Posted on June 1, 2009 by Andrew Currie
Last night I handed over my 2007-vintage BlackBook to my sister in law, whose IBM ThinkPad has been compromised — most probably by her kids clicking on banner ads.
Though this is the last version of Apple’s consumer portable to have FireWire (and target disk mode) built-in, it has become too cumbersome for me to cart [...]
Filed under: Desktop | Tagged: Apple, MacBook, Requiem | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 11, 2008 by Andrew Currie
Loyal readers know I’m no fan of Apple’s iPhone, mostly because its many fanboys and girls are blissfully ignorant of other smartphones and what they can do. The iPhone’s YouTube Player, in particular, is surprisingly bad when compared to the premiere YouTube app for S60, emTube.
Start up the emTube app and you’ll be greeted with [...]
Filed under: Mobile | Tagged: Requiem, S60, Video, YouTube | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 4, 2008 by Andrew Currie
I still remember the first time I saw a Fido handset. It was some kind of Ericsson, pre-dating the T18z but with a similar design, with an integrated belt clip built into the hardware. Like most Ericsson handsets of the day it was very European and classy, but then Sony bought out their handset [...]
Filed under: Mobile | Tagged: Canada, Fido, GSM, Requiem, Rogers | 11 Comments »