A while back I decided to try something new when the time came to get a new phone after having owned an iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. During 2010, I had picked up an iPad so changing to a new platform for my new mobile was not throwing away my relatively small investment in iOS …
Tag: iPhone
Dec 31 2010
Amazon: Lend a Friend an eBook
For those of you that use the Amazon Kindle platform or are in the market for a new eBook reader and have yet to make up your mind then this development may pique your interest. In a nutshell, one Amazon Kindle user can lend out a book to another Amazon Kindle user for a period …
Dec 26 2010
Panasonic 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theatre Sound System (SC-BTT755) Preview
Yesterday, I showed off the video unboxing the Panasonic 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theatre Sound System (SC-BTT755). Today, I am releasing the preview video to show you around the home theatre system with the main focus being on the head unit with a brief look at the six speakers (five surround speakers and one subwoofer) and …
Nov 26 2010
Free Scrabble Derivative for the Masses
Another quick blog for tonight. If you like scrabble but don’t feel like forking out for the paid app on your iOS device there is a similar version called “Words with Friends”. There is one difference compared to Scrabble (presumably to avoid litigation) which is the placement of the bonus tiles on the board (for …
Nov 10 2010
Phone Disk – Use Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch as a Portable Drive
Ever since the original iPhone came out, people have complained about Apple’s decision to prevent its use as a portable drive. Apple’s original iPods (excluding the iPod Touch) all supported the use of the device as an external drive which would show up in Windows or MacOS as another disk drive. There have been a …
Oct 07 2010
Workarounds for iPhone and Daylight Savings
After seeing some complaints from family and friends about woes with the iPhone and alarms going off an hour early after daylight savings began on the weekend. Until Apple pulls its finger out and releases a fix there are a couple of things you can do in the meantime. Use one off alarms (which sucks …
Oct 02 2010
Earphones: Pin Compatible May Not Mean Electrically Compatible
As you may know, I switched to the Samsung Galaxy S a few weeks ago (and it’s still going very well apart from a stumbling block with using The Missing Sync which I am following up with the vendor). As one might expect for a phone of this calibre, a pair of earphones with a …
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