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Ubuntu TV
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, Linux, UNIX & Open Source, Ubuntu on January 9, 2012
Probably not much of a surprise to Ubuntu fans, but Canonical appears to have ambitions beyond the desktop PC. Finding a place on tablets is clearly an obvious goal, but it appears that the TV set is a target too.
Running PC Pro on tablets
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Apple, Hardware, Internet on January 6, 2012
UK PC magazine PC Pro recently tried to do a days work using nothing but iPads, Galaxy Tab’s and all manner of other tablet devices. They came a little unstuck using the WordPress app for iOS and Android, but it sounds like it was reasonably successful… You can read all about it here. I do [...]
Microsoft Sues Comet
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, Windows on January 4, 2012
Microsoft has unleashed its legal hounds on UK high-street retailer Comet over allegedly counterfeiting recovery discs.
Apple TV Revisited
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware on December 27, 2011
When I blogged about the Apple TV back in September the Apple landscape was a slightly different place. There was no iCloud, there was no iTunes Match and there were no TV programmes available to view on the Apple TV without first downloading them on your PC or Mac and streaming them. Whilst this worked fine, it was not an ideal solution. It was a workaround and a bit of a pain to keep the computer on, subdue the power-saving functions and hope that your programme found its way to your TV.
Selling a Used iOS Device
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware on December 20, 2011
As you’ll probably have picked up from the other posts on this blog this week, I have recently changed my phone. Now that I have a perfectly serviceable 3GS sat lying around, it would make sense to try and get some money for it. The mobile operators all offer recycling schemes that suggest the old [...]
iPhone 4S Thoughts
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware, iOS on December 18, 2011
The iPhone 3GS was a bit of a landmark for me. Two years ago I acquired a 16GB 3GS from an O2 shop in the stunning city of Bath. My wife and I were effectively killing time before we could fly out on our honeymoon. We had married a day or two before, spent a [...]
iPhone 4S – Taking Screenshots
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware, iOS on December 18, 2011
I’ve recently upgraded to an iPhone 4S after a happy two years with my 3GS, however this isn’t what this post is about – that’s something for another post. What I do want to talk about is taking screenshots. For this site I take quite a few screen grabs to brighten my iOS app posts. [...]
Carrier IQ
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Hardware, News on December 1, 2011
It looks like some major players in the Android world have been caught with their pants down. It appears that a large number of Android devices – with the exception of Google’s own Nexus line and the Motorola Xoom – have been found with some decidedly unsavoury tracking software on board. Fast forward to this [...]
Samsung Galaxy S2 Advert Mocks Apple Fans
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Hardware on November 23, 2011
Samsung has gone on the offensive and has taken to mocking the sort of Apple fan that likes to queue up outside the Apple store to get their hands on the next iPhone. Whilst I’ve never had the desire to queue for umm…anything, I am acutely aware that people do queue for Apple product launches. [...]
Some thoughts on Android
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Hardware, Linux, UNIX & Open Source, Thoughts on November 19, 2011
Amusing post here from Macworld’s Macalope. It could be argued that it is a little petty in places, but it does make a few interesting points about the current (and regrettable) state of Android. But man, AT&T’s notion of Android is a lot different from Google’s. Android as Google ships is it really quite good. [...]
Android “face unlock” feature
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Hardware on November 13, 2011
One of the new features included in the new Android release dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich is a “face unlock” option. This allows you to use your face to unlock your phone, instead of the traditional pin code or pattern. Unfortunately it hasn’t taken long for people to notice the obvious drawback with such a feature [...]
Hard Disk Prices
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, News on November 12, 2011
If you’re currently in the market for a new hard drive, you may want to hold off for the time being. Not long ago you could buy a 500GB Seagate Barracuda like this one (although SATA2 not SATA3 as they are now) for a little under £40. Now you’ll be lucky to pay less than £80 for one.
iOS 5.0.1 Released
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware, iOS, Utilities on November 10, 2011
Good news everyone! iOS 5.0.1 has finally been pushed out and is waiting for download. This is the much awaited update that promises to fix the rather inconvenient battery drain we’ve been seeing since the 5.0 update came out. It also fixes some bugs with “Documents in the cloud” and voice recognition issues with Australian [...]
HP Offers £130 Touchpads to WebOS Developers
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, Linux, UNIX & Open Source on November 7, 2011
HP has made yet another attempt at thoroughly confusing it’s customers, developers and onlookers. For a short time only, registered WebOS developers can get their hands on a shiny new 32GB HP Touchpad for just £130. There are only two reasons I can think of why HP would want to do this. It could be [...]
iPad 2 HD video and WordPress HTML5 test combined!
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware, iOS, Utilities on October 30, 2011
Your browser does not support the video tag If you can see this, it probably works ok…
iPad 2 & iOS 5 rotation lock bug
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Apple, Hardware, iOS on October 29, 2011
Here’s a curious little bug I’ve just run into on my iPad. The slider switch on the side of the iPad can be set to either mute sound or lock the screen orientation. Some people may want to read an eBook on their side, so they don’t really want the screen flipping around as they [...]
Android Orphans
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Hardware on October 28, 2011
Some interesting commentary from Barry Collins at PC Pro here. News broke this week that yet another Android handset – the Nexus One was effectively “cut loose”, doomed to live out the remainder of its life on an old version of the OS. The problem is illustrated brilliantly by this page here. The Motorola Devour [...]
Nokia jumps from one burning platform to another
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Communications, Hardware, News on October 27, 2011
Nokia is about to launch its first new Windows Phone 7 devices, the Lumia 800 range this coming November. They will hit shops in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK, but will anyone buy them? When Nokia announced the deal with MS — unsurprisingly following the placement of their new CEO Stephen [...]
That iPad 2 Smart Cover bug
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, iOS on October 22, 2011
9to5 Mac recently published an article and corresponding video (above) demonstrating a security flaw it has uncovered with the iPad 2 and the way you can apparently bypass the passcode security. For the flaw to work, you have to first lock the device, hold the power button down until the “power off” swipe instruction appears [...]
WebOS 3.0.4 Released
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, Linux, UNIX & Open Source on October 18, 2011
When HP dropped the bombshell a few months ago that WebOS devices were getting the chop just a month after launching the often praised but seldom bought Touchpad, few would have expected HP to keep releasing updates for it. When HP announced that it would be clearing all remaining stock with a firesale, the message [...]
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