Some smart fellow has been quietly working on porting the Google Android OS to the iPhone and has caused a lot of excitement after his announcement today. It is still early days and Android is only running on the original iPhone at present but “planetbeing” has stated that it should be simple to port forward …
Apr 21 2010
iTunes for Windows – Good, Bad or Ugly?
Not too long ago, Steve Jobs made a general comment regarding platforms in defence of the changes to the iPhone SDK agreement, specifically: We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and hinders the progress of the platform. Somehow, the extrapolation has been made that Steve …
Apr 19 2010
SuperGeek Arsenal – External Hard Drive Dock
Any geek worth their weight in silicon will be prepared for almost any type technical problem or situation. One such device I reckon should be in a geek’s technical support arsenal is an external hard drive dock. A hard drive dock is important when you might have a computer that is refusing to boot up …
Apr 18 2010
Steam vs Retail – Which is Best?
Today I was having an online chat with a gaming friend through Steam as to which game they might buy next (which turned out to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) and where they could get the best bang for their buck. Obviously, Steam was one option on the table but the other considerations …
Apr 17 2010
LCD Screens – Check the Dead Pixel Policy
Liquid Crystal Display (or LCD) technology has been with us for quite a while and most of us would have a device that would incorporate an LCD component (be it laptops, televisions, mobile phones or touchscreen devices amongst other things). As with any technology, defects can come about as a result of imperfections in the …
Apr 16 2010
Light Peak – Beyond USB 3.0
USB 3.0 has barely made an appearance in desktop computers (personally, I am yet to see a USB 3.0 port though) and Intel is already looking at a superseding technology. Just to put things in perspective: USB 1.0 is capable of 1.5Mbps (Low-Bandwidth) and 12Mbps (Full-Bandwidth), USB 2.0 added a new higher maximum speed of …
Apr 15 2010
Flash – Absolute Necessity or General Nuisance?
If there is one thing that the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad have perpetuated in terms of arguments it is the necessity of Adobe Flash on a platform. Sure, Apple will have you believe that Flash is a resource hog (which may be true in certain implementations) but does it still hold any value? One …
Apr 14 2010
IPTV – The Future of Multicast Content Delivery
At home in our living room, we have our LCD TV hooked up to the Foxtel IQ2 (which is a fantastic device by the way) but there are times when we both want to watch something at the same time and time shifting is simply not an option. One such case tonight was when I …
Apr 13 2010
Opera Mini for iPhone & iPod Touch – Approved
As promised in an earlier blog post, I said I would give a review of the Opera Mini browser for iPhone and iPod Touch if and when it became available. I am still planning on doing that after I have given it a thorough shakedown but the good news is that Apple seems to be …
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