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Five years on – still a market leader?
Amazingly it is five years ago that Apple changed the way we all interact with our phones. Yes there were smartphones before the iPhone, and they were very capable things – I used various Windows-based...
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It’s official – iPad is cool!
I have to say that this made me laugh – the constant war that is being waged between Apple and Samsung (and others, but Samsung are ‘public enemy No.1) does get rather wearing. It always revolves...
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It’s good to talk….
You may recall the BT advert from a few years ago that tried to get us all to use our telephones to talk to each other – it was apparently ‘good to talk’. Time moves on and it now seems that it isn’t...
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Apple, Samsung and Microsoft
I read a very interesting article last week explaining why Microsoft were where they are today and why they have failed to make the most of numerous technological leads that they appear to have had...
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An uncharacteristic slip?
I am an Apple fan – no one would dispute that, and I would always describe their customer care and retail experience as second to none. however, I have finally caught them out – not in a big way – but...
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Life without broadband….
This week has seen an interesting experience at the Dare household – no broadband for 3 days. This was an enforced experience, the connection had been getting somewhat ‘flaky’ over a period of a few...
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Possibly predictable – but interesting!
I have had various comments about how numerous my ‘Apple’ blogs are from people I know, I make no apology – although it would be nice to get the same effect as my colleague Tim Garratt and his Jaguar...
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Street View is back!
You would have had to have been on a deserted island not to have seen the details of the Apple Maps debacle in recent months. Apple sent Google packing – they had previously had a close relationship...
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Phone networks – friend or foe?
The mobile phone is a part of everyday life now – the smart phone is rapidly getting to the same position – how many people do you know who haven’t got one? The mobile phone operators are all keen to...
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Airbags for mobile phones – not such a daft idea?
Oops…… This sounds like a pretty weird idea on first look – but having had our first iPhone 5 casualty this week at work it has its attraction! All of our smartphones now have motion sensors and can...
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This did make me laugh!
I am an Apple fan – anyone who reads this blog will be aware of that already. I do however like any tech – if its clever and works I don’t mind who makes it. My first entry to ‘gizmos’ was British –...
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Microsoft and touch….
One of the things I managed to do while in America last week was to visit a Microsoft shop (it was next door to Apple so I didn’t have to go far out of my way) – I was interested to have a look at the...
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It’s good to talk….
You may recall the BT advert from a few years ago that tried to get us all to use our telephones to talk to each other – it was apparently ‘good to talk’. Time moves on and it now seems that it isn’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple, Samsung and Microsoft
I read a very interesting article last week explaining why Microsoft were where they are today and why they have failed to make the most of numerous technological leads that they appear to have had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life without broadband….
This week has seen an interesting experience at the Dare household – no broadband for 3 days. This was an enforced experience, the connection had been getting somewhat ‘flaky’ over a period of a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phone networks – friend or foe?
The mobile phone is a part of everyday life now – the smart phone is rapidly getting to the same position – how many people do you know who haven’t got one? The mobile phone operators are all keen to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airbags for mobile phones – not such a daft idea?
Oops…… This sounds like a pretty weird idea on first look – but having had our first iPhone 5 casualty this week at work it has its attraction! All of our smartphones now have motion sensors and can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microsoft and touch….
One of the things I managed to do while in America last week was to visit a Microsoft shop (it was next door to Apple so I didn’t have to go far out of my way) – I was interested to have a look at the...
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