Like many people, I’ve been frustrated by the lack of firmware updates to the Elonex 511EB ebook reader. There are several bugs which are frustrating to many users – as judged from the comments on this blog. With the Amazon Kindle dropping to a lower price, this ebook reader really needs to be updated if it wants to stay competitive.
Well, I’m pleased to say that it looks like there will be a firmware update – and soon!
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Peugeot’s new mobile advert has a couple of critical flaws – but has just enough innovation to redeem it in my eyes. Read on to find the two basic mistakes they made, how to solve them, and the cool feature you should be incorporating into your adverts.
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Google has rightly received praise for its reworked “Contacts” functionality. But there is still a rather glaring error.
One of the things I love to do is add images to my contacts. It gives me a visual cue when I’m scrolling through looking for a person, it prompts my memory when I see the …
I was honoured when David Wood asked me to present at his first “brown bag” lunch lecture at Accenture.
Normally I would run through a presentation of this length at several different venues and thoroughly hone it before presenting at a high profile event. As you’ll see from the slides and video, it’s still a …
I’ve mentioned Nokia on here a few times. For a mobile focused company, they seem to have a real problem with mobile advertising.
It starts well enough with an animated GIF.
The site it links to is http://music.nokia.co.uk/ – cleverly, Nokia redirect mobile users to a specific mobile version of the site. That’s where it all starts …
Moo Cards seem to be the darling of the UK tech scene. Cute business cards which you can personalise with whatever you like. Some people are boring and use company logos, others dump their best flickr images on there.
Me? I’m all about phones and QR codes, so…..
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I was pleasantly surprised to see this poster at my local train station. Looks like Surrey Library is moving to the digital age.
“Bet the site doesn’t work on my phone,” I thought.
I was wrong!
Overall, this is a brilliant new service. A great initiative to get people reading more books and improving library services. …
So, the Kindle finally launches in the UK. This blog has become something of a Mecca for users of the Elonex 511EB. The comments on my reviews run in to the hundreds, I get thousands of page views a month on them, I regularly answer private emails about the device.
So, why am I …
Those delightful coves at Jabra and Wildfire PR have kindly sent me a Jabra Clipper review unit. Could this be the BlueTooth headset to replace my beloved Jabra BT3030 which had an unfortunate encounter with a washing machine last week?
How does it stack up against my wishlist?
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In which the BPI threaten to sue me.
Last night I was fortunate enough to find myself addressing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Digital Economy Act. Eric Joyce MP managed to bring together a diverse group of people from all sides of the debate for a (mostly) civil discussion on the Act, its limitations, and …
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