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New Year: Did you experience iMessage fail? Our reader in HK did!

By on January 5, 2012 in Devices, Operators

Have a read of this quick report from reader Jay in Hong Kong. One of his friends Dan posted this note on a social media group: It’s the first new year’s eve since the launch of iMessage. Will Apple’s servers hold up? Can they teach the MNOs a thing or two about scaling? History suggests [...]

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Hands up who’d buy an Apple HDTV?

By on January 4, 2012 in Devices

Noah over at Technobuffalo is, I think, going to be buying one of these rumoured beauties. Me too. I’ll have one for each room in the house. And I’m only sort-of-joking. Especially if they’re touch-enabled or if they will function as massive picture walls when they’re not being used. Jonathan Ive is rumored to have [...]

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Why you really need a scanned copy of your Passport on DropBox (or Evernote)

By on January 4, 2012 in Applications, Devices

Did you catch this story doing the rounds and picked up by The Telegraph today? A Canadian chap used his iPad as a passport to get into and out of the country: Martin Reisch said on Tuesday a slightly annoyed US border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented [...]

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XCom Global now offers unlimited MiFi usage for $14.95/day in 195 countries

By on January 4, 2012 in Devices, Operators, Services

I have to say I’m sorely tempted to try out XCom Global’s latest offering. They can now offer you unlimited data via MiFi (or USB stick) for a thoroughly reasonable $14.95 per day across a phenomenal 195 countries (up from 67 previously). There’s no charge for the equipment and delivery is (generally free if you [...]

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Noisehush NX80 stereo earphones — just the ticket for the regular commute

By on January 3, 2012 in Devices

I’m pretty particular about having a decent set of earphones around. I do certainly appreciate the super-expensive, super-quality ones, but there’s a time and a place for those. I’m particularly interested in good quality ‘normal’ earphones. Earphones for the morning rush-hour commute, for example, where you’re being pulled from pillar to post by the crowds. [...]

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Got any recommendations for an iPad bracket/holder/tripod?

By on January 3, 2012 in Devices

I had this in from a reader who needs a bit of help with iPad bracket/holders for filming. Do you have any suggestions? Here’s what he’s looking for: Ewan, Happy New Year to you. I hope you had a good one. Do you have of know of a bracket that will fix a small video [...]

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Apple’s shortly fixing that Photo Stream delete function in iOS 5.1

By on December 29, 2011 in Devices, Services

Earlier this month I was delighted to note that Apple is finally fixing the photo stream functionality in iOS 5. The introduction of version 5.1 will enable you to delete photos from the photo stream. As I commented in my initial post on the matter back in October, Photo stream was a total screw-up. A [...]

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Is being able to charge your phone at work a human right?

By on December 29, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

Yesterday I was reading in the Telegraph about the officers and civilian staff at Sussex Police who have recently been instructed not to charge their personal phones (and other related devices) at work. On the face of it, there’s a reasonable argument — over to the Telegraph post: The force must find £50 million worth [...]

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BlackBerry DevCon Europe: 50% ticket discount (and a free PlayBook!)

By on December 22, 2011 in Devices

Here’s a rather useful offer for readers wanting to witness the birth of RIM’s next generation OS, BlackBerry 10. Over to the team at BlackBerry Europe: The inaugural BlackBerry® DevCon Europe 2012 takes place on February 7th and 8th in Amsterdam, and we want you to be there. By attending, you’ll be among the first [...]

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You can only lease 16GB and 32GB iPhone 4S devices from o2

By on December 22, 2011 in Devices, Operators

Quite a few people have been asking about my experience leasing an iPhone from o2 the other day (here’s my post about my intent to do so). Alas I didn’t manage to do so. Here’s the overview: I sat down with Ronnie at the o2 store in Richmond-Upon-Thames on Tuesday afternoon. When I arrived into [...]

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Three UK’s Richmond store: “We’re selling 2 iPhones every hour”

By on December 21, 2011 in Devices

I popped into the Three UK store in Richmond this afternoon to upgrade (as per my previous post). What I forgot to say was that as I sat doing the order, someone behind me was waiting patiently to buy their iPhone. “Popular, eh?” I said to the chap serving me. He nodded before observing that [...]

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I’m going to lease an iPhone 4S from o2 this afternoon

By on December 20, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

Did you hear about o2′s new leasing programme for iPhones? It caught my attention because it’s almost something I’ve been banging on for quite a while. My favourite operator innovation concept is that I just pay a flat fee per month and receive whatever device I want. The idea being that I finally divorce myself [...]

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