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Blackberry: How my smartphone became a ‘dumbphone’

I remember when I had my first mobile phone, a bulky Nokia with no color or internet or any of the fancy features today’s smart phones have. This phone always worked, the battery lasted an incredible amount of time...
By Philip Breek on 10/31/11 Comments Off on Blackberry: How my smartphone became a ‘dumbphone’
Blackberry Break Ups

Blackberry Break Ups

In a fresh testament to how deep our affective relationships are with mobile phones, last week’s Blackberry out(r)age revealed users “breaking up” with their beloved Blackberrys on Twitter. Amongst all the (by now stale) joke tweets about the Blackberry...
By Natalie Dixon on 10/17/11 Comments Off on Blackberry Break Ups
Mobile Tweeting – recognising usage frequency, tendencies and social interaction differences

Mobile Tweeting – recognising usage frequency, tendencies and social interaction differences

The Question Academic research on Twitter has been rife since it hit off in 2006, with significant focus on two topics in particular- that of privacy and identity. Much that has been written by scholars of Twitter has generally...
By Christopher Mead on 10/05/11 Comments Off on Mobile Tweeting – recognising usage frequency, tendencies and social interaction differences