Tag Archives: Womad
EE picks Glastonbury when it could have had the world
EE picks Glastonbury when it could have had the world
Backs popular UK music festival instead of WOMAD
It seems that EE (which owns the Orange brand as well as T-Mobile) has decided to maintain its establish links with the Glastonbury UK music festival. Here at GoMo News we were kind of hoping EE might have defected to WOMAD (the UK version of the World music festival event) that is. EE is, of course, hoping to showcase the fact that it is the only UK network capable of providing the festival with 4G coverage via 4GEE. You have to wonder, however, how many mud soaked revellers will realise they can stream their Glastonbury experiences live to friends who couldn’t get tickets. Continue reading
Intuit Pay for Android is ideal for festival merchants
Rating: As long as merchants have the right sort of Android
As we’ve mentioned previously, going to music festivals means selecting the right sort of handset (see previous story here). Well, Intuit Pay appears to have thrown up another sort of obstacle. It seems you have to take exactly the right sort of Android handset, too. The company has just released the Android version of its ‘Pay’ app – the iOS version having come out back in March [2013]. Now this app is ideal for anyone selling products or services in the middle of a field. Because it is an easy and low cost way to accept credit and debit card payments. When GoMo News tried to download the app from Google Play, the system reported as incompatible with all of our handsets – even the latest Motorola RAZR HD. Continue reading
Posted in Samsung, android, mobile payments, retail
Tagged DavesinPlymouth.co.uk, David Waterfield, galaxy, intuit, Pay, RAZR HD, Womad
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Completely wrong advice given to festival goers
Rating: You don’t want a Nokia 105 – an N73 maybe
As experienced music festival goers, GoMo News could not help but comment on an article which has just appeared in the UK’s London Evening Standard here. One of the main recommendations made by writer, Jasmine Gardner, is to swap your smartphone for a low cost, SIM-free PAYG handset. And the Nokia 105 was singled out as a classic option because it only costs about £13 (as announced @ MWC 2013 Barcelona). Frankly this completely the wrong advice. For starters you don’t need a handset that lasts for 35 days without charge. Most festivals last a max of five days. No. Get yourself a secondhand smartphone – like the N73, perhaps. Continue reading
WOMAD Charlton Park
[ July 25, 2013 9:00 am to July 28, 2013 11:00 pm. ] Organisers: WOMAD
Venue: Charlton Park
Location: Malmesbury, UK
Web: www.womad.org
Tickets available from here.
Festival of WOrld Music Arts and Dance Continue reading
RIM provides kit to bloggers @ WOMAD UK festival
Rating: GoMo makes a guest appearance on Guardian site
Here’s an interesting piece of branding. The WOMAD (World Of Music And Dance) festival held over the last weekend [27th – 29th July 2012] had as its media partner, the UK national newspapers – the Guardian and the Observer [Sunday only]. Now the editors say they “are committed to an ‘Open’ form of journalism. So they invited readers to join in by contributing to its web site with their music reviews and festival observations. But it just so happens that the Guardian festivals are sponsored by BlackBerry. Notice how RIM at least acknowledges that the public only recognises its brand. Anyway, as a consequence RIM provided the full kit to enable bloggers to write directly from the event. Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, Mobile applications, Music, RIM, mobile developers
Tagged AppMajik, BlackBerry, festival, guardian, Music, Observer, RIM, Ruby on Rails, Womad
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Take care of your smartphone at the Olympics
Rating: Top Tips from mobile security specialist, McAfee
Today’s London Olympics 2012 themed story comes to you courtesy of McAfee. It says, “As the UK descends into a sporting frenzy this summer, it can be easy to become a little sloppy about keeping your mobile devices safe and secure.” Believe it or not, security specialist McAfee reckons that it has recently identified several mobile scams related to sports which encourage consumers to enter competitions by sharing their personal details. These can take the form of text messages, social network spam or emails offering fake tickets or lottery wins. Hence the company has come up with its Top Five tips on staying save with your mobile device. Continue reading
Digital music sectors hots up with moves from Amazon and Tesco
Rating: Apple’s iTunes dominance is under threat
It seems that Apple’s dominance of the digital music space via its iTunes Store may be weakening as other big instry players try to muscle in on its dominance. Recent news has confirmed that Amazon has just signed a deal with four major record companies in the USA for full licensing rights to their music. The idea is that if music lovers decide to store their own music in Amazon’s cloud based service they can listen to it anywhere. This is particularly appealing to smartphone and tablets users who probably hold the majority of their music collections on a desktop or laptop computer. The other major news last week was that Tesco has purchased a majority stake in We7, a British digital music service. (See our previous story on We7 here). Continue reading
Posted in App stores, Apple, Mobile Music, Music, google
Tagged amazon, Bern Leckie, Chill, google, Music, Peter Gabriel, Steve Purdham, tesco, We7, Womad
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How to personalise Mix Radio on your Nokia W7 Mango phone
Rating: GoMobile News finally gets this feature to work
