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Apple Insanity

September 1, 2010 in Mac stuff, Random crap | No comments

The new iPod Touches have been announced. Pricing is as follows:
8GB – £189
32GB – £249
64GB – £329

Let’s compare with the contract-less iPhone prices shall we?
3GS 8GB – £419
16GB – £499
32GB – £599

So when comparing like for like, at least as far as you can, you’re paying £230 extra for an iPhone 3GS or £350 for the 32GB iPhone. Isn’t that just stupid? Why would anyone do that? Yes, it’s nice to only carry one device with you but for £2-300‽ I blogged about this with the last generation of iPhone/iPod Touch but the price difference is even worse now.

The only other downside, besides the two devices issue, is that the iPod camera is pretty crap sounding compared to the 5MP iPhone camera.

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iPad

August 6, 2010 in Mac stuff, Random crap | 2 comments

After a few weeks of use I find I’m barely using my laptop in favour of the iPad. This is somewhat expected but not quite to the current degree. Chloe is also an ardent iPad convert, helped in no small part by her MacBook having a dead battery. In fact I’ve even gone so far as to suggest replacing our current house IT setup (MacBook, MacBook Pro and iPad) with two iPads synced to a Mac Mini next to the TV which would also act as a home media server plugged in to the TV. Budget does not yet allow for this but a man can dream.

I have also jailbroken my iPad, ostensibly for multiasking but I’m also partial to the organisation opportunities afforded by Categories/Folders. Makes it much easier to get to applications without having to swipe across many screens to get there.

So, all that being said, here are my currently recommended iPad apps:

  • Dropbox – For file transfers and documents
  • Evernote – For note taking etc.
  • Reeder – RSS reader
  • Osfoora HD – Twitter!
  • Words with Friends HD – Scrabble
  • IMDB – Easier to navigate on the iPad than the website
  • Instapaper – For offline article reading
  • TV Guide
  • ComicZeal – For reading comics in cbr and cbz formats
  • BBC News – News!
  • Angry Birds – Eater of time
  • The Incident – Fun 8bit style game

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New hair

July 25, 2010 in Random crap | 1 comment

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iPad

July 16, 2010 in Mac stuff | No comments

I’m typing this on my shiny new iPad! I finally succumbed to temptation after seeing a good deal on a 32GB WiFi on the notice board at work. So far it’s very nice indeed and I’ve been spending far too much time playing on it. In fact this post has even been typed on it.

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Why I’m not getting an iPhone 4

June 24, 2010 in Random crap | 2 comments

A few people have asked on Twitter and in person why I’m still not interested in Apple’s latest iPhone.

In short:

  • My N95 8GB of 3 years ago had a 5MP camera with LED flash. The iPhone has only just got there.
  • You have to pay monthly for the ability to tether your iPhone to a computer and you can’t tether an iPhone to an iPad. If I get an iPad this would be a big deal for me.
  • The N8 is due out in a couple of months with a 12MP camera, Xenon flash and HDMI out. The iPhone has none of these things.
  • iOS4 has just introduced multitasking. My old SonyEricsson W810i could multitask. My old N95 could stream Last.fm, run Gravity (a Twitter application), check my email and browse the web all at the same time. The iPhone can’t do that or indeed a few other things.
  • Nokia provide free sat nav for life on their phones. You have to pay for it on the iPhone.
  • I don’t like the closed nature of the Apple app store.

    • There’s a few other reasons but those are the main ones. Unfortunately I feel like Apple are playing catch up in some areas. Yes, their OS is smart and attracts great numbers of developers and thus more applications but the hardware is still falling short for me.

The Lakes

June 13, 2010 in Out, Random crap, photos | No comments

As my randomly posted images may have hinted towards we went to the Lake District last week and now we’re back.

Look, photos!

Percy at 1612 feet

Sisters

The Gang

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