This sections was about following the advent of mobile devices in the 2000s…
First came the mobile phones, then the PDAs, then the iPod, then the “photo phones” (yes that was a thing at some point), then the phones which could load 3rd party apps, then the blackberry, then the iPhone, then the iPod Touch, then the iPad and then everyone copied what apple did ;)
I haven't ranted for a while, so here's something: my biggest gripe about Apple Carplay! I basically need two things when I drive: directions and controls for what I am listening to. But Carplay refuses to let these 2 essential things share the screen.…...
I travelled from Paris to Amsterdam this week... (for a business conference). I took the Thalys speed train. They offer WiFi on board... supposedly via satellite with fallback to multilink 3G when necessary. The reality is it works only 50% of the time…...
I upgraded my iPad to iOS 4.3 and gave the Home Sharing feature a quick try. You have to go into Settings > iPod and enter your Apple ID before you can use Home Sharing. I have several Apple IDs... I just entered one and it seems to work. Once you…...
I was at a conference in Amsterdam last week and although we don't have the iPads in Europe yey, I had the opportunity to play for 15 minutes with an iPad brought by a US attendee. My first impression was: it's really nicely designed, extremely intuiti…...
Remember when DSL internet access started to come with unlimited data transfer plans? This is when everyone started using for the web for all kinds of things: this is when people actually started surfing the web! The reason behind that is that flat…...
Up to recently, the iPod Touch was just lacking too many features. But it just got better: when loaded with version 1.1.2 of the firmware, you can now edit your calendar and contacts directly on the iPod. If it had notes and/or todo lists with that it wo…...
So that new iPod touch that Apple presented today is pretty nifty, isn't it? And Steve's keynote was pretty entertaining too. Yeah well... there's quite a few missing features (no it's not the Beatles) that itch me... even before I lay down the $399 I…...
1 line summary: when you travel from Europe to the US for several weeks, sign up foT AT&T’s prepaid phone plans and T-Mobile’s monthly WiFi plan. Then, pray for coverage! Ok, I’m sitting in the train right now. Going from Chicago to Kansas City…...
On the last Apple special event, Steve Jobs was almost bragging about the fact that 70% of new cars sold in the US this year had (optional!) iPod “integration” available… Obviously, he didn’t talk about the rest of the world.…...
I just surrendered to my geekyness again. I'm passing my iPod photo over to my girlfriend, so I had to buy a new iPod for me. Or maybe it was actually the other way round? :roll: Oh well... let's just pretend I got an iPod video for my birthday! :D…...