Ever since GoMobile News bumped into an official ‘Nokia Trainer’ in Basingstoke for the Lumia W7 Mango range, we’ve been intrigued by its music facilities. He convinced us that there was a whole wealth of facilities buried deep inside the ‘Nokia Music’ hub which regular fans of W7 Mango never quite discover. We must have misunderstood because we could have sworn he claimed there was Nokia’s answer to the popular Shazam app built in, too. That would be the kind of app which listens and then identifies music tracks. We can find no such facility. However, we did manage to totally personalise the ‘Mix Radio’ feature – in the end. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, NTT DoCoMo, WP7
Tagged Lumia 800, mix radio, Music, nokia, Shazam, SoundHound, W7 Mango, Womad, World
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Retailer-in-a-field-at-a-music-festival payment system from mPowa
Rating: It’s British but it ain’t quite here yet
Talk about cryptic ways on announcing the launch of a new product. mPowa‘s Rye Starr just left up a comment against one of our stories. What she should have done is left the message against this story’Eventbrite takes on PayPal with At The Door reader‘. That news item covered two payment solutions aimed at the mobile retailer. One was PayPal Here (see our previous story) whilst the other was from Eventbrite. Both focus on iOS devices and have a distinctly US-orientated flavour. By contrast, Mpowa looks very British and claims to have a BlackBerry OS client, too. The one snag – well, mPowa isn’t actually available yet. Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, PayPal, iOS, mobile payments, retail
Tagged Electric Pedals, Evenbrite, Here, mPowa, paypal, Rye Starr, Square, Womad
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See Cool Britannia @ Nokia Music Connects, Mumbai
Rating: Nokia sponsors Indian entertainment industry event
This event sounds intriguing. An Indian and international music event aimed at the entertainment business and sponsored (primarily) by Nokia. Knows as Nokia Music Connects 2011, it will take place between 16th – 17th November 2011 at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai (India). The British contingent got hold of us and informed us they will be hosting a great session entiled, ‘Cool Britannia – Land of Hope and Glory and Great Indian Food’. [That's a reference to Chicken Tikka Masala]. Anyway, the event involves: – conferences; mentoring sessions; panel discussions; showcases; networking; product demonstrations; and live gigs! Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Mobile Music, india, nokia
Tagged Cool Britannia, Glastonbury, india, Indiantelevision.com, Jon Slade, Martin Elbourne, Mumbai, Music Connects, Natasha Hadda, nokia, Ruth Daniel, Stephen Budd, Tom Baker, Womad
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Location based app gets attracts major VC investment
Rating: Echoecho answers the Where R U? question
A location based app works that not only anywhere in the world but also works across multiple platforms (Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Nokia) – echoecho – has acquired $750,000 in seed funding from Google Ventures and the UK-based venture firm PROfounders Capital. The app aims to answer one of the most common text messages we send and receive – namely, “Where are you?” The company claims that with echoecho, in just two clicks you can ask anyone in your address book that question. And, as soon as your friend/colleague/relative accepts the request, you can both see each other on a graphical map. echoecho CEO, Nick Bicanic, commented, “We’ve all been in a situation when we’re near our friends, but can’t actually find them.” Bicanic believes his company solves that problem and provides a whole host of extra features. Continue reading
Posted in BlackBerry, Mobile applications, android, iOS, mobile location, nokia
Tagged android, BlackBerry, echoecho, Google Ventures, iphone, Nick Bicanic, nokia, PROfounders Capital, Wesley Chan, Womad
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Festivals apps are all the rave
Rating: What you really need is a tent finder
Everywhere you look, there seem to be apps appearing to coincide with all the major music festivals in the UK. A really obvious candidate is an iPhone app for the iTunes festival (which takes place from July 1st 2011 ). Naturally, that app is being heavily promoted on the iTunes App Store. Of course, Glastonbury had its fair share of apps, too. Orange launched the official Glastonbury 2011 app for iPhone and Android users, and even had a version for Nokia handsets (on Ovi) out before the festival started. There’s one big snag to all these festival apps – battery life. Music festivals usually last at least four days and most smartphones struggle to reach 24 hours. That’s probably why Orange decided to test the Sound Charge T-Shirt at Glastonbury. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Mobile applications, iphone, orange
Tagged Alice Moore, Bestival, Carling, Chris Blackmore, Creamfields, download, festival, Gizmag, Glastonbury, Hop Farm, Icausefx, iFest, Isle of Wight, Music, orange, Ovi, Oxegen, portable phone charger, Reading/Leeds, Sonisphere, Sound Charge, T in the Park, T-shirt, tent finder, Text Me Home Dome. The Inquirer, V Festival, Womad, yodel digital
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Nigeria shows how RingBack tones can prove popular
Rating: Callertunez otherwise known as ringtags, ringtagz, calling tones or calling tunes
Working In London, it’s easy to be Euro-centric so it made a pleasant change to chance upon a Nigerian web site operated by MTN. This site is offering its local customers what it describes as Callertunez – although it does also utilise the industry jargon term ‘RingBack Tones’. The MTN site is both vibrant and enticing and a far flung prospect from sites in Europe which attempt to market Ringback tones to European consumers. It also illustrates the point which GoMo News has been labouring – namely that European providers are overpricing their RingBack offerings. A Nigerian RingBack tone costs about 46 pence compared to £1.50 in the UK Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Ringback tone
Tagged Callertunez, calling tones, calling tunes, MTN, nigeria, orange, ringback tone, ringtags, ringtagz, Womad
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