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The next generation

Next week will all but certainly see the introduction of the fourth generation of Apple’s iPhone. There has been an uncharecteristic spate of leaks that have pointed us towards the upcoming new features of the new product, the main one … Continue reading

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Mo’ mobile

Unless you spend hardly any time online – in which case I’ll assume you won’t be reading this – then you’ll have heard that Apple will be announcing something at a special event tomorrow. The general excitement is based around … Continue reading

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It’s all in the detail

I updated my iPhone to the latest software version (v2.2) the other week. Others have been impressed by the Google Street View, directions for walking routes and public transport, location actions (share, add to contact and bookmark) and one button … Continue reading

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It’s about the interface

Yesterday saw the launch of the first phone based on Google’s Android platform – the HTC manufactured Dream G1 with T-Mobile as the carrier. Like the first version of the iPhone there have been some strange decisions: Carrier-locked, non-standard headphone … Continue reading

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iPhone software 2.0

The new functionality that is included in the version 2.0 software release fixes a couple of the few things that annoyed me with the iPhone. I installed it last night after people with too much time on their hands found … Continue reading

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To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

Is it really though? Those of you who know me well enough would probably be expecting me to rush out and buy the iPhone 3G as soon as I set foot back on British soil. There’s no denying that I’m … Continue reading

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Emergent development

When the University of California at Irvine built their campus, they just planted grass. Then they waited a year and paved over where people had made paths in the grass. I first heard this in an interview with Larry Wall … Continue reading

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Size matters

At least it does for web pages. “Try holding your breath for as long as it takes your home page to load. If you are now dead, it took too long.” – Art and the Zen of web sites A … Continue reading

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0 ≠ O

This has been an annoyance for a while now but I’ve finally snapped after seeing the iPhone posters in the window of the O2 shop on Princes Street. I was a little confused at the timing of the launch (6:02pm) … Continue reading

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Slobber!

In a word: Wow! The Steve unleashed Apples long-awaited iPhone this afternoon in his keynote at MWSF and it blew me away. So much so in fact that I’ve only just realised that there was no mention of OS X … Continue reading

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