Archive for Everton
Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.
UK Broadband Market Share Over 40%
In the latest statistics released by the National Statistics office 41% of connections were found to have an always on connection, as opposed to 22.4% 12 months earlier.
The split for UK Internet connections is shown below:
41% use an always on connection, e.g. broadband, leased line etc
32% have free access or a pay per minute dial-up [...]
Review: Nokia 6680 - The Ultimate Smartphone?
I personally splashed out on a 6630 in December after becoming frustrated with the UIQ interface on my P900. I was happy to forego being able to make video calls in return for the sophistication this phone offered.
Now Nokia are preparing for the launch of the 6680 which, surely will set the benchmark for [...]
Choosing a Broadband ISP: It’s Not Just About Speed
I just read an interesting post on the Aqute Research blog. The post highlighted that ISPs no longer bother to try and explain to new prospective users why they need broadband, they just take it for granted that users will buy broadband, like they buy bread or shoes, just because one does. Rafts of [...]
20Mar2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Gizmondo’s Prospects: A Serious Alternative To DS And PSP?
The Gizmondo combined media player, phone and gaming gadget went on sale in the UK yesterday. The device sports an impressive spec: - It can be used to play games, music tracks and movies, iIt can take and store digital photos and can send SMS, MMS and emails, GPS, GPRS and Bluetooth for multi-player [...]
20Mar2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Blogging Tips?
I'm now starting to generate some traffic but I know there's still room for improvement.
Post your traffic generating tips here for me and anyone else who is reading my blog.
Here are some good tips on Problogger from Peter in response to emails sent by me and some other newbie bloggers.
Samsung Unveils 3GB HDD Smartphone - Time To Ditch The iPod?
Device convergence went to a new level last week with Samsung announcing at CeBIT2005 the SGH-i300 hard disk-equipped smart phone with 3GB of storage capacity, big enough to store a decent amount of MP3s - time to ditch the iPod?
Running ‘Magneto’ - better known as Windows Mobile 2005 - the handset is being pitched primarily [...]
Broadband Genie: Phil Wilkinson is back!
Phil Wilkinson, internet entrepreneur, fresh from picking up his proceeds from the sale of Kelkoo to Yahoo (Phil setup Kelkoo UK) has re-entered the market with Broadband Genie.
Broadband genie compares products and prices for all the main broadband UK providers to help users make sense out of this confusing marketplace. All users have to do [...]
Next-Gen Console Games Will Cost Between $10-25m To Make
Interesting story on the Beeb stating that titles for Xbox2 and PS3 will cost up to $10-25m and 2 years to make i.e the same as a low-cost film production….the graphics had better be good then! I’m expecting a major leap in graphic quality on te next generation of consoles and I hope I’m [...]
17Mar2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
How Long Do People Read A Blog?
Problogger did an interesting piece on how long readers stay at a particular blog and I think the results were amazing. They found that on average a user spends 96 seconds at a blog.
May not seem like much but the average TV commercial is 15-30 seconds long so bloggers capture the attention of potential [...]
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