I have to admit that I was in a state of giddy anticipation when I got home to find that the courier had delivered a shiny new Nokia N97: It came in a under-stated black box which resembled a treat from a Regent Street boutique. It was a pleasure to unbox, as I appreciated the way it feels comfortable...
I've just seen the new Blackberry ad, "We Love U2". I like it...but it reminded me of something...What was it...of course, the iPod U2 ad! A mistake? An oversight? No, I can’t believe it’s anything but a conscious effort to take a leaf out of the iPod book of marketing. After all, if you...
I am just back from annual holiday and this year, 2 weeks away.... Fabulous! 2 whole weeks. So, as I set off, I dutifully turn off the blackberry email push. Oh. No flashing red light, I still find myself checking email, even though it has been switched off Email has come to mean that I am wanted, needed...
This week the mobile browser Skyfire released it's long awaited 1.0 version, for use with smartphones, taking the company out of a hugely successful beta period that has seen 1 million people downoad the free service. Skyfire is free to download at: www.get.skyfire.com The service is currently available...
Today is May 1st. The day that people dance around the maypole. Sometimes naked. And to celebrate we've decided to officially launch Campbell Lace (Beta.) We start the day with a big meeting with a big potential client. It's a fascinating project, and not the sort of thing a traditional agency...
Two fruits can tell a story in less than 20 seconds if they happen to be the symbols for two of the most iconic brands in the world. New York-based agency Guava's ad for BlackBerry's Storm touch phone shows a blackberry used as a bullet being shot violently through an apple. The clip has already...
Does today's report that Obama will be the first US president to use email mean digital is normal now? Mind you, yesterday the FBI announced an investigation into hacks who got hold of Sarah Palin's email. A whole new world of complication for authoritative and paranoid institutions opens up...
Barack Obama could be the biggest celebrity endorser in the history of endorsements with estimates that his oft expressed love for his Blackberry could be worth as much as $50m dollars to the PDA firm. If only he didn't have to part company with the thing in a couple of weeks. The New York Times...
The Blackberry Storm, the I-Phone and Nokia's N96 are locked in marketing battle in an attempt to get their phones on the Christmas lists of millions. The great news is that they are all using VIDEO as a key selling point. Is this what we have been waiting for in the industry so that mobile video...
I predicted a few weeks ago in my blog that the G1 from Google wouldn't be the iPK (iPhone Killer). Well, time will tell whether I'm right or not. Well a new week, a new phone and this one (in my opinion) has more chance of winning the clash of the touch titans. The Blackberry Storm (pic below...