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QOTD: Where did you buy your current smartphone?
Submitted by jive on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 03:00
Simple question today. Who did you buy your current smartphone from? I bit the bullet and got my iPhone in an upgrade which is unusual because I tend to buy smartphones unlocked out of contract. Also, what did you buy?
I may have been wrong about BlackBerry
Submitted by jive on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:59
Over the past few weeks, while so many other sites have been forecasting the potential doom of RIM, I have been defending the company and its products. I may have been wrong.
I have thought about this for some time now and come to the conclusion that the basis on which RIM made its fortune is under serious threat and that the competition is beating it without having to innovate much. We all know that the vast majority of BlackBerry users are given the phones by their employers. We all know that for many of these employees the phone can feel like a mobile noose that will not let go due to company expectations. And we all know that the BlackBerry app market is less than exciting even to the least demanding of users.
QOTD: Wi-Fi?
Submitted by jive on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:59
How much of your smartphone use is enabled by Wi-Fi? I thought about this the other day and realised that I use Wi-Fi all day at work and Wi-Fi the rest of the time at home. I am looking at over 90% unless I am away from home.
The evolution of EverNote: a lot can happen in 5 years
Submitted by jive on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:59
EverNote has become the staple note taking service for millions of people around the world and has, unlike many services, continually evolved to keep up with the huge changes we have seen in the smartphone world. Originally it was set up as a desktop application that would store everything you needed in one place with plans laid down to enable syncing to a smartphone. Some of the syncing plans did not come off as expected, but I was lucky enough to get a version running on Palm OS and it was fantastic at the time. Sadly it didn’t see the light of day in wider circles, but the company has managed to grow from strength to strength ever since.
I originally reviewed EverNote Plus in October 2005 and here is what I thought about the first EverNote product-
Quaint little coffee shop
Submitted by jive on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:58
The smartphone truly has arrived. According to the big technology sites and even the mainstream news the smartphone is the new mobile phone, but we tend to ignore such hyperbole because there is a new big thing every week. While on holiday last week I decided to take my family for lunch and we ended up in a quaint coffee shop that served sandwiches, tea and post food to older people of a certain class. People who wear ties every day even in the middle of summer.
We ordered our food and once I had gotten over the price I started to observe my fellow diners and something remarkable happened.
The couple on the table next to us were using an HTC Hero and a Samsung Galaxy S. They were both about 50 years old and did not look, for one moment, like the smartphone brigade we tend to think of. I thought I was imagining it, but a second look proved that it was true.
On the table next to them were a couple with two young children, presumably grandchildren, and here I saw an HTC Touch Pro and an HTC Desire. continue reading »»»
