* Posts by James Pickett (Jp)

83 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Nov 2007

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Intel Classmate PC turns tablet

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Old Man Rant . . .

Kids eh? Don't know they're born etc . . .

BT seals free Digital Vault

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A Drive

I've been using ADrive.com. 50GB free online storage and a usable interface.

Only thing I would say for UK readers is that it's a lot faster for major uploading in the morning than it is in the afternoon!

It got a mention on BBC Click so it must be good!

Asus goes official on extended Eee PC line-up

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Question Regarding Performance

I'm in the market for one of these and I'm trying to be patient and wait for the Dell and Lenovo before dusting off the wallet!

I borrowed a friend's Eee 900 (Linux) last night and whilst web surfing was fine, it wasn't able to cope with the BBC iPlayer. Video was poor quality and choppy and the radio stations wouldn't play at all!

Does the 901 fare better with it's atom chipset, or is video a step too far?

PS3 DVR add-on launch delayed

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Cannot Copy to PSP

Other sites are reporting that the feature to copy recorded programs to PSP won't be included - although remote streaming to PSP will.

Shame really, this was the feature that really set it apart from dedicated PVRs.

On the green thing - if you really care that much, stop heating your house, cooking your food and taking hot baths/showers. That's where the real energy demand is coming from, not your PS3.

Nintendo rallies troops in R4 fight

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Legal Alternative?

Just like with the music industry, I think buying Nintendo games legally is less convenient than the illegal download and store on a single cartridge method the R4 offers.

I'm hoping the next DS gives us the option to buy online and download to flash memory direct to the device from any given Wifi hotspot!

The PSP: what's its future?

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I'm with Johan

The PSP is a great gadget, but thinking about it, most of the time I just use the internet radio feature or the PS3 remote access.

I'm with Johan and am still hoping eventually GT Mobile will be released!

Sony to bring E Ink eBook reader to UK in September

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Pointless Gadget . . . but

I'm a gadget freak who always has a book on the go, so I'm torn!

I'd love to have one for the tech, but I'd never give up the pleasure of reading a 'proper' book!

Also, my first mp3 player was 40GB and had hundreds of albums on it, but all I ever use is my 1GB Shuffle with only my current fav songs on, so I definitely don't need a reader that can hold hundreds of books!

I really need to grow out of buying every gadget going!

Intel Classmate PC lands in UK for £239

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The Picture

Did anyone else think there was a problem with their monitor when they saw the ring mark to the right of the monitor in the article picture?!

Sony PS3 movie downloads are go

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If . . .

. . . they undercut Xbox Live's expensive service, I'll use this for an occasional rental. Liking the copy to PSP option as I'm too lazy to rip stuff myself these days!

Pulled PlayStation update to be re-released next week?

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User Stupidity?

Sony pulled it. That means there was a problem, plain and simple.

I don't know where I'll be without my PS3 this winter. Keeps the living room warm at night :-)

Acer punts £199... er... £220... er... Linux laptop

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Play.com

Play are listing an SSD/Linux verison of the Aspire One at £199.

Might be that they haven't adjusted price yet, but perhaps they will honour this price for those that pre-order now?

Boffins invent 42GB DVD

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So if we're all on the same page here. . .

. . . why didn't someone on the project think 'Hey, why not try this on a BluRay?' !!!!?

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Same Technique on BluRay?

Does it follow that they could apply the same technique to BDs and multiply the capacity on those?

Schwarzenegger seizes Tesla Motors plant for California

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@Neil

Avoid the GWizz, it doesn't come up to crash safety standards and is only allowed on UK roads as they somehow managed to get it classifed differently to other cars. I think it might be in the same class as quad bikes!

A death trap is one way of lowering one's carbon footprint though I guess!

There is an all Electric Smart car on the way which looks like good fun for the commute, but I don't think it's going to hit the UK market this year.

Summertime movie downloads for PS3 fans

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Rent BluRays!

The HD pictures on these services are so heavily compressed that unless barely anything is happening on screen, they don't come close to the quality of that BluRay player PS3 owners have paid for!

LoveFilm et al rent out BDs for the same price as DVD and IMHO represent much better value. I know Sony haven't announced prices yet, but it won't be cheap.

Asda declares baby's arse 'pornographic'

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@Mylo

Wasn't me. If there are more of us, maybe I need to go on a Dave Gorman style adventure meeting other James Picketts around the world!

Although if we all wound up in IT, it wouldn't make as good a story I guess . . .

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@James Pickett

Pleased to meet you too! Yep, I'm a real live 'James Pickett'!

