Posts by IanJ2

Apple's iPhone 5 connector said to be a control freak

Finally, a reason to switch phone platform

Look at it this way - it's Apple's way of releasing us from the shackles of accessory lock-in. How many people will see this as an opportunity to break away - if you have to buy your iAccessory again, why not buy it for a different platform.

Google's Moto move spells iPhone doom

"Android owns the future global mobile buyer" - really?

"Second, it's critical to remember who buys Android devices versus iOS devices: kids buy Android ("It's cheap!") while adults largely buy iOS ("Pricey, but it makes me cool with the other soccer dads!"). Guess which group will be buying devices long into the future?

Android owns the future global mobile buyer."

I remember when people said the same thing about MySpace and Bebo - "Kids use them so Facebook will die out"...

New tumor trial rules mobiles 'not guilty'

Brick phones

I had a brick phone from 1993, and in 2002 at age 31 had a parotid tumour diagnosed and removed... doctors then said 'off the record' they were seeing way more tumours than normal in the 30s age group and were atributing them to mobiles... Maybe the Danes just didn't use phones till they were 'safer'...