Rosewell and Mark Bridge report from Mobile World Congress 2012. In today's programme they talk about Wednesday's events - including the beta release of Windows 8 - and plan their final day at the Barcelona show.
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