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MIR Show Week 42 featuring the iMovio iKit

Started by Ewan · 8 months ago

Here, then, is the exclusive look at the all new iMovio iKit device. It’s intended as a mobile companion device to work alongside your average RAZR or Nokia S40 handset. The target market is very much teenagers and youth who aren’t in the market for an expensive smartph ... Continue reading »

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  • jamesbody

    8 months ago

    Hmmmm - audio in STEREO - Ben in my RIGHT ear, Dan in my LEFT ear.......
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  • Ewan

    8 months ago

    Nothing but the best!

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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    I am talking to your left brain though.
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  • Kip Hakes

    8 months ago

    Cool show boys... :) Old flame perchance Ben? ;)

    K
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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    Ex colleague... She ran the University's radio and telly station when I was head of the charity fundraising organisation, soon meeting her I was suddenly overwhelmed by a sense she'd know I don't really know what I'm doing.

    No romantic connections at all Kip.

    Ewan: That absolutely needed to be in did it? :-)
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  • Ewan

    8 months ago

    I thought it helped develop your public image Ben...

    And I was looking for something nice to put in the outtakes that wasn't Dan
    vomiting* over the guy from Motorola or James slapping* that guy from Nokia.




    * Both not actually accurate in any way


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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    Yes everyone - I know girls. Well... one or two.

    Well, just one.

    :-)
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  • Ricky Chotai

    8 months ago

    Firstly the price of the iKit device??? I would love to get my hands on one of these looks awesome!!
    Ben were you part of RAG?
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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    We beat Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-i...

    ~£99 for the device, but probably free with a phone contract.

    Yes I was Loughborough Rag chair for '99-'00. The most enjoyable job I've ever had.
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  • Ricky Chotai

    8 months ago

    oooh 99pounds
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  • edgar1013

    8 months ago

    the ikit is definetely not for me.
    the idea of tech evolution is to carry less devices around than more.
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  • Ricky Chotai

    8 months ago

    I do agree but if i browse on my n95 for hours, I will kill the battery and I can't ring or sms anyone. I am very very tempted by this. I think it is awesome. I can be in Uni and just want to check my email or FB very quickly. Awesome.
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  • Mike42

    8 months ago

    er....the evolution of mobile devices argues the other way. We are carrying more stuff than ever - MP3 Players, digicams, GPS devices, laptops, netbooks, games consoles etc. If people wanted converged devices, then these other devices wouldn't exist - but they do, in an ever-increasing plethora of niche.

    Why should evolution mean convergence? I'd argue evolution deliberately diverges. If evolution meant convergence we'd only have a few animals, not the millions of species we have now.

    In a battery-powered world, having one device is a single point of failure - and as Ewan discovered to his loss this weekend in Paris, putting all your e-ggs in one basket just leads to tears ;-)
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  • Mark Thomas

    8 months ago

    I like the idea of the iKit - not sure I would get one myself though but I can see a good market for it.

    And good show guys.

    Mark
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  • James Whatley

    8 months ago

    "Scrummaging around a field" ??!!?
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  • DanLane

    8 months ago

    it's what you do! :P
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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    Glasto.
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  • Kip Hakes

    8 months ago

    Is 'scrummaging' a word??
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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    Yes - Rugby parlance. Verb: To participate in a scrum. (probably)
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  • DanLane

    8 months ago

    Not the best show we've ever done... normal service will resume next week :)
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  • PatrickatJPR

    8 months ago

    Dan, don't be so hard on yourself!
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  • DanLane

    8 months ago

    We had some great content but a lot of the padding and Digital Winter stuff was lost due to technical issues!
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  • babernath

    8 months ago

    liked the iMovio. I wouldn't buy it personally but I wish them well. I would like to see a bigger screen, possibly a touchscreen that uses the entire space. Was it easy to close and open - with one hand?

    PowerGorilla should win something for the name alone.

    Best weekly show on the Web. Til next week...
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  • Ben Smith

    8 months ago

    Thanks Mate.


    See what happens when you start giving prizes to commenters...? ;-)

    Seriously guys - bit of a dry one this week. Soz ''bout that. Enjoy the variety if not the presentation...
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  • edgar1013

    8 months ago

    Dr. Jack's hair is awesome! reminds me of Al Pacino, that alone made the show!
    getting back to the ikit. i guess it would be cool to have it by your bed side and jump on the web anytime for a quick search. depending on the price point i would consider it. but then again, nothing a N810 can't do.
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  • edgar1013

    8 months ago

    i just saw the ikit on boygeniusreport for a mere 175 usd.
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  • ollysk2

    8 months ago

    Very good show guys -- judging from the comments, the iMovio caught the most attention (and it is a fascinating device, especially for the market it's aimed at), but am I the only one that was riveted by the power segment? I LOVED all the solar powered schwag, I can see the big one (Sun Gorilla?) being in the back window of my vehicle charging any number of things.

    Great stuff!
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  • DanLane

    8 months ago

    Cheers Olly, we aren't hugely happy with this episode as we had some great content but technical issues meant we couldn't bring you some of the better footage.

    I guarantee that next week's show will be an absolute corker though! :)
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  • James Whatley

    8 months ago

    Y'know, someone might think it was because one of the team was missing..

    ..but I doubt that's the reason.
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