DISQUS

Mobile Industry Review: MIR Show Week 42 featuring the iMovio iKit

  • jamesbody · 1 year ago
    Hmmmm - audio in STEREO - Ben in my RIGHT ear, Dan in my LEFT ear.......
  • Ewan · 1 year ago
    Nothing but the best!

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  • Ben Smith · 1 year ago
    I am talking to your left brain though.
  • Kip Hakes · 1 year ago
    Cool show boys... :) Old flame perchance Ben? ;)

    K
  • Ben Smith · 1 year 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? :-)
  • Ewan · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago
    Yes everyone - I know girls. Well... one or two.

    Well, just one.

    :-)
  • Ricky Chotai · 1 year 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?
  • Ben Smith · 1 year 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.
  • Ricky Chotai · 1 year ago
    oooh 99pounds
  • edgar1013 · 1 year ago
    the ikit is definetely not for me.
    the idea of tech evolution is to carry less devices around than more.
  • Ricky Chotai · 1 year 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.
  • Mike42 · 1 year 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 ;-)
  • Mark Thomas · 1 year 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
  • James Whatley · 1 year ago
    "Scrummaging around a field" ??!!?
  • DanLane · 1 year ago
    it's what you do! :P
  • Ben Smith · 1 year ago
    Glasto.
  • Kip Hakes · 1 year ago
    Is 'scrummaging' a word??
  • Ben Smith · 1 year ago
    Yes - Rugby parlance. Verb: To participate in a scrum. (probably)
  • DanLane · 1 year ago
    Not the best show we've ever done... normal service will resume next week :)
  • PatrickatJPR · 1 year ago
    Dan, don't be so hard on yourself!
  • DanLane · 1 year ago
    We had some great content but a lot of the padding and Digital Winter stuff was lost due to technical issues!
  • babernath · 1 year 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...
  • Ben Smith · 1 year 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...
  • edgar1013 · 1 year 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.
  • edgar1013 · 1 year ago
    i just saw the ikit on boygeniusreport for a mere 175 usd.
  • ollysk2 · 1 year 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!
  • DanLane · 1 year 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! :)
  • James Whatley · 1 year ago
    Y'know, someone might think it was because one of the team was missing..

    ..but I doubt that's the reason.