With the tumultuous financial markets that seem to have taken over the news recently, come a whole cavalcade of implications – some large, some small. For a lot of people, it brings a time to re-look at their expenditure, because as the prospect of getting a wage rise decreases, the need to look at costs…
Do you fancy some ‘Mobile HD’?
I bet you probably do, right? Anyone who has seen the improvements that Blu-Ray offers over DVD, might also be wondering whether, in an analogous sense, the transition from current content offered by 3G networks, to something altogether better quality, could occur anytime soon? Not through the 3G networks, I would argue – right now,…
Turning Mobiles ON before getting off the Plane…
Hoorah, it’s time for ‘Ben’s pet peeves’ number #147….. How many of you have been on a flight where the cabin crew make you aware that you are not to turn on devices until you leave the plane? And how many of you have also seen people turning on devices the second the plane touches…
Should kids be getting Mobiles for Christmas?
So here is a nice controversial one – do you think kids should be allowed Mobiles? I bring this up in the context of the upcoming Santa-related day, and the likelihood that many, many “kids” (come to that definition in a minute) will be getting Mobile devices amongst their presents. Now, I would define a…
Christmas time is looming: what mobile tech is in your stocking?
Yes, it’s under 2 months to Christmas, and already the palms of various high street and online retailers are beginning to rub together in nervous anticipation of your heard-earned cash ending up in their tills! But what Mobile tech are you planning on purchasing? Could it be something by Microsoft, by Apple, by Nokia, or…
Multi-platform Calendar sync (inc. Cloud!)
Following on from my numerous investigations, I think I may have a solution that would allow you to Sync a Mac, PC, and iPhone, all with the same calendar – and wait for it – bi-directionally! Now, you might be thinking … um …. but isn’t that what MobileMe does? Well in theory yes, but…
Which is the best mobile email client – device and/or app?
I’ve had the (dis)pleasure of testing many, many email clients, on many, many devices, over the last 5 or so years. Even since those days when the first, immature, clients appeared, right up to the present, I do feel like I’ve yet to see one that works consistently, seamlessly, and, flawlessly i.e. is perfect! Now…
Rocketship Apple: the story so far…
In a home network, far, far, away….. This is just a brief post to recap where on the space map we are with Rocketship Apple, and it’s journey to Planet Apple (for a sample of what on earth I am talking about, please click here, here, and here) So, the component list to deploy in…
Security: are you comfortable sharing your information with ‘the cloud’?
There is a growing trend, which you might have noticed (would be hard not to!), for companies to offer ‘cloud computing’ services – Google have been there for a while, Apple recently relaunched theirs, and Microsoft have now put their play out there too. And that is just the big three, as opposed to the…
IT & Mobile Bods: what is the hardest you have ever worked?
So recently I have been spending inordinate amounts of time working – we are talking a wake-up of 0600hrs, and a finish, the following day (!), at (on average) 0130 hrs. Some of this time I have been spending working on specifically Mobile-related tasks, but all the time in general I have been spending within…