Apple
I don’t have an ‘e-book’ (like the Kindle). I don’t have an iPad (even though I’d like one). But I do have an iPhone. And even though it’s perhaps not the best device for it, I do like reading the occasional book on it – mainly during my commute to work. The thing that reading books on [...]
I’ve had my iPhone for a little while now. Mainly I use it for communication (SMS, e-mail, Twitter) and for reading whilst on the move (Guardian, Google Reader, Instapaper). Occasionally, however, I’ll play a game, and Words With Friends has proved to have the best form of gameplay. Words With Friends is pretty simple. It’s [...]
Okay, so some time today, the Apple Tablet is going to be announced. That much seems certain. Everything else is a guessing game. And ‘game’ is the operative word. It’s a game that’s being played by every newspaper, many bloggers, and even has its own scorecard. Games need players, and I don’t like to be [...]
Euan Semple noted that lots of people seem to have been given iPods for Christmas. My experience certainly backs that up, with my Fiona’s sister receving an iPod nano, and Fiona’s mum getting a Sony ‘Walkman’-branded flash-memory based MP3 player. Both were delighted, but come Boxing Day, their first questions to me were asking whether [...]
My friend Claire recently commented to me that she thought Apple might be running some subtle marketing campaign, as everywhere she looked she saw people walking down the street with the iPod’s distinctive white headphones in their ears. Since then, I’ve noticed it too. The press have been keen to pick up on the iPod’s [...]