This is by no means a groundbreaking tip in my eyes, but having shown it to a few people, they suggested I should immortalise it by posting it for others to benefit from. If you regularly travel or attend events, you probably pull your phone out of your pocket every few minutes. You also most [...]
Browsing the Mobile Web: Anyone Out There?
Earlier this week, I published a post on the Taptu blog looking at the challenges of creating and selling mobile applications outside of the iPhone bubble, in particular at how developer Jan Ole Suhr released a Twitter client for S60, causing a stir around the pricing. You know me, I love nothing more than a [...]
iPhone 2.0: Does it really matter?
So it’s happened. Saint Jobs announced the Second Coming of his child, the Holy iPhone. Like Ben, I sat in front of my MacBook watching MacRumors, TUAW and Cali Lewis liveblog and report on the Keynote. Unlike Brian, I wasn’t mad (or privileged) enough to attend the Keynote at the Moscone Center, in SF. Keynotes [...]
RAC Traffic report: More technology isn’t always better
I love tech. I truly do. In fact, I’ve got a severe condition called “gadgetitis”, which becomes particularly acute around tech expos and Christmas time where all sorts of new techy goodies are released. And I love beta versions, even though they’re flakier than Paris Hilton. I love sneak previews, even if the app turns [...]
Geek update of the week
Sorry if posting’s been a bit on the lean side recently, I’ve been, shall we say, rather busy. So here’s the past two weeks in summary… We got kittens, we got kittens, we got kittens! I’ve been spending nearly every evening entertaining them myself while teasing them with a silly stick with a green feather [...]
So I thought I’d talked myself out of getting an iPhone
When the iPhone came out in the US, I was drooling at the thought of getting one myself. When the UK contract deals were announced, and I started hearing about the difficulties people were having as far as upgrading to 1.1.1 while keeping their hacks, I got cold feet. I convinced myself that while I’m [...]
I love the internet…
For making conversations like this possible. Steve Jobs writes an open letter to all iPhone owners today, offering them all $100 gift certificate in return for their loyal, early adoption. Within hours, Robert Scoble has responded with his own open letter of what he’d like instead of $100.
Tomorrow, the iPhone will change the world
On the eve of the launch of the iPhone in the US, I thought I’d finally come out clean with my views on it. [Yes, I know you're all sick to death of hearing about the iPhone, but bear with me; I've been quiet about it since the day it was announced, and even today, [...]
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