Archive: Gadgets
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Jul 28, 2011
No CommentsBlackberry promoted applications?
So app stores show off featured apps in pretty much every app store I have seen. Blackberry too has featured apps and I have even downloaded apps from seeing them there. But last night something quite invasive happened. My inbox on my blackerry had a message pushed to it from Blackberry appworld. I have never...
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May 18, 2011
No CommentsLIME Cayman getting 4G or is it?
Ok it is all BUZZ WORDS .. on their website http://www.lime.com/4G/ They clearly state that it is HSPA+. This is a GSM technology giving us faster 3G speeds known as 3GPP A change over to true 4G would mean a change from GSM to CDMA. That would be extremely expensive. The good news is...
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May 04, 2011
No CommentsFor those hardened businessmen
Yes that is a cat5 network connection outlet conveniently place next to the toilet. You know for when you just really have to work and shot at the same time! This is why it’s better in the Bahamas. Love...
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Feb 11, 2011
No CommentsR.I.P Symbian – it was a good run
Like it or not Smart Phones are becoming ubiquitous. They are becoming more affordable and more common place because of that. Sure not everyone uses their smart phones in a very smart way. The majority are still just for phone calls and text messages. But it is cheaper to manufacture very similar devices than have...
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Feb 09, 2011
No CommentsNew Phone Love – Blackberry Torch.
So I just had to get a new phone I had put up with my trackpad not working on my Blackberry Bold 9700 forfar too long, 4 months or so now. Using quick keys and so forth I got by ok, just was a pain. I ordered spare parts from cnn.cn they came, the keyboard...
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Feb 03, 2011
No CommentsI feel the need to own a Pop Swatch again
But at $60 – $80 and more it’s not so much retro as it is rip off...
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Dec 30, 2010
No CommentsDigital Killed the Kodachrome Kid
I can’t help but think I was a natural part of films death, I have embraced and pushed the benefits of digital even when those benefits were really quite pathetic compared to image quality. It is a crying shame that film had to die due to the world embracing digital. The benefits to the planet...
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Dec 23, 2010
No CommentseBook reading
This morning I took a poll on facebook that lets you select out of 100 how many of a list of books you have read. I can only claim 3 of them. I know about another 40 either from audio books movie or TV, or perhaps not fully reading the book say at school. Still...
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Oct 07, 2010
No CommentsA slice of time anyone ?
This Time-Slice stuff is just too cool, I could watch it all day long. Put my fave motorsport up as an example, but there are plent of others to check out like this making of a Rip-Curl advert video. BBC Sport – Formula 1 Pit Stop Special – “Overall” from Time-Slice® Films on Vimeo. BBC...
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Sep 16, 2010
No CommentsKindle v iPad
I am sure there are more of these adverts to come out, very clever kindle, with good marketing and the recent price drop I am sure you will survive a while longer as more and more tablets start hitting the market. There is plenty the iPad can do that the kindle can’t but there is...
