Getting the media into my head.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

I only listen to one podcast at the moment and working through their back catalogue takes some time (I'm currently at the end of 2006 to give you an idea). Each of their episodes is around 1 hour long and the journey to work takes about 25 minutes so I ...

The Third Party Application Market on Phones and PDAs

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

On my Newton, I downloaded maybe 20 apps. I bought two over the wire. I even bought one in a retail package. On my Palm vX, I bought two apps. A Paris City Guide and a VT100 Terminal app. On my other phones and devices between then and now I've downloaded two ...

Microsoft reviews the iPhone: “a lousy iPod”

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Is it a qualification or essential criteria to be an idiot if you work in the higher echelons of Microsoft? From the NYTimes, J. Allard, chief of Microsoft's competing Zune unit whines about the iPhone: It’s a lousy iPod. You can’t skip a track without looking at it. You can’t go running ...