tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169574222008-07-28T16:16:37.232+01:00David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-71966506566036848422008-07-18T21:03:00.004+01:002008-07-18T21:12:34.623+01:00

Now the iPhone apps store has been open for a week, I thought that I would share a list of my favorite applications (in no particular order): 1. Facebook (especially the latest version)2. Bloomberg3. Google + Google Talk web app.4. PhoneSaber (a bit of fun for Star Wars fans)5. BA flights (for those that spend too much of their lives at Heathrow)6. iPint (hilarious!)7. Shazam (I'll name that tune

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-74040967365555022792008-07-08T22:29:00.002+01:002008-07-08T22:37:41.113+01:00

So, some of you may have read my earlier blog article about my troubles with BT broadband and in particular their homehub. In May, BT sent me a 3rd homehub and for a while it appeared to work better but on my return from 2 weeks holiday overseas, I went to use the internet and it was soooooooo slooooooooow! In fact when I measured the speed, it was less than 100kb/sec - now that isn't Broadband!

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David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-846652744458173512008-04-11T16:46:00.002+01:002008-04-11T16:49:17.075+01:00

Very frustrating few weeks, unWIRED LIFE just disappeared from the internet and Google were as much help as a chocolate teapot in helping me getting it back online. I had checked with Network Solutions, they said the problem was at the Google end. So, I emailed Google via their web form, absolutely no response at all - so a big thanks to the big G! Anyway, through some fiddling and

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-64189601959569809972008-02-13T10:24:00.002Z2008-02-13T10:28:20.385Z

Yahoo! announced a new mobile product yesterday called Oneconnect - I found these videos on YouTube of the Keynote at MWC in Barcelona Introduction: Part 1: Part 2:

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David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-29645290788455254172008-02-05T16:30:00.000Z2008-02-05T16:31:08.516Z

Opera Mobile 9.5Uploaded by operasoftware

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-65543975847104425182008-02-01T17:40:00.001Z2008-02-01T18:24:35.944Z

My iPhone After Semi Ran Over It! Originally uploaded by Mike Beauchamp Check out this story posted on Flickr of a guy who dropped his phone on a highway in the US and had it run over by a Semi (I think this translates to a truck in UK English). Pretty amazing..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebeauchamp/2215285685/

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David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-62990850188701259652008-01-06T12:50:00.000Z2008-01-06T13:01:31.207Z

Following my post on the next firmware update for the Apple iPhone, I thought it would be good to post my wishlist for iPhone applications which hopefully will be fulfilled in 2008. 1. Google Talk 2. Slingplayer 3. Sky Anytime 4. Jaiku presence for contact list 5. MMS (preferably integrated into the conversational text application) 6. Skype 7. One click access to RSS feeds on the home screen eg.

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-21371817756099699542008-01-06T10:24:00.000Z2008-01-06T10:30:41.510Z

I saw this video on YouTube showing features which are believed to be in the next firmware update 1.1.3 for the iPhone, expected during Jan. Perhaps the update will coincide with the Mac Expo which will take place the week after next. Anyway there are some great new features included eg. Text to multiple recipients, my location feature for google maps, move homescreen icons and add new pages to

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-67308287431187713782008-01-02T08:29:00.001Z2008-01-02T08:29:49.854Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7147804.stmSent from my iPhoneBuy one at http://www.o2.co.uk

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7129012.stmSent from my iPhone

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-53182401485745781952007-11-29T20:44:00.000Z2007-11-29T21:04:49.245Z

Now I have been using my iPhone for a couple of weeks, I thought it would share with you some of the reasons that I think it is a great device.   1) The email is great - I have both my personal and work email set up and with 15 minute checking it is essentially like push email. Unlike my Blackberry, it supports html mail, so emails look just like they do on my laptop and when you view and

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-84412441917815467542007-11-29T20:35:00.000Z2007-11-30T16:51:47.144Z

In the past I have written a number of posts regarding the integration of GPS with Google Maps mobile application. Yesterday, Google went one further and have introduced v2.0 which now includes a function called "My Location" which uses GPS if available but if not uses mobile network cell id technology to provide an approximate geographic location for the user. Having tried the new service this

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-56310773730910015502007-11-10T08:41:00.000Z2007-11-12T07:40:39.851Z

Last night, the Apple iPhone finally went on sale in the UK at O2 and Apple stores across the country. When the doors finally opened at 18.02, queues were waiting to get their hands on one of the sought after devices. In London, people queued overnight in Regent Street. Many of the people who bought them last night were hardened Apple fans like myself, who just had to have one. I was

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-68505053126695367932007-11-08T17:07:00.001Z2007-11-09T07:04:39.091Z

Tomorrow's the day Apple iPhone goes live in the UK only on O2. If you want one (and quite frankly what gadget nerd could possibly resist its charms!), you should head down to an O2 store in time for 18:02 when it will go on sale for the first time.

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-3717528199928488382007-11-08T07:48:00.001Z2007-11-08T07:48:29.693Z

Opera have finally released a full version of their Opera Mini 4 browser for mobiles. I have always been a big fan of the opera mini browser as it brought full web browsing within reach on mass market mobile handsets. The new version goes one step further and provides a zoomed out view of full web pages which enables you to navigate them better before zooming in on the content you want to read.

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-76458908459039902842007-11-08T07:33:00.001Z2007-11-08T07:33:13.102Z

Have you ever received a text messaging saying "OK fine" or "yes 6pm" and not been able to remember what the message refers to?  Well I may have the solution.  A couple of days ago I discovered that Nokia are distributing a beta version of a conversational messaging client for Series 60 v3 devices eg. N95.  When installed, the application adds an additional tab to the standard contacts list in

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-71970848238985857582007-11-05T18:25:00.001Z2007-11-05T18:25:11.569Z

Google along with a bunch of mobile operators (T-Mobile, Telefonica, Telecom Italia, Ntt DoCoMo, KDDI, Sprint Nextel, China Mobile, handset vendors (HTC, Motorola, LG and Samsung) and technology partners have announced today the Open Handset Alliance. The Open Handset Alliance has the objective of rolling out an open source handset platform called Android and through this accelerating the

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-77331718347973680722007-10-19T15:31:00.001+01:002007-10-19T15:37:09.706+01:00

So, it has taken longer than I expected but finally the software on my BT Homehub has been upgraded by BT and my homehub now doubles as a public BT Openzone hotspot. When you search for it, it shows up as a normal BT hotspot and you can logon with either your BT FON or BT Openzone login details. Since I was travelling this week, I also tried logging on to a BT Openzone hotspot at Heathrow T2

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-24077566786386474422007-10-16T18:17:00.001+01:002007-10-16T20:31:56.661+01:00

Nokia announced today a touch screen interface for Series 60, which is clearly prompted by the market entry of the Apple iPhone.  The video below gives some idea as to the interface which seems to combine finger and stylus interaction with the screen.  We should start seeing devices with the new interface during 2008.

David Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16957422.post-84879742063497404262007-10-13T22:53:00.001+01:002007-10-13T23:08:42.589+01:00

Well finally Google have released a version of Google Maps for Series 60 v3.0 devices and have also introduced support for the built in GPS on the Nokia N95.  The application is a symbian application as opposed to the java app which has been available up until now, this means it is much faster and slicker than the previous version.  As with the java version the new application provides both

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