Ben's Talk3G Blog

I could've sworn blind that by now almost every laptop rolling off of the production lines would have a SIM slot as standard. Like WiFi, 3G connectivity would become the norm, and new tariff structures from mobile operators would have made connectivity accessible to all.

That hasn't happened. Is it because people don't want or need a continuous Internet connection when they're mobile? No, I don't think that's true - if 3G were ubiquitous then we'd all just connect and make the most ...

Something remarkable is happening.

In the face of overwhelming competition from Google's Android and RIM's Blackberry high-end smartphones Apple's iPhone 4 should not be a runaway success. But, with over 600,000 pre-orders filled on the first day, it already is.

This is not a bad thing.

For Apple's iPhone, the mobile phone that took an extremely tired and uncompetitive industry and turned it on its head, to fall slowly into obscurity so soon would be ...