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iPhone and iPod Touch rule the world — sort of and for the moment

Gareth Powell — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:55:02 +0000

Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch software currently rules the world of mobile devices. That is not just stating the obvious — which it is — but the statement is supported by reports from [...]

Now iPhone and iPod Touch become TVPhone

Gareth Powell — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:28:34 +0000

CBS Mobile has released its new TV.com app for iPhone and iPod touch users. This means that if you are in the right areas you will now be able to watch full episodes of selected CBS shows and other programs [...]

iPhone: the future ATM and ticket taker

Gareth Powell — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:08:25 +0000

The idea that iPhone (or, indeed, any other smart phone with a largish screen) could one day oust the ATM is not that daft an idea. There was a time when streets all had telephone boxes because that is how [...]

iPhone/iPod Touch — practical protection from disaster

Gareth Powell — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:10:42 +0000

If the iPhone/iPod Touch has a fault, it is the glass screen. My iPod has a cracked screen — It was not me, guv’nor, honest — and the cost of replacing it seems to be around US$300 which is rather [...]

Read Hornblower and sail home quickly

Gareth Powell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:38:11 +0000

Take an iPod Touch on a long journey and, if you are keen on reading, you need no other companion. Except an attentive steward who brings you a cold beer now and then.

This is the voice of experience. On my iPod Touch I had all the [...]

Your iPhone/iPod is making you deaf. I will repeat that

Gareth Powell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:12:18 +0000

Loud music blasted into your lugholes makes you deaf. Loud music from something stuck in you ear makes you deafer. This has been known certainly for 15 years. The Danish navy found they could not get sonar [...]

iPhone and iPod Touch Apps — users suck it and see — once

Gareth Powell — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:52:34 +0000

Users download their apps from the App Store for the iPhone or iPod Touch, test it on the old maxim of suck it and see. If it is not what they want — one hesitates to use the word ’sucks’ — do not use it again. [...]

New iPhone firmware reveals new models secrets

Gareth Powell — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:04:43 +0000

Wrong of us to leave off the gossip about the new iPhone. Not even an Irish version, shown here. No one, you understand, actually knows. All we can make are informed guesses. And when they turn out to be totally wrong we will pretend it was [...]

Convert movies for your iPhone/iPod Touch

Gareth Powell — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:42:52 +0000

iPodMe converts movies for your machine. It is wonderful. Not to say that iPodMe is the best free program for iPod Touchor iPhone. Life is too short to test them all. But for what it does it appears to be the [...]

How to win at Blackjack using an iPhone or an iPod Touch

Gareth Powell — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:53:57 +0000

Using an iPhone or an iPod Touch you can beat the odds at blackjack. Blackjack may be thought to be a game of idiots but there is some logic in it.

What you want to do [...]