Ewan MacLeod

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From London, UK

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Ewan founded MobileIndustryReview.com (or “SMS Text News” as he originally christened the site) back in October 2005 — but actually began publishing daily, two months later, on the 26th of January 2006. He lives in Chiswick, London, making him ideal as PhoneDog's "EuroDog" on call. His adopted city is San Francisco and he can often be seen flying Virgin America across the States, but always British Airways across the pond.

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Mobile Developer TV: Control office security remotely with Lenel

Cell Phone Apps I asked Joshua Phillips of security firm, Lenel , to give us an overview of their latest mobile service addition that enables customers to control their office security systems via their BlackBerry. Genius!

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Mobile Developer TV: Using OpenTable's app to book a restaurant

Cell Phone Apps Here I am making a reservation through the iPhone's OpenTable application.

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Mobile Developer TV: BlackBerry Messenger barcode app for Facebook

Cell Phone Apps Ive been taking a look at the new BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app for Facebook. Its due to become available at the end of the week — and its a piece of genius.

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Mobile Developer TV: LoKast share your media with anyone quick and simply

Cell Phone Apps I've been playing with LoKast for a few days and it's raised some rather exciting possibilities. The application turns your iPhone into a two-way media server, enabling you to rapidly share any of your media (photos, video, contacts,...

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Mobile Developer TV: Sony Ericsson X10 Android walk through

Android Here's the walk-through from the Sony Ericsson chaps demonstrating the all new Sony Ericsson X10 Android handset. It's lovely...

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Mobile Developer TV: Hands-on demp of Chomp

Cell Phone Apps Who better to give us a tour through new mobile application discovery service, Chomp, than co-founder Ben Keighran? Here we go...

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Mobile Developer TV: The Dell Mini 5 Android tablet

Android As I walked around the MobileFocus event last week I spotted this rather swanky 5-inch Dell Mini 5 tablet unit on the Dell table. The chap behind the table obliged us with a hands-on demo. It's just a preview unit but goodness me it's...

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Samsung Wave & Bada OS - Hands-On

Mwc 2010 Samsung Wave running Bada OS. Way into detail. Hands-on. PhoneDog at MWC 2010. MWC 2010:

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HTC Legend - The Sequel to Hero

Android HTC Legend is the follow-up to HTC Hero. Now with Sense 2.1 and aluminum unibody construction. Hands-on from MWC 2010 Barcelona

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HTC Desire - Android & Sense 2.1 - Hands-On

Android Hands-on with the HTC Desire from MWC in Barcelona. Android plus HTC Sense 2.1 with a Snapdragon processor equals object of our desire.

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Motorola Cliq XT (Quench) - Hands-On

Android Hands on with Motorola's newest Android phone, the Cliq XT. Also known as the Quench, this is a touch-only device with MotoBlur.

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz & Vivaz Pro - HD Video & UI

Mwc 2010 More from MWC 2010 in Barcelona: In depth with the Sony Ericsson Vivaz and Vivaz Pro. Symbian S60 plus Hi-Def 720p video recording.

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Sony Ericsson X10 mini and X10 mini Pro - Hands-On

Mwc 2010 Hands-on with SE's new Android phones: Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini Pro. Live from Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona.

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Mobile Developer TV: Swype is looking really, really good

Mobile Developer Tv At MobileFocus this evening, we popped by the Swype stand and had a look. We first saw the Swype founder Cliff Kushler demonstrate a really alpha version of the text input system back at CTIA in 2008 (See the end of this video). Fast...

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz - Hands-On

Mwc 2010 Live from MWC 2010 in Barcelona, we get a hands-on demo of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. A Symbian S60 device with HD video capture, Vivaz hits the market during the first half of 2010.

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Mobile Developer TV: Symbian's sensor framework used in Sony Ericsson

Mobile Developer Tv We were pleasantly surprised to see the Symbian sensor framework being used on the all new Sony Ericsson Vivaz. In this video, we should you how the Sony Ericsson team have integrated it into the background display to brilliant effect.

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Mobile Developer TV: Quick hands-on with the BlackBerry Storm2

Mobile Developer Tv A quick look at the BlackBerry Storm2 from Vodafone by Mobile Developer TV.

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Mobile Developer TV: Using the N900's linux terminal mode

Mobile Developer Tv A few people have asked me to check out the linux terminal mode on the Nokia N900. I've done that. Here's a very quick video demonstrating 'top' and 'ps' running on the device.

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Mobile Developer TV: Nokia N900 running Google Wave

Google I was wondering how the Nokia N900 Maemo device would cope with Google Wave... would it work? Have Google created a custom version, as they have for iPhone and Android? How would it perform?

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Mobile Developer TV: First impressions of the Nokia N900 part 2

Mobile Developer Tv Here's the second part of the first impressions video.

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Mobile Developer TV: First Impression of the Nokia N900 Maemo handset

Mobile Developer Tv I just got the device about 10 minutes ago... see what you think.

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Mobile Developer TV: Rafe Blandford's hands-on with the Nokia N900 Maemo

Maemo Os At Nokia World, I sat down and had a play with the Nokia N900 Maemo device. It is, of course, pre-release -- but that didn't stop the nice looking interface begin to impress. What I really wanted to know though, was what Mr All About...

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Mobile Developer TV: Hands-on with the Nokia N97 Mini and X6

Mobile Developer Tv Some say he can open doors just by looking at them -- and that he never, ever sweats. All I know is that he's called: Rafe Blandford. Rafe, founder of All About Symbian, knows a thing or two about Symbian. He's got so much knowledge and...

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