Archive for October, 2003

Blame Harry Potter for N-gage and other bad Nokia designs

Om Malik, Friday, October 31, 2003 at 4:10 PM PT Comments (2)

N-gage, the new 7700 and more recent color-disasters - anyone else perturbed by the recent spate of bad designs from Nokia? Well since I am really bothered by these dysfunctional and not that interesting phones, I have been trying to figure out why Nokia has somehow given up on Finnish Design?
bq. Alongside durability and practicality, [...]

Falling in love with (Samsung) e-105

Om Malik, Friday, October 31, 2003 at 4:10 PM PT Comments (1)

There is a special reason why in less than five years Samsung have become the third largest handset maker in the world - the Korean giant knows how to build great phones, which not only look good, but also perform better than their rivals. While the Finns (Nokia for the uninitiated) have lost their sense [...]

MCI out of bankruptcy

Om Malik, Friday, October 31, 2003 at 1:10 PM PT Comments (0)

If you are rich, contribute enough politically and trot forward the bogeyman that your company is vital to national interest, then you can easily overcome the odds of committing a $10 billion fraud. Well that is if you are Massively Corrupt Institution, oops I meant MCI, then the courts will come to your rescue.
bq. The [...]

Killing WLNP, one lawsuit at a time.

Om Malik, Friday, October 31, 2003 at 11:10 AM PT Comments (0)

This morning I read a report on how AT&T and Cingular are planning to choke the WLNP.
bq. The reluctance of senators to support a delay in WLNP became apparent just as a federal appeals court Wednesday afternoon rejected a plea from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to require the FCC to either [...]

Next Season on the Sopranos

Om Malik, Friday, October 31, 2003 at 7:10 AM PT Comments (0)


More LNP FUD

Om Malik, Friday, October 31, 2003 at 7:10 AM PT Comments (0)

Techdirt Corporate Intelligence: Techdirt Wireless has a lot of links to the wireless number portability stuff, mostly good. This article which obviously was planted by an anti-number portability carrier, says TechDirt. Here in another one on WLNP Showdown and WLNP Delays Rumored. Here is a link to Gizmodo which is saying that, Cingular and [...]

AT&T, BellSouth wedding off … maybe

Om Malik, Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 1:10 PM PT Comments (0)

When I was a little boy, my sweet old grandmother used to tell me story about a little Shepard boy who lived in the foothills of Northern India with his tiny little family in a quaint little village. He was nothing spectacular, and no one paid much attention to what he had to say.
Craving the [...]

Start-ups to watch, a new section

Om Malik, Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 11:10 AM PT Comments (0)

This is a minor update to the website and categories. I am adding a new category, “start-ups to watch” which as the name suggests is going to be all about some promising technology start-ups and why they are important. Most of them, I hope will be new comers to this website. Anyway I hope [...]

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