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We’re going to Beijing this summer

Started by Ewan · 11 months ago

Ben Smith, SMS Text News contributor and Podcast Master, is heading off to Beijing this summer for the Olympics.

He’s spending 10 days with the UK Paralympic team. And when he’s not looking after our genius basketballers (amongst others), he is hunting for things to review and test — think: navigation, city guides, language [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • MarkW

    11 months ago

    I think Ben should try to get a portable mobile network into China... I'm sure they're far more relaxed about that sort of thing than the Maldivians.....................
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  • South77

    11 months ago

    LOL, yeah, ask him to test one of those portable mobile networks.
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  • Ben Smith

    11 months ago

    Don't give him ideas... :-)
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  • DanLane

    11 months ago

    The Lonely Planet Audio Phrasebook apps for the iPhone (available from the app store) look quite good... the Mandarin one is the only one that's free and, although I don't speak a word of mandarin it seems to be up to the job of basic conversation... I'd be interested to know how useful these actually are in the real world though.
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  • Jonathan Jensen

    11 months ago

    I'll be interested how the mobile web performs behind the Great Wall of China!
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  • Ben Smith

    11 months ago

    Jonathen - interesting... I hope to be able to try (1) roaming data, (2) local MNO data, (3) official Olympic venue WiFi and (4) local (and hopefully non-tourist) WiFi to see the differences...
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