Preparing for the annual geekout

This time of year, for the last three years, has me checking the various Apple rumours websites, anxiously awaiting the launch of the new iPhone. I didn’t get the original, because frankly it was unfinished hardware. The day Carphone Warehouse told me there was...

Death, taxes and wanting a new iPhone

The launch at the Apple World Wide Developers’ Conference yesterday of the new model iPhone 3GS was a damp squib, a spectacular confirmation that Apple can make a bunch of geeks in an auditorium applaud at will. The new phone will look like the one I’m...

A new appreciation for the iPod touch

The iPhone 3G may have evaded me thus far, but the fallout has been an unforeseen rebirth of my iPod touch. The touch is a great unit, and thanks to the 2.0 firmware update, apart from GPS, camera and phone, really does feel just like the new iPhone.  I know. ...
iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G

After the launch of the iPhone, I decided immediately that I didn’t want one.  I decided, correctly I think, that the failings of the device were so significant that an early investment in the technology would have been mindless.  Much though i was impressed...