The CrunchPad will be remembered as a signpost to new computing

And so the CrunchPad is placed by it’s spiritual father, Michael Arrington, into the Dead Pool. I doubt it’s the last we’ll see of the device, but it’s certainly the last we’ll see of it with the CrunchPad moniker. The legalese may be in motion but some warehouse is going to churn these out within [...]

Does Google Chome OS redefine our computing needs?

So the dust settles on the details on Chrome OS and everyone can spend the next few months debating Google’s strategy.
Unlike other Bay Area companies, Google has been known to get it wrong, so just because they are doing something, it doesn’t meant that they will make a success of it. With Chrome OS they’re [...]

Where are my applications?

Over on All About Symbian I’ve been grappling with the issue of why some phones from Nokia don’t come with the same applications as other phones from Nokia – and I’m looking at you, Mr Podcasting Application
If your smartphone is all about personalisation, why is it that we are left with the manufacturer’s default choice [...]

Nokia failed the N-Gage vision, but is it a portent for Ovi?

The announcement from Finland that the N-Gage service will be canned at the end of September 2010, with no more effort placed into the ecosystem by Nokia, gave some tech blogs an open goal for some humour, but also points out a big problem that Nokia have.
N-Gage, both in it’s hardware iteration and it’s Software [...]

What’s The Perfect Computer For Le Web?

Before flying over to Las Vegas for Blogworld, I was looking at my carry-on bag and trying to decide if bringing my full laptop was a good idea. Would I really use it while I was travelling? While I was at the conference? In the downtime in the evenings and mornings?
In the end I did [...]

Orange drop the ball on iPhone pricing

Irrespective of how much the iPhone handset costs an Orange user, they really need to look at the data tariff that they’ll be put on. Orange are handing you the classic bait and switch of an Unlimited plan with a fair use policy.
Can your iPhone survive on the utterly massive 750MB/month that Orange will offer [...]

I’ve Got Catan on a Mobile Again!

A very quick post as I travel back from London to point out the release of Settlers of Catan for the iPhone has been released. Your reaction is either ‘huh’ or ‘time to download!’ Mine was the latter.

I was a big fan of this title when it arrived on the original N-Gage, so to [...]

Nokia 5630 – Reviewing the middle of the road music phone

On the trip to Las Vegas (and back again) I’ve been reviewing the Nokia 5630 for All About Symbian while ‘in the field’ to find out if this mid-range smartphone is a good device for music lovers and those looking to have a capable multi-function device:
If you thought smartphones were big beasts, then the 5630 [...]

The Sidekick, Data in the Cloud, and Practical Advice

News that Microsoft subsidiary Danger has pretty much lost all the cloud data for users of Sidekick phones is pretty shocking to those who are promoting “the cloud” as a good place to do online work. I’ve posted an editorial over on All About Symbian:
What’s going to be more worrying for the industry as a [...]

In Praise of the Psion Stylus

If there is one thing that marks me out as very old school it’s the stylus that I carry when out and about. For all the resistive touch screens (ie almost everything but the iPhone) on a multitude of devices i tend to use the built in stylus for about five minutes before reaching into [...]

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