Posts Tagged ‘iPad’

So £600 for the 16Gb Samsung Galaxy Tab(right) Or for the same price get the maximum spec iPad with 32Gb storage (64Gb if you go WiFi only) and a far larger screen (you can fit two Galaxy Tabs on top of an iPad). What company realistically thinks they can charge more of a premium than […]


We’re see this more and more, telcos changing contracts to the detriment of the consumer and trying to spin their way out of it.  Hot on the heels of dropping their “unlimited” data allowance to 500MB on iPhone contracts, O2 have have dropped their 3GB/Month contract to 2GB/Month and 500GB/Dayto 200GB/Day. The real problem is […]


Well I wasn’t expecting this but Apple have approved CineXPlayer, an XVID and AVI movie player Grab it before they realise their mistake


Well that’s dashed my dreams of a half decent Android tablet.  HTC are not currently working on a tablet PR Manager Eric Lin had this to say “We are always looking at it, but, right now, the whole idea is that in order to be successful with a tablet, you need to have something compelling. […]


Steve Jobs shows Pulse News Reader for iPad in the keynote. New York Times complains that by showing their news feed in the app it’s infringing copyright. Within hours the app is taken down. Apparently the problem is that it’s a paid app, NYT is claiming this is commercial use and against their terms. Considering […]


App Chronicles have an article entitled Multitasking is overrated that I couldn’t disagree more with.  A few of the highlights for me: “How could they design a tablet that only ran one app at a time? No one will want a tablet device that doesn’t multitask! And here we are now: two months after launch […]


The problem is they are all talk and no action Paul Thurrott has an excellent article called It’s Moment of Truth Time, Microsoft that I thoroughly agree with.  MS are failing on all fronts, not just tablets.  They have been trying to push tablets for over 10 years though  and failed miserably.  Ballmer’s leadership is simply […]


*Chrome OS should be out this autumn so I would hold off on buying any netbooks unless it’s urgent and hold off on any tablets unless you really want an iPad. *Talking of tablets, something I said only a few days ago seems to have come to pass.  Microsoft will not be providing Windows Phone […]


Just been in the Apple Store on Oxford Street to try out the iPad for the first time.  First impressions are the most important so: Slick – The interface is just as quick and responsive as I expected it to be.  And so it should be, a 1GHz processor and no multitasking (yet) Keyboard – […]


The Three network are giving away 2 free pay and go SIMs here. You have to register for the £10 free credit at simregister.co.uk once the SIM arrives. The deal is free data with every top up, lasting for 90 days even after your credit runs out. Then head over here for instructions on how […]