Posts by typeo

I've been hoping the Hub would be released for other devices but after reading the reviews I'm not sure it works in the same way as it did on the BB10 devices by calling the other apps. I will give it a go though.

Since transferring over to Android I've been using an app called Disa which is along the similar lines of the Hub but only covers SMS, WhatsApp and FB currently. It deals with sending messages itself though without the need of opening up external apps. If it did email as well it would be perfect.

Goodbye X series

Looks like the X series is being canned to so there goes any further Nokia Android phones.

"In addition, we plan to shift select Nokia X product designs to become Lumia products running Windows."

Cue response from IBM

"HP's takeover of Autonomy is mad, Mad, MAD"

"The Lumia 1020 is awesome in terms of what it has for camera and imaging and yet I think as one company, we would have doubled down on that amazing, even greater range of software and services investment around the core hardware platform,"

It seems to me that Nokia have put a lot of effort into Windows Phone with very little in the way of updates and features in the OS from the MS side. Even the Nokia VP has mentioned frustration with the way MS are treating Windows Phone: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/494885/20130726/nokia-microsoft-needs-evolve-windows-phone-succeed.htm

The days when games fitted on a couple of floppy disks! Managed to build up a city with Arcologies. Anyone remember if Simcity 4 allows you to import cities from SimCity 2000?

I thought this article was going to be about the UK warehouse, there was a not so glowing report on their employment practices in the FT a couple of weekends back. I'm sure it won't be the last.

Blackberry should have released this one first. I was ready to go and slap my hard earned cash down for one of these on the 30th January only to be disappointed when only the Z10 was available.

Gartner

Surely they are the equivalent of Max Clifford's publicity business in the IT world. Spin the crap.

If the quality of the TV channel programming is anything like the local radio stations that have sprung up then it will be a failure. Even the local BBC news struggle to fill their slot each evening and that's covering multiple regions, everyday seems like a slow news day.

"I am afraid there are some necessary bureaucratic hurdles you will need to overcome before you are able to run passenger services on the National Rail Network"

Yeah, like a big wad of cash in a brown envelope.

The rubber ear buds shipped with most phones seem to get uncomfortable. The Comply foam type buds seem to be far better.

http://www.complyfoam.com/

A Quantum Leap

What about Ziggy?

I wasted many an hour playing Double Dragon 2 on the Amiga. This type of game was a great along with alternatives such as Silkworm.

Big downer for perople with WP7 devices. Wonder how long ago the device makers knew this was coming. The Nokia devices did seem a bit rushed to market considering the hardware was similar to the N9 in appearance. It was almost as if they just relased it to get some sort of presence after the "burning platform" announcement and hte tie in with Microsoft.

Will add that I've been using a Lumia 800 recently and quite like it.

I dunno,

look what cheap alcohol does. Best put the prices up in the Commons bars.

Damn...

I only clicked on this article to see a mashed up iPad after the meat cleaver had seen to it. Very disappointing article.

Not really...

a surprise. The quality of the content and reviews in this magazine had been going downhill for a while. There were a few exceptions to this, Guy Kewney being one of them. The UK edition of PC Magazine was a far better magazine, with more in depth reviews and details of technology. That went by the wayside ages ago now though. Printed media is struggling and in The Reg is an example of the way things have moved on.

Not sure...

...why they need to encourage voting. With Labours current popularity I should think there will be a record turn out to get rid of them.

As for incentives to vote, may be they should open up some sort of competition between the parties so they each offer different incentives. After all there shouldn't be a monopoly. The one with the best incentives will win! Oh hold on, they should already be doing this with their manifesto's and policies.

Makes a change...

that it wasn't nicked in Merseyside.