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Paris Hilton

Hand Themselves In

The employee whose first thought was 'pornographic' when presented with that picture needs to take themselves and their computer down to the nearest Police Station and hand themselves in, as it's obvious they're not well!

Paris - Cos she gets to have her porno cake and eat it!

JVC docks into iPod TVs

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A Good Idea?

Given that a lot of ipod docks are very stylish, this looks like a nasty afterthought by comparison.

Also, given that people change their Mp3 players much more regularly than their TVs, existing iPod owners may quickly find the dock redundant because Apple have changed the shape or because Apple have fallen out of favour and suddenly Alba have made a surprise comeback!

Who wants to listen to music through crappy LCD telly speakers anyway???

Force listeners onto DAB by killing FM

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Internet Radio

My DAB radio only picks up Radio 1 (I had it before recently moving house). So improving the coverage would be good for starters. FM works beautifully.

I suspect that by 2020 everyone will have gone to internet radio (in whatever form it is by then) as the current crop of Wifi radios are great and can't be far from appealing to the masses! (Rather than just gadget freaks like me!)

PS3 sale price spurs costs Sony dear

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Make The Money Back With Games Sales - Maybe

I got mine free with a Bravia TV in the January sales (Sonnex Guildford).

Granted, the price of the telly has dropped in retail value by more than £300 now, but it was a good deal at the time!

Despite being a gamer, I've yet to buy a game for it, so not such a good deal for Sony.

VMware turns Thinstall into ThinApp

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Excellent

Had a play with the ThinApp Beta a few weeks back and a Thinstall demo before they were bought out. Absolutely brilliant, especially now there is a simpler way to manage the application isolation levels.

Very much hoping for a nice Educational Discount!

USB 2.0 - or not?

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BIOS?

I bought a laptop from Dell once where there were 4 USB ports, two on the back and two on the side. All were advertised as USB2.0 but the side ones appeared to run much slower than the back!

Turned out that they were set in the BIOS to run at USB1 speed, I think as a power saving measure.

Anyway, perhaps worth scanning through your USB settings in the BIOS?

Wii 2.1 sound system

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Vibration Damage?

Looks neat, but could the sub-woofer ultimately do any damage to the Wii with the vibrations it would create?

Also, hope the magnetic shielding is good!

TomTom touts 'more accurate' satnav route-plan tech

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Will the days of driving down a single track be behind us?

I hope so. This sounds like it has the potential to be the 'next-gen' of sat-nav kit.

Sony preps Blu-ray boosting PS3 bundle

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Remote?

Be nice if they chucked in the official remote too. Then it feels like a proper movie system.

Many Xbox 360s fail within three months

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Just me then

My first one failed within exactly three months, but I've forgiven it :-)

Ion readies USB-connected VHS player

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Hmm

I guess it's a neat idea if the price is right. However I had no problem plugging my old VHS recorder into the back of my DVD recorder and copying all my old tapes over to DVD via scart.

A DVD recorder can be had for £60 odd these days and will be more useful in the long run.

Plunging player prices to reveal Blu-ray vs HD DVD winner?

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Cost of the media

I don't care about the cost of the players any more, both formats can be had for a couple of hundred, which is pretty affordable.

But when a DVD can be had for £5 that is still £18+ on an HD format, I'm pretty sure which format will remain 'mainstream' for the foreseeable . . . DVD!

Second (random) point. How many people like a few beers or glasses of wine when watching a film?

Then the advantages of HD are probably lost on you! ;-)

Monitor maker aims s.book sub-notebook at Asus Eee PC

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Lacks the cool factor of the Asus

An interesting design, but I think people are queuing up to buy the Asus partly because it (the white one at least) is tapping into what Apple are doing, making something you want to be seen with.

Budget HD DVD player to include even more free discs

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@Matt

I'm not taking sides on this - but I expect all the manufacturers of HD-DVD or BD want machines available under £200, as this is seen in the electronics industry as the 'magic number' where mass market adoption of a format is possible.

As far as giving away films is concerned - the Blu-Ray camp are doing this in the states already and I bet similar offers will be forthcoming in the UK too.

I don't care who wins, I just want one format and, more importantly, the cost of the films themselves to come down!

Manhunt 2 UK release edges closer

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Jobs Horns

Ban was the best thing for Rockstar

They were lucky it initially got banned. By most accounts the game is terrible, so it would probably have disappeared without a trace without the notoriety it's now achieved.

Should now make a killing! Hoho! (Sorry)

QVC gets exclusive on Venturer budget HD DVD player

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Too Slow

You can buy a Toshiba HD-EP30 HD DVD Player online now for £199 with 7 free HD-DVD's.

Better brand and better spec!

That said, this machine will be down to £149 or better very quickly and may give the format a boost.

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