Type n Walk : An app that lets you type and walk at the same time.  Hmmmm. Whilst I clap hands for the smartness of the app and the “need” it fills.  I am saddened by the “need” for it.  Most people can (if London is anything to go by) barely walk and talk let alone type and walk (myself included).  Um… my opinion?  If you need this app you are doing it wrong.  You have not budgeted time correctly or have misjudged the situations urgency.  No-one needs this app and if they do we’ve failed because the machine is using us.  I am waiting for the first court case where this is cited. Read the rest of this entry »

I watch videos like this (after the jump) and sigh.  AR has so much potential but there’s quite a journey to go until it makes it to Awesomeville.  AR and I have had a rocky relationship from the get-go – I’ve seen some good but far too much bad application to get all misty eyed quite yet.  Recently I have been seeing quite a bit more than usual pant wetting about the technology.  Personally speaking, I see AR a bit like a kid on a bike with stabilisers… Read the rest of this entry »

You may have seen most of the tech blogs and media losing their collective heads (‘Antennagate’, ‘death grip’ I could go on) with the iPhone 4G signal degradation issue (not aware?  if you run your finger along the side of it – as we all do with our phones right? – it can drop signal/calls).  Now don’t get me wrong I am an Apple fan and a boy but I am no fanboy – and yes, it should work perfectly, but to say they are going to recall millions of devices is close to insanity.  Why?  Two main reasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Click for the full image (or go here) but the chart tells the story that people are browsing via the iPad more than on Smartphones (near PC levels).  That’s an issue for Blackberry and HTC and everyone who isn’t Apple.  Why?  +2 million in 60 days is not a trend, it’s adoption.  Attention is not growing so developers, advertisers need to go to where the eyeballs are.  Blackberry, Nokia and all the others need to get here fast and come correct (sic) or it’ll be hard to shift Apple bar regulation (not unimaginable depending on the success/rollout of iAds).  Sure, it’s early days but if these numbers continue (and it’s all about trends over time), will your grandchildren know what a newspaper was?