Archive for September, 2007

Unlocked iPhones start trickling into the Middle East

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Now that the iPhone has been cracked, people around the world want to get their hands on an unlocked iPhone. In the past few days, the software to unlock the iPhone to make it work with any GSM SIM cards has moved from being priced at $100 dollars to being free, and also has been [...]

Samsung on a “crusade” to kill the iPhone

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Behold the Samsung Croix (Croix is French for cross).

It almost looks like an iPhone. It has a touch screen. It has a nifty (Flash based?) interface that already has won the iF Design Award. The camera is a 3 MP (or even 5 MP). It has a MicroSD expansion slot. It is 3G and it [...]

Where is the boss? It’s ‘The Office’ with a Jordanian twist!

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

This is hilarious stuff..

‘Where is the Boss‘, another ATV show, switches the bosses of a travel agency and a software company. Oh my god!

‘Hearts of Light’, a man without identity and more ATV programs now on Ikbis

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

The more content I see from ATV, the more furious I become that this media project has been stifled. It is now certain that ATV launch will be delayed till beyond Ramadan. The channel had a full Ramadan schedule prepared including some specially commissioned productions (for more info about this, read this month’s JO cover [...]

Jordan and the power of blogs: Nailing a negligent hospital today.. What’s next tomorrow?

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Those whose only reaction in life is cynicism and negativism can scoff all they want at blogs and the power of electronic media.

But one thing is certain: blogging and other forms of electronic, people powered media can change something. The change will not happen over night. But when you have people who are emboldened to [...]

Win Nokia Nseries devices with Ikbis in Ramadan

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Ikbis, Arabia’s first and biggest video and photo sharing site, will be running a competition in the month of Ramadan with some really cool prizes: a good number of Nokia Nseries devices.

So get those camera’s rolling and capture the best of the Ramadan spirit..

Details to follow soon

Sindibad: a blog for a new Arab business renaissaince

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

From the Manifesto of Sindibad: The first Arab business and entrepreneurship blog:

“Arabs have been known throughout history as good traders. Nothing expresses that better than the story of Sindibad, the Arab trader from Baghdad, who braved the seas in his trading adventures that reached far beyond Arabia.

If ‘risk taking’ is an admired business trait today [...]