Posts by pdb

The life and times of Steven Paul Jobs

Worked for him for 20 years, he fired and re-hired me in the same day once. Consider myself very lucky to have known him (even if it was just in a very minor way). He was the most unique individual I have had the pleasure of meeting.

Whatever your opinion of him was, you have to acknowledge the world of is a less interesting place with him gone.

RIP

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is dead at 56

Very Sad

He was an extraordinary person, who are all a little poorer for his passing.

RIP Steve

Ten reasons why you shouldn't buy an iPhone 5

Wow, what a load of crap, you could not wait the 4 hours until the actual device was announced.

Sony: all new PS3 titles will require PSN Pass for online play

Don't have an issue with this, running and hosting an online service costs the publisher money. Currently buyers of second hand copies of games are enjoying that service at no cost, this is not a great business model for the developer. If you accept that the second hand game market is here to stay then moves like this are inevitable, the purchaser of a used game can obviously enjoy the offline experience and then has the choice of paying for online if they wish.

Android outsells Apple 2:1

Compare device or OS

If we are comparing OS's rather than individual devices then should we not be including iOS running on iPod touch and iPad in these numbers ?