Posts by Dan Atkinson 1

Momentum builds for iPad Mini launch

Ermmm

I don't get how they're going to play in this price point when the iPod touch starts at £250 and an iPad 2 is £329.

Has Steve Jobs killed the consumer hard disk industry?

No, they need to stop living in PC's

Home PC users are creating and obtaining vast amounts of data through photos and videos that need somewhere to live. Broadband infrastructure is going to be in a speed rut for some time to come yet. The disk manufacturers need to get out the shadows and start producing very, very simple appliances that can be accessed by WiFi in seconds and back themselves up totally painlessly. But yeah, long term I think they can wave bye bye to most of their markets.

Ten... sub-£50 budget MP3 players

Massive +1 for Sansa

The Clip is the perfect MP3 player for exercise because:

It's light enough to clip on your shorts without it dragging them down.

The volume and track controls can be easily found , even when nestling under your top and even when dizzy from exertion.

Drag and drop makes it a doddle to manage

The volume is more than enough, especially combined with decent in-ear headphones (but only for blazing music out for short periods obviously).

You'd be hard pressed to find a better application of form and function

iPhone customers lay into Apple after iOS 4.0.1 update fails to install

USB - been there

USB static interference is a pain in the butt for Apple updates - have had several probelms with it in the past. Best fix I've found is before doing the update remove all USB devices excepet the iPhone, power down the machine, unplug it, hold the standby button down to drain all power from the machine totally (well, as much as poss) and then have a crack, preferably from a port furthest away from the power supply.

Took me three hours to update to OS4. No way I'm bothering for this one.

Should you lose your religion on your CV?

Keep it off totally

Declaring your religion on a CV only says that you have an outside interest that could impact on your ability to do the work in the same hours as someone with equal experience and ability. So why have it on there? A decent HR function will have a diversity agenda anyway - if they want to know they'll ask.

Note to Muslims though, the biggest impact on your career is more likely to be that recruiters often spend a lot of their time chucking out speculative CV's from applicants in Asia that will not be considered due to logistical and visa constraints. To avoid getting inadvertently dropped in the Asia bin do try to Anglicise your CV as much as possible