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benwood

  1. Nokia Lumia deal is clear reflection of Samsung's relentless pressure on handset pricing in UK twitter.com/benwood/status… about 11 hours ago via web from Slough, Slough
  2. Nokia Lumia 800 eyewatering deal at CPW. Free on £15.50 24mth deal 50 mins/250MB AND free Monster cans & £40 of apps! twitter.com/benwood/status… about 11 hours ago via web from Slough, Slough
  3. Thought provoking piece: Facebook Fallacy: Without earth-changing idea will collapse & take down Web j.mp/LyI3kU via @VisionMobile about 13 hours ago via bitly
  4. Facebook Camera now on app store. Appears Instagram is already having an influence. Aggregates all pix on Fbook feed twitter.com/benwood/status… about 19 hours ago via Photos on iOS
  5. Nokia adds traffic data to Microsoft Bing maps as part of broader deal beyond smartphones. j.mp/KflXEm via @stevecla about 19 hours ago via bitly
  6. Reuters claims RIM's Patrick Spence heading to Sonos. (>>Shows allure of connected home) j.mp/JXpRDK about 19 hours ago via bitly
  7. Reuters on departure of RIM's @Patrick_Spence j.mp/JZXCSY 10:32 AM May 24th via bitly
  8. Article with thoughts by colleague @hellojackson on how Moto might evolve under Google ownership & CEO Dennis Woodside j.mp/KGzmmB 9:51 AM May 24th via web from England, United Kingdom
  9. WSJ article discussing RIM's alleged moves (since abandoned?) to licence BBM as service with project called "SMS 2.0" j.mp/KGAAOO 9:44 AM May 24th via web from England, United Kingdom
  10. Dig is @CCSInsight's lead analyst on mob money: @ccs_dig: Big potential to target unbanked population in Lat America on.wsj.com/KcIdi6 8:27 AM May 24th via UberSocial for BlackBerry
  11. Patrick Spence (Global Head of Sales) leaves RIM. Big loss for the company IMHO. j.mp/KbwDnh 3:29 PM May 23rd via bitly
  12. Very clever viral ad by @SamsungMobile featuring David Beckham promoting Galaxy Note 5.3 j.mp/KpOczI 1:12 PM May 23rd via bitly
  13. Tough times for PC makers: Dell shares dive, PC margin fears drag HP lower j.mp/KLUwTO via @ReutersTech 12:08 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone
  14. More on Google winning patent suit with Oracle... m.cnet.com/news/57440119 11:18 AM May 23rd via Safari on iOS
  15. Huge win for Google: Oracle-Google jury rendered a no infringement verdict on the patent side. Via @FOSSpatents 11:16 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone
  16. Perhaps rather optimistic positioning of Nokia Lumia 710 as an enterprise device by T-Mobile UK... twitter.com/benwood/status… 10:33 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Android
  17. @Ew4n Agree. But that is only 1.2m *connected* tablets. I'm sure total users with Voda subscription & Wi-Fi tablet (iPad) is much higher 9:44 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Ew4n
  18. Vodafone has 1.2m connected tablets across footprint. Wonder how that wud grow with smarter tariffs (e.g. bundled data across 1 subscrptn) 9:33 AM May 23rd via UberSocial for BlackBerry
  • Name Ben Wood
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  • Bio Mobile / Wireless Industy Analyst for CCS Insight (devices, s/w, apps & services)
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