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My convoluted equipment swap with 3UK is almost complete

By Ewan on January 16, 2012 in Devices

If you’ve been following my interactions with 3UK, you’ll know that in order to get an iPhone 4S, I had to take out a new contract with them, rather than upgrade the existing iPhone 4 agreement that still has about 8 months left until it expires. This is all well and good. It’s just a [...]

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A competing Apple press event during MWC week would annoy a lot of people

By Ewan on January 16, 2012 in Devices, Operators, Opinion

Have a read of this text from The Telegraph — Matt has picked up the various iPhone 5 rumours flying around. The Mobile World Congress mention caught my attention: When users will find out for certain is also subject to debate; a March launch has been suggested for the iPhone by a number of blogs, [...]

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Siri controlling your home environment — I love it!

By Ewan on January 13, 2012 in Devices, Services

Here’s an example of Apple’s Siri being used to totally control a home environment — from heating to lighting to home entertainment. Have a watch of the video: Simply fantastic. We are really not that far away from being able to do the equivalent of Star Trek’s “COMPUTER: LIGHTS” commands. This real working example (covered [...]

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The merry-go-round continues: We’ll all buy buying an iPad 3, right?

By Ewan on January 11, 2012 in Devices, Opinion

With fresh “IT’S COMING IT’S COMING [PROBABLY, SOME GUY SAID]” rumours flooding the internet about iPad 3, I sat back for a few moments to think: Do I want an iPad 3? The interesting reality? Yes. In fact — and I make no apologies for this — I don’t really care. I’ll have it. Next. [...]

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Must every hardware firm make it’s own iCloud clone?

By Ewan on January 9, 2012 in Devices

Yes. It’s the new rule, it seems… It is the dawning of the age of cloudquarius. Acer, in addition to a set of ultrabooks, just announced something it’s calling AcerCloud. This service, like iCloud, brings all of your content onto all of your devices, allowing you to “create, acquire and consume on different devices.” via [...]

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

By Ewan 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 Ewan 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 Ewan 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 Ewan 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 Ewan 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 Ewan 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 Ewan 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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