Some Random Moblog

Mobile networks have always had a tight control over what you can do with your phone- obviously, you get a subsidized handset when you sign up, and they need to recoup the cost with line rental and call charges. In the early days of mobiles, the main differentiator between networks was coverage; One-2-One in particular [...]

A bit of exploring the world of bookmarklets turned up a great one that I’d missed- a “Press This” for WordPress blogs, which makes a post in WordPress about the page you’re on. Not all of the functions work from the iPhone (because you can’t select chunks of text), but I can post a link [...]

About 10 years ago, mobile phones were fairly expensive pieces of kit. As a result, not many people could see the point in having them; they could have a phone conversation on their land lines, they could use pay phones when they were out and they needed to contact someone, and the cost of a [...]