Do you have a Mobile you play videos on, but need a bigger screen? Got a Laptop and want something a bit less unwieldy? Then you need a PMP (portable media player) – and boy have I got an offer for you! eXpansys have come up with the goods (again), with the Archos 705 –…
Dev Moto? Get Android!
So you do some dev for Moto devices? And you like Android? Then I got some good info for ya! Moto have been kind enough to let me know that there are three ways you can go Android with them: You can join an Android meet-up You can check out the Android Podcast You can…
Net-Lingo: screen-saver face!
My fave tech-language site, NetLingo, brings us another classic: screen-saver face Slang for the look a person gets on their face when they are bored to the point of shutting down their brain. Ha ha ha! How many of us have been there at some point in our lives? Quite a few I’d…
Do you multi-task… on the loo?
Yep, I went there…..c’mon now, I want to know – how many of your fiddle with your equipment whilst on the loo?! Get your minds out of the gutter just for a minute – I was actually referring to things like making and taking calls, texting, writing emails, and suchlike – on your mobile, whilst…
How much wireless crossover do you have at home?
Walls, bricks, mobile devices, and WiFi networks – a good mixture of stuff, not all of which plays nice together…. I’ve recently been re-architecting my home network, so that all of my mobile devices (and in those include laptop and netbook, since they are portable) can access a network easily, no matter where I am…
NetLingo: In the Cloud
The quality online tech phrase site that is NetLingo is ‘in da house’ again – with a phrase that we’re hearing almost daily relating to mobile nowadays: in the cloud Whenever you see an illustration in a magazine or newspaper about how the Internet works, there is usually a cloud drawn in the top portion…
UK: Northern Rail improves Customer Service with mobile tech
Gomonews is reporting a story that 1000 conductors on Northern Rail trains have been given a new mobile information service, enabled by Vodafone UK – meaning that customer service is better as customers are kept informed of issues during their journeys. There are apparently 2600 daily train services run by Northern Rail, so clearly…
Notescasts: Disney’s Animal Kingdom Hidden Mickeys Now on the iPhone and iPod touch
You might remember I am a fan of the clever app-implementations that are Notescasts (here for example) – so it’s nice to see a new one: Now guests of Walt Disney World Resort can experience a magical tour of the Hidden Mickeys of Disney’s Animal Kingdom using their iPhone or iPod touch. Arranged as a…
UK: Firebox: Polaroid Two!
What may this lovely piece of tech be, that the online goodies store Firebox has? Well lets me tell thee: The Polaroid Two is a digital camera AND a printer in one! If you remember the PoGo printer (here and here), then the Two bakes together some pretty similar, plus the camera unit also –…
Babies and Mobiles: video monitor!
One of these days, someone is going to come up with a decent ‘mobilised’ solution for babies – I reckon I could write a functional spec within a couple of days – after all, I’ve got the mobile experience, and I’m the proud owner of one baby – with another on the way (eeeeeeeeeeek!)… However,…