Mobile Industry Review goes subscription only: other sources for mobile news
Our favourite source for mobile news, Mobile Industry Review, is due to become subscription only on 27th March. This is great news for them, but for everyone in the mobile industry who relied on them for news and reviews, it’s time to branch out and find some new sources. Here’s some of our favourites.
Bloggers provide a more personal insight into the industry which can be invaluable, and often, a lot more interesting than the news sites! We follow Jonathan Jensen, James Whatley, and Ben Smith, all of whom have written for MIR and are well worth a read. MJelly also presented a column on MIR and continues to provide news about the latest mobile services entering the market.
Carnival of the Mobilists is an incredibly interesting news source. Each week it is hosted by a different mobile blogger and aims to digest the weekly news and pick out the best stories. It travels all over the place but you can always keep track of it on the carnival homepage!
We’ve recently subscribed to The Fone Cast after MIR posted a link and we’ve found it to be an invaluable resource, providing a podcast full of all the mobile news worth hearing about as well as a quality news blog. MocoNews is another fantastic source for industry headlines. For mobile reviews, we keep an eye on Mobile Phones UK and Top Mobile Phone Reviews.
If you’re interested in a particular brand of phone or network, chances are there’s a blog to suit you. We watch All About iPhone and The Nokia Blog, for example, as well as TMoNews for all the T-Mobile news.
Finally, something exciting and shrouded in mystery. Rumour has it that The Really Mobile Project (Now on Twitter!) is going to be the next project from some of the old MIR people. At the time of writing, very little is known about exactly what it’s going to be, but it’s sure to be well worth a look if you’ve got an interest in mobile.
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Have we missed any? Let us know your favourites!
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