Tag Archives: Bluetooth

Headphones, spectacles, headsets and music

Posted on 12 March 2010 by meta

In which I buy a new headset and a new pair of headphones. Continue reading →

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Phone vs watch

Posted on 16 February 2008 by meta

I gather that increasing numbers of people these days use their cell phone to tell the time, and don’t bother with a watch. However, the watch is fighting back. Behold, the quad band GSM phone in a wristwatch, with Bluetooth … Continue reading →

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Hell hath no fury like a phone company scorned

Posted on 18 November 2007 by meta

When I moved to the USA, one of the first things I did was get a cell phone. I was going to be living in a big city, rothko was working in a different part of town, we needed to … Continue reading →

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iPhone remorse?

Posted on 3 July 2007 by meta

As the reality distortion field begins to fade, people are starting to wake up to the iPhone’s shortcomings. I’ve been assembling a list of issues I’ve seen mentioned: No SDK. No Flash. No Java. No Bluetooth file transfer. No DIY … Continue reading →

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iPhone

Posted on 11 June 2007 by meta

I’m an iPhone skeptic. While I appreciate good UI design considerably more than the average person, a good UI alone is not enough to make me accept a crippled and overpriced product. At WWDC today, Steve Jobs has announced that … Continue reading →

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Nokia N800

Posted on 13 February 2007 by meta

I bought a Nokia N800. It’s an Internet tablet, about the size of a large PDA or a small thin paperback book; almost exactly the same size as a Nintendo DS Lite, in fact. It runs Linux. It connects via … Continue reading →

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Shall I invite the blue men to the funeral?

Posted on 10 February 2005 by meta

I got a new ThinkPad laptop last week, a T41p. I think the old T23 knew. It saw that the newcomer had built-in WiFi, rather than an old Orinoco silver card sticking out the side. It saw how the bright … Continue reading →

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PDAs Part 2

Posted on 1 December 2004 by meta

My previous PDA was a Palm V. 16MHz 68000, 160×160 B&W screen that could do greyscale in special modes that most software didn’t use. I didn’t particularly want to replace it, but there were a few issues I was having. … Continue reading →

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CES news

Posted on 10 January 2003 by meta

Sony plans to introduce Blu-Ray discs this year. They’re 12cm, the same size as DVDs, but start with a capacity of 27GB. Plans are to increase that by 2x fairly quickly. Looks like I’ll be able to move my photographs … Continue reading →

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MacWorld

Posted on 17 July 2002 by meta

Well, what a freakin’ disappointment that was. I joked a while back that since Apple couldn’t shift enough of the current iMac because of the pricey screens, they would probably introduce a new Cinema Display iMac, priced hundreds of dollars … Continue reading →

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