Duuuude... I've taken the glasses off and the trees still have ears!
Posts by danielm
6 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Jun 2010
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iPad? Pah. Behold the EYEPAD, patented by Sony for the 'PS4'
Knomo Folio iPad 3 case
Saturday 12th May 2012 08:24 GMT 
What's the obsession with protecting the back?
Do you sometimes take the iPad out of the case and spend a couple of hours staring lovingly at the shiny aluminium, making 'oooh' noises? The reviews of the iPad complained it was a couple of mm thicker than the last one, then the reviewers stick a bloody great case over it and double the thickness anyway. It seems a bit silly.
The only point I can see in using this £50 case over the smart cover is to try to add £10 in value over a lightly scratched model on eBay in one or two years time. The second owner is the only person who will appreciate it, for the 20 seconds they have it out before putting it back in the case for ever more.
Dixons cuts Ice Cream Sarnie ready Xoom to £225
Apple cripples iBooks for jailbreakers
Tuesday 15th February 2011 19:15 GMT
It only breaks purchased eBooks
Just the ones with DRM, bought from the iBookstore, are affected. Free books, and those downloaded from, ahem, questionable sources, still work just fine. There doesn't seem to be any point to this other than annoying people. I can still use the Kindle app, and store (assuming it doesn't get booted), for purchasing books, and just use iBooks for the free stuff. Apple strengthen the view that all-your-iPhones-are-belong-to-them, and lose a few book sales in the process.
iPhone 4: Perfect for everyone, except humans
Friday 25th June 2010 13:11 GMT
Just tested mine, and a few others...
After reading this, I tested my iPhone 3G. It does the same. Then I tested the HTC Legend I use for work. It does the same. Picked up my iPhone 4 from TNT - yup, it does it. Tried an old Sony Ericsson W880i, yup, signal drop. All of this was on Vodafone UK.
The signal drop on the 4 doesn't seem to be affected by just touching specific bits of the metal casing. It only happens when your hand is wrapped around it.
Saying that, none of them have lost signal totally - they just drop to 1 bar at worst. I'd say this is possibly exacerbated in the US by the AT&T network, with its poor reputation.
I'll admit that it's a bit easier to hold the 4 in a way that makes it lose signal, although even when it goes down to 1 bar, it doesn't seem to affect net access or call quality.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
