Had an upgrade last night and came in at 6:45 just in case….and yup…the system was a smoking ruin….was asked the question “can you get it up by 8 o’clock?” - now if that asked by was one of the LMP girls there would be no question - but asked it by a 19 stone call centre manager in Birmingham - was a bit more cautious…....
So Friday afternoon in MK I was in the Apple shop looking at the iPADs and thinking 400 odd quid+ is a lot for a new toy so as I already have an Archos 7wifi and wireless hub at home I checked to see how much the Web Browser plug in for the Archos was this morning and at £19.99 it’s a lot cheaper than buying an iPad.
The web access on the Archos is fine and they have a content portal so I doubt I’ll be purchasing either an iPhone or an iPad anytime soon.
So Friday afternoon in MK I was in the Apple shop looking at the iPADs and thinking 400 odd quid+ is a lot for a new toy so as I already have an Archos 7wifi and wireless hub at home I checked to see how much the Web Browser plug in for the Archos was this morning and at £19.99 it’s a lot cheaper than buying an iPad.
The web access on the Archos is fine and they have a content portal so I doubt I’ll be purchasing either an iPhone or an iPad anytime soon.
Baz! Remind me to buy you a big drink next time I see you… blimey! Voice of reason at last! I have an Archos 7 as well… my second Archos in 6 years…. fantastic product…. I use mine to download my sky+ programs and I watch them on the train…. but its got so much to it… kills off the iPad and is (and was) years ahead of its time… its just that the general populus is just too thick to use it and needs an “easy” / dumbed down interface to use it…. thier loss!
With the bigger screen on the Archos I use it instead of taking a laptop with me to download photos to in the middle of a photoshoot so both the model and I can see how the outfits look and whether the lighting or her makeup need tweaking, never going to fill the 160GB disc on a single shoot and if I do run out of blank SDHC cards I can always download stuff straight from the Archos to my desktop photoshop PC.
With the bigger screen on the Archos I use it instead of taking a laptop with me to download photos to in the middle of a photoshoot so both the model and I can see how the outfits look and whether the lighting or her makeup need tweaking, never going to fill the 160GB disc on a single shoot and if I do run out of blank SDHC cards I can always download stuff straight from the Archos to my desktop photoshop PC.
I changed my mobile broadband dongle recently. The new one wouldn’t let me surf adult websites… like LMP. I had to call a special number and ask to be unblocked…. bet they have a good laugh at all the guys calling there! Was a very uncomfortable conversion with a very nice sounding west country lady!
Ok, help please tecchies. I love books, the feel, the smell and sheer enjoyment of turning the page, but I’m finally coming round to the idea of buying the Amazon Kindle.
I changed my mobile broadband dongle recently. The new one wouldn’t let me surf adult websites… like LMP. I had to call a special number and ask to be unblocked…. bet they have a good laugh at all the guys calling there! Was a very uncomfortable conversion with a very nice sounding west country lady!
If it was a T-Mobile dongle you could have turned ‘Content Lock’ off yourself if you have a login to ‘my tmobile’ to manage your account without having to give customer services your credit or debit card details to prove how old you are, not sure what the other mobile operators offer.
Phil - that is the one area where I am a hold-out - as you say a lot of the appeal of books is because of the texture of the paper and the smell and the turning of the pages - I have tried some of the on-line stuff but nothing beats being propped up on your pillows with a glass of wine to hand and a solid book in your hands - know that doesn’t answer your question but some things are still sacred - as TS Eliot once put it…
Ok, help please tecchies. I love books, the feel, the smell and sheer enjoyment of turning the page, but I’m finally coming round to the idea of buying the Amazon Kindle.
Thanks Steve, that’s not a problem, I always try to embrace new technology, and the e-book is probably the last bastion. As we’ve both said you can’t beat the feel, texture and smell of books, and the sheer pleasure of reading, whether fiction or non. But the sheer accessability of the e-book has got me thinking, I’ve been lugging Stephen King’s latest hard back around this past week and I’m concerned about giving myself a hernia.
Ok, help please tecchies. I love books, the feel, the smell and sheer enjoyment of turning the page, but I’m finally coming round to the idea of buying the Amazon Kindle.
