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Month: August 2008

A history of my phones: 2000-2008

A history of my phones: 2000-2008

With the launch of the Jesus phone iPhone locally, I thought it would be a nice time to take a look back at all the mobile phones I’ve owned…and also see how far phones have come. Siemens S25 My first ever mobile phone, it was really advanced in in its time, featuring 8-colour screen at a time when most phone displays were still monochrome! Very sturdy and had much better reception than most other phones available at that time. Got…

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Keeping the Palm spirit alive

Keeping the Palm spirit alive

While I’m still an avid Palm user ( I presently use the Palm Centro phone), it saddens me to see that the pace of software development for Palm OS devices has slowed down dramatically in just a few years. It’s also annoying that recently available iPhone applications appear to be more attractively priced than most Palm OS applications :p So it was nice to see efforts like MobileHeist coming along Even more exciting though is the beautiful form factor for…

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Happy 10th birthday iMac!

Happy 10th birthday iMac!

Whoever could have imagined when the iMac was first introduced by Steve Jobs 10 years ago that it would evolve into something like this? Throughout its many incarnations, the iMac has never ceased to amaze with its unique visual looks and ease of use. Enjoy a video of Steve Jobs’ introduction of the very first iMac way back on 15th August 1998!

Synching lists for iPhone

Synching lists for iPhone

While I’m still a staunch user of the Palm Centro, which I really love very much, I have been exploring the iTunes App Store for worthy iPhone applications (using my iPod Touch)…in case I do ever get an iPhone in the (probably distant) future. One of the best free gems I’ve seen so far is Zenbe Lists. Now, list type applications are common (some free, some not) but what reallys sets it apart from its competition is the ability to…

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Free virtualisation for everyone

Free virtualisation for everyone

Looks like anyone wanting to run a different operating system no longer needs to fiddle around with partitions – you can do it in “virtual machines” and now for free too, with the release of VirtualBox. Also handy for the Mac or Linux user who  needs to run that occasional Windows application Get VirtualBox for free