By @edent · history phones technology video · 6 comments · 500 words · read ~411 times.
I'm always interested in when anachronistic technology pops up in the media. Whether it's Kelly Rowland trying to send an email using Excel, or people in spaceships developing film photographs, or futuristic moonbases which use BS 1363 plugs - I just love it! So, I was watching that absolute banger of a tune "When You're […]
Continue reading →By @edent · phones refugees · 13 comments · 700 words · read ~15,495 times.
There's a pernicious myth - often spread by tabloids - that the poor and hungry don't deserve the meagre possessions which make life worth living. You see this in headlines like "Benefit Scum Have Flat Screen TV!" It ignores the fact that a) they may have bought the TV when they had disposable income, b) […]
Continue reading →By @edent · cost mobile phones tariff · 3 comments · 700 words · read ~362 times.
There's been a little bit of confusion in the blogosphere recently about the true cost of smartphones. Ewan Spence points out that the iPhone actually costs $2,000. An instant response by Bill Palmer points out that Nokia's Windows 8 smartphones cost $2,500. The US and European markets are radically different in how they operate and […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android google mobile NaBloPoMo phones · 3 comments · 450 words · read ~678 times.
One of Android's great strengths is its openness. The source code is (mostly) there for anyone to see. If you're a hardware manufacturer, you can use Android on your devices with just a few mouse clicks. But there's a problem in Android-land, one which has been growing for several years. Open Software has many advantages […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Doctor Who DoctorWho DrWho mobile phones qr code · 5 comments · 250 words · read ~553 times.
It shouldn't come as a surprise to any reader of this blog that I'm a phone geek. And a Doctor Who geek. So, image my utter nerdgasm when we got to see the 11th Doctor using a mobile he'd nicked. The burning question is which phone? It's quite hard to see throughout the episode. It […]
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