Posted: Tuesday, 29th September, 2009
Finally, the exclusivity agreement with O2 on the iPhone handset has fallen by the wayside. Vodaphone customers will be offered iPhone handsets early next year (Orange customers, this year). This is fantastic news for everyone and long awaited. In a recent posting (7th Sept) about the rise of Smartphones, I mentioned that North Norfolk is dominated by [...]
Posted: Monday, 21st September, 2009
Every year, at least one friend, colleague or acquaintance reports a ‘dead PC’ due to a power fluctuation (the latest incident being only one month ago). This is usually caused by a power spike, a power surge or even a power drop. And it’s important to appreciate that this can happen with or without a [...]
Posted: Saturday, 12th September, 2009
The BBC have today released a news story of a lady who mistakenly transferred £2,000 through online banking to the wrong recipient – a person she made a payment to years ago. It looks as though she will have little recourse for her mistake and recovering the money looks unlikely. Most online banking services require [...]
Posted: Friday, 11th September, 2009
When greeted by Google’s home page today (set as my own browser’s home page), I thought for a moment that I had accidentally changed the zoom setting of my browser. As the day progressed I kept thinking ‘must check that in a moment’. But actually, Google have indeed upgraded the appearance of their home page [...]
Posted: Monday, 7th September, 2009
The BBC iPlayer is an excellent service for catching up on TV programmes you may have missed. But your success with it depends on the speed of your internet connection and the time of the day you use the service. From experience, programmes can be downloaded (and streamed) with a higher rate of success (and [...]
Posted: Monday, 7th September, 2009
Since using a Samsung Omnia handset with Windows Mobile 6.1 since the beginning of the year I have found the features extremely useful but the Windows Mobile operating system leaves much to be desired. The interface seems muddled and is certainly not ‘finger friendly’. Most handset providers have customised the Windows Mobile 6.1 software heavily [...]
Posted: Monday, 7th September, 2009
At the end of 2008, with my mobile handset due for upgrade, I made the decision to use a smartphone for the first time. A smartphone is an advanced type of handset, more like a miniature computer with phone capability built in. For business users like myself, the option to use a handset as a [...]
Posted: Thursday, 3rd September, 2009
According to a new report published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 18.31 million UK households (70%) now have internet access, which is an increase of 1.85 million from 2008. This is an increase of just under 2 million households (11%) over the last year and 4 million households (28%) since 2006. Not surprisingly, [...]
