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Tag Archives: iPhone

Tony Fadell: Father of the iPod

This is an interesting article from the BBC about what Tony Fadell, the person widely credited as the Father of the iPod is doing now – starting again with a great little intelligent thermostat that learns patterns of how you control the temperature. However whilst Nest is interesting, the article is more interesting for hisContinue Reading

Apples Newton MessagePad PDA at Twenty

  Apples Newton MessagePad PDA at Twenty | Techland | TIME.com. Before the iPhone, before the iPad, Apple had a first foray into the mobile device market, and it didn’t go all that well… Great article by Harry McCracken reviewing the original Apple Newton Message Pad. Whilst the product may be considered a failure, theContinue Reading

RIM is a ship heading for the rocks of a breakup

A great quote here from Guardian columnist Charles Arthur about where he thinks RIM, maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry is heading: Heres what I think: RIM is heading for the breakers yard, as surely as a ship that has reached the end of its life. Within the next 18 months or so, the company is goingContinue Reading

Garmin or TomTom

I guess I was an early adopter of satellite navigation. Over ten years ago I had a navigation package from TomTom (or Palmtop as they were then called) installed on my Psion 5mx and through a complicated series of cables hooked it up to a Garmin eTrex and powered the whole thing in the car.Continue Reading

Why is my iPhone Video Jittery?

After initially not having the best camera, Apple seem to have realised that people like to take pictures on their phones and with the latest versions introduced a really nice little camera with great optics. Certainly in a lot of situations I don’t bother with a ‘real’ camera and just use the phone. With theContinue Reading