Rafe Blandford
Rafe Blandford founded All About Symbian in 2001, creating what became one of the most comprehensive independent sources of mobile technology journalism. Over more than two decades he built a family of publications — All About Symbian, All About Windows Phone, and All About Mobile — that collectively published over 24,000 articles covering the mobile industry from the earliest smartphones through to the modern era.
Rafe is widely recognised as one of the leading experts on Nokia’s smart device activities and strategy. His writing spans device reviews, industry analysis, developer coverage, and in-depth technical features, with close to 5,000 bylined articles across the All About sites. He has attended and reported from major industry events including Mobile World Congress, Nokia World, and Microsoft Build.
Alongside his editorial work, Rafe co-hosted the 361 Podcast with Ewan MacLeod and Ben Smith, a long-running show exploring the intersection of mobile technology, culture, and society.
From 2014, Rafe brought the founder mindset and people-centric approach he had developed at All About into senior technology and product leadership roles. As Chief Technology & Product Officer at Digitas (Publicis Groupe), he led teams building martech platforms and digital products — applying the same curiosity about how people use technology that had driven his editorial work, now at the intersection of product innovation, technology strategy, and customer experience.
In 2026, Rafe led the project to archive and preserve the All About sites as a digital heritage resource, ensuring that two decades of mobile technology history remains accessible.
More at rafeblandford.com.
Published work
| All About Symbian | ~3,050 articles | News, reviews, features, podcasts |
| All About Windows Phone | ~1,900 articles | News, reviews, features, podcasts |
| All About Mobile | Cross-platform | News, features |
| 361 Podcast | Co-host | 361podcast.com |
Selected articles
- Understanding Nokia's smartphone strategy decision — analysis of the defining moment for Nokia and Symbian
- PureView shootout: Nokia 808 vs Nokia Lumia 920 — head-to-head of Nokia's imaging flagships
- Nokia 808 PureView hands-on and sample images — first look at the 41MP camera phone
- The future of the Symbian platform — long-form analysis of where Symbian was heading
- Nokia N95 review: The Music (90%) — deep-dive into the iconic N95
- 2011 — Year in Review — the pivotal year for Nokia and the smartphone industry
- Nokia doubles down on Windows Phone — tracking Nokia's platform strategy shift
- Samsung Omnia HD Preview (i8910) — in-depth multi-part preview from MWC
- Nokia N-Gage Classic Games Archive — comprehensive directory of all 112 N-Gage titles, compiled from 10+ sources