Archive for the ‘iPhone’ Category

For iPhone but not Mac?

Friday, March 7th, 2008

For years it's been a pain getting Macs to talk to Exchange servers because more often than not the Exchange servers are managed by some pencilneck IT guy with a pressed shirt and a lifetime subscription to "Ballmer - Candid Photos of Everyone's Favourite Microsoft Exec". As a result ...

iPhone stuff

Friday, March 7th, 2008

At some point last night, Apple's development servers fell over and died. These servers can hold 40 000+ concurrent download streams but there were so many people downloading the new iPhone SDK that the whole server became unresponsive. After several hours of trying, I finally got a connection at 11 ...

NiMUG meeting Monday 24th March

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Yes, it's Easter Monday but don't let that stop you. Here's the details.

The theory goes…

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

That the "roadmap" to be announced for the iPhone software will not, as previously thought, include the release of said SDK just yet but may include the release of some third party software whivch has been in development for some time. Of course, the responses were typical. What a tease. It just ...

iPhone SDK. 6th March 2008

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

According to Macrumors, the iPhone SDK will be announced on March 6th. "Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features," Apple said in an invitation sent to reporters. Are we to assume Apple has licensed ActiveSync? Are we going to see ...

mobile Learning

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Abilene Christian University is investing in mobile learning. What might a university look like with a fully deployed program of converged devices like the iPhone? Connected is one possible vision. This fictional day-in-the-life account highlights some of the potential benefits in a higher education setting when every student, faculty, and staff ...

iPlayer on my iPhone

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

From TUAW: Hot on the heels of Auntie releasing a selection of videos for sale via the iTunes Store, we somehow missed yesterday's sneaky revelation that the BBC is intending to release some form of the BBC iPlayer for iPod touch and iPhone 'in the coming weeks.' iPlayer is a mixed bag. ...

BBC shows air on iTunes.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Ars technica has a petulant headline: iTunes UK welcomes BBC shows while rest of world waits. Only a media-hungry spoiled brat could entertain a headline like that when you see the content available on the US store. Are we to assume the writer, Jacqui Cheng, has already purchased everything off ...

Encyclopedia Britannica on iPhone.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Britannica Mobile - iPhone Edition In order to ensure the best experience, we've specifically optimized this site for the iPhone. Please visit http://i.eb.com on your iPhone or iPod Touch. If you don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch handy, you can still access plenty of great Britannica content from your desktop. Come ...

Microsoft to start manufacturing phones?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Zu-ne. verb. 1. To fuck over or generally bugger up partners who believed your shite for years and invested heavily in it. (From Zune, noun, a music player released by Microsoft which is incompatible with their previous music sales efforts under the PlaysForSure brand and immediately began to undermine their ...