Comments on: Mobile Industry Review: The End of an Era

By: Ms. Jen

Ms. Jen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:50:42 +0000

James,

I am very sad to read this, as you and Ben are a perfect foil for each other in the videos. You both will be forced (by me) to keep the videos going in another online space.

smiles, jen ;o)

By: exp?nere » The MIR Fallout

exp?nere » The MIR Fallout — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:28:07 +0000

[...] news from Whatleydude on his blog intimates that he is moving on and this changes the questioning substantially for [...]

By: Farhan Rehman

Farhan Rehman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:49:35 +0000

Hey, I’m sorry to hear that..
I guess in these economic times, it is about delivering real value, to people, with the budgets to pay for it..
It’s a shame it had to end, but clearly, monetisation is always important to make any venture truly sustainable.

By: CT Moore

CT Moore — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:18:47 +0000

Alas, content is king, but money talks…

By: rune sovndahl

rune sovndahl — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:52:50 +0000

There is still MoMo and a few other things but yes the rss feed will be moved thanks for the info whatley.

By: JP Campbell

JP Campbell — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:08:43 +0000

Informative, good, fun. It will be missed.

By: James Body

James Body — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:15:21 +0000

A major part of the attractiveness of MIR (late SMS Text News) was the way in which it connected wth real people in a very real world manner.

I cannot see how that bond can continue in ‘Corporate Mode’.

Still – Ewan has been known to pull off the most outrageous of manoevres – so it will be interesting to see what transpires……

By: Steve Rowlands

Steve Rowlands — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:57:19 +0000

A tear of joy is brought to my eye in reminiscing on the great-ness that was the MIR Show.

A tear of sadness due to the fact that it is no more.

I sincerely hope you guys team up once again in the future somehow.

By: Micky

Micky — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:25:47 +0000

It certainly is, an end of an era. Its bitter sweet news.

I really have enjoyed following MIR since the SMS Text News days. I wish you all the very best in the future, and remember what i said guys, “Don’t become strangers”.

Micky

By: Mike Stead

Mike Stead — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:56:56 +0000

A real pity that the collective industry (of which I’m a part, so take some small responsibility for) couldn’t fund this via advertising / sponsorship.

I guess when you are by and large preaching to the converted, there’s not much benefit in it for MNO/handset PR budgets. And with so many bloggers out there doing it for free, the free vs. paid / regurgitated PR vs. MIR-style analysis fight will always come down on the side of the free.

Real pity. But I know I’ve got 4 good friends out of it.