* Posts by Tobor

7 publicly visible posts • joined 15 May 2009

iPhone 5S and lower-cost sibling coming this summer?

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Re: Still with the tincy-wincy liddle screen?

Because you hold it s few centimeters from your nose.

HP denies shipping TouchPad tablets with Android

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Watch out...

...there are trolls about!

How to... change sleep-screen pics on your Kindle

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Another hack...

You can also install a mod that allows you to play old text based adventure games...

I never did finish the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy game back in 198x.

Zork goes native on the Kindle

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Happy

You can get Hitch Hikers‘ Guide To The Galaxy

...and others... and they work!

http://www.doperoms.com/roms/Infocom_Z-machine.html

iRobot Roomba 581 robot cleaner

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Don't forget ongoing costs.

These are great, but they don't tell you there are future costs.

My battery gave up after a year (being used every day). I expected it to last at least 1000 cycles, but the manufacturers seem to think a year is not unusual, depending on usage.

Replacements cost about £70 for an official one, £55ish for a (better..) unofficial one.

If you complain they will offer you 30% off... if you keep complaining they might give in and send you a free one (they did for me...).

At the end of the day i will continue to replace the battery at my own expense in future as it does such a great job (three cats shed a lot of fur).

I just think they should make you aware of this expense up front though.

New wave of superphones poised to challenge iPhone 4

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Standby time...

Why say AMOLED = less power then quote standby by times; I would have thought the display would make no difference to the standby time... seeing how the screen is off in standby mode.

Canadian Sex Party stands proud at polls

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I'd give them one

...my vote, obviously.