Seriously? Over £1k and we still have to put up with a 1366 x 768 screen.
Phones have more pixels.
Posts by MGman
35 publicly visible posts • joined 12 May 2010
Review: Toshiba Satellite U920T Ultrabook
Brits kept waiting as iPad Mini LTE arrives Stateside
Apple iPad Mini 8in tablet review
Monday 5th November 2012 14:03 GMT
Re: I bought one
For the record, the paperwhite is pretty fantastic too.
Whilst I have various tablets and have even resorted to using phones to read at night (iPhone/Galaxy Note) due to size the paperwhite is easily the best thing for your average novel. The glow won't disturb anyone and the ease on the eye is far less demanding than a tablet screen in the dark.
Monday 5th November 2012 13:53 GMT
Re: One really needs to try before commenting
Have to agree. Thanks to work we get to play with everything and can use whatever we want as our daily device and the mini is now my favourite small tablet and possibly favourite tablet.
The form factor is stunning and for me 4:3 over the 16:9 that really does it. 16:9 on a 7" tablet feel very restricting, especially in portrait. This is much nicer.
Once the 3G one is out I'm switching from my iPad 3 3G.
I would like Apple to go with the rubber back approach of some of the opposition though, but of course that could kill a whole case/skin market.
Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid car review
13-inch 'Retina Display' MacBook Pro to uncloak next Tuesday?
Tuesday 16th October 2012 14:29 GMT
Air please
Getting upset with the screen resolution on all the Ultrabooks (which seem to want to be 1366x768), give me a 13" Retina Air and Apple can have more of my cash.
It's not that it has to be Apple, I prefer Windows over OSX*, but so far nothing touches my current late 2010 Air for size/portability, touch pad and long standby with instant on.
*I resevere the right to change my mind if I have to use Win8 Metro much in the near future.
Jam today: Raspberry Pi Ram doubled
Samsung shoots Galaxy S III with shrink ray, unveils 4in Mini
Friday 12th October 2012 13:43 GMT
The S3 could have pulled me away from an iPhone if it wasn't for it's size.
So the mention of a 4" S3 a few days ago kept my newly arrived iPhone 5 in it's packaging until I could see what was announced.
Turns out there is nothing to see here and I'll stick with Apple as my phone for now (I can always get an Android fix from my Galaxy Note and an imported, rooted, Kindle Fire)
Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook review
HP Spectre XT 13in Ivy Bridge Ultrabook review
Apple MacBook Pro 13in
Score! Classic Goals
Siri subtly shifts smartphone allegiance
Dell puts Sputnik open-source laptop on launch pad
Apple TV third-generation (2012)
Apple resellers left to pick bones of dwindling iPad stocks
Windows 7 squeezed into Android tablets
Friday 2nd March 2012 12:17 GMT
Re: M e h .
For a start this is free too and secondly I'm not sure you know what it is!
It's not VNC or Remote desktop, it's access to a virtual standalone windows 7 PC running office with file share between your real computers.
How useful that is to you may vary per user, but having played with the iOS version it works well (it's easy enough to get a US iTunes account to get the free version, not worked out how to get the paid version) and even played good quality video well over my wifi connection.
The paid for version is interesting for iOS users in particular as that will give you a web browser with full flash compatibility too.
Apple admits iPhone battery suckage, promises fix
Thursday 3rd November 2011 15:00 GMT 
This fixed it for me...
I rested my iPhone 4 onto my 4S and was ready to demand a refund when the battery would fully discharge whilst I slept every night (and I don't sleep that long!).
I was serious upset and not happy to turn everything off to try and make it work, as what would be the point of upgrading.
Anyway, I tried lots of the solutions and as with a previous upgrade (may have been the 3 to the 3S) a lot of the problems seem to come from restoring settings made for the previous model onto the new one.
I found that if I did a 'reset all settings' (you don't lose any data/contacts/media) that after a further power cycle of my phone I'm suddenly getting good battery life (well similar to my iPhone 4) without turning off all the nice new features.
I can now easily go a full day again with my normal usage without worrying and lose about 1% an hour overnight (the phone checks email every 15 minutes), which I'm happy with.
Amazon revamps E Ink Kindle line
PC World throws in free Bravia telly with Sony fondleslabs
Sony Android tablets in-bound
Dell Streak 7 Android tablet
Wednesday 27th July 2011 12:35 GMT
Disappointing.
Capacitive screen? 800x480 resolution? And not even running Honeycomb. Seems a fail before it even starts doesn't it?
I certainly wouldn't buy any Android device expecting anything but the OS it shipped with either. Been there and been burned. History has so far shown that OS upgrades happen rarely unless you are prepared to hack it and look for community driven options.
Hardware manufacturers want you to buy new hardware, there is little in it for them keeping you happy with the OS upgrades. For Apple, they make lots of money on content and apps too, so it's worth keeping as many old devices up-to-date as is sensible.
Maybe an Amazon tablet will change all that...
RIM updates PlayBook OS
Splashtop Remote Desktop
Friday 8th July 2011 11:01 GMT
LogMeIn
In my opinion, the usability of LogmeIn is better.
LogMeIn is much simpler to set-up for use from outside your network as you don't need to know about ports and router setup.
And LogMeIn seems much more secure.
However on your own network Spalshtop is much quicker (as I assume LogMeIn has to go through LogMeIn's servers) and pretty usable for streaming video etc.
I use LogMeIn to adminsiter machines and Splashtop around the house.
Speck SeeThru MacBook Air cover
Playboy sneaks NAKED LADIES onto iPad
iControlPad Bluetooth controller for mobile devices
Wednesday 18th May 2011 09:39 GMT
Price?
Looks nice and I was quite tempted but when you go to the checkout postage and VAT are added making the device £59.55 with the sides!
As there is very little support for iOS at the moment that makes it a definite no for me for now.
This is from the OpenPandora team too. So is it really shipping?
Rim PlayBook to hit UK in Q2 2011
Friday 19th November 2010 12:14 GMT
Yes but...
The iPad will be a year old by the time the Playbook arrives, and in fact we'll probably have the iPad v2 at the time, so a lot of the comparisons in the video are pointless.
The 'win' for the PB is flash. You have to assume iPad 2 won't have flash, so it will have that edge. Assuming you think flash is an advantage, and that demo doesn't show how good flash is, just that it loaded!
On my Samsung Galaxy Tab flash is nice to have as I can watch the embedded media on the BBC site, but the whole web experience is hampered with pages that have flash content and I don't see the PB being much better.
Virgin Media readies 1TB TiVo set-top for Brits
Wednesday 3rd November 2010 12:21 GMT
Fantastic!
My original TiVo gave up earlier this year. It was one of the best bits of tech I ever bought. It's interface and general usage was still so much better than the V+ and Sky+ boxes that I was prepared to live with just being able to record the channel the Sky box was on for all these years.
I will be first in the queue for a new TiVo. :)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
