Skype. I’ve finally got an iPad 2 at home, and realised how nice Skype is to talk to family.
Oh, and Google Maps seems to get used an inordinate amount.

An iPhone 4, an HTC Sensation, a Galaxy S 2. My wife still gets annoyed when I change phone, as she has to start Angry Birds from the beginning again each time.

I find the highly-funded US startups really interesting – how the likes of Path and Color launched with such fanfare and are now mid-pivot.

I recently discovered the agency UsTwo, and were impressed and bemused by some of the stuff that they’re coming out with. I’m constantly amazed at how much beautiful UI is now expected by the average mobile consumer.

Full time on Touchnote – reinventing how tech can help you to be a much better friend. First step – postcards from your mobile.

- mCommerce (finally really coming of age)

- the continued trend around photography – that Annie Leibovitz now recommends the iPhone as best camera today suggests that this is only going to increase

- holding real stuff – Disney’s AppMATes is an early and pretty impressive example of this, and this trend will only continue

- phone paraphernalia – I find it amazing that consumers are all very worried about spending $1 or $2 on an app, but are happy to drop £100-£200 on a pair of Beats headphones (or £20 on an one of the Disney AppMATes cars for their kids). And of course £35 on an iPad case.

- Mark Curtis has taught me a lot about mobile, as has Chris Wade – both seasoned (what a nice way to put it) and wise about the industry

- Harald Neidhardt at Smaato – all round, one of the nicest people in mobile.

- Ewan MacLeod – a Brit blogger who rants wisely about a host of (mobile) stuff

- And on a global level, Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Amazon has really shown that consumers are willing and able to buy a huge amount of stuff from their devices – whether from the Amazon shop or from the Android store. And the Kindle really seems to be nailing it.

Err, that’s 5.

I was working for Florin Bolchis at Kaiser Associates, a strategy consulting company. I was there for a couple of years, and learnt a lot – especially how big companies think.

Ricardo Frohmader – I worked with him in Guatemala for about 2 years, and he taught me a huge amount about how to interact with people and get the most from them. Inspirational, I still think of him as a mentor even today.

Ed Hodges – he kicked off much of my mobile thinking, and is doing some awesome things in mobile banking.