From the monthly archives:

June 2010

SanDisk Sansa Clip+ [Guest Review]

by Guest Contributor 7th June 2010
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The Sansa Clip+ from SanDisk is a tiny MP3 player (it’s about 2″ by 1 1/3″ by 1/2″) featuring a blue and orange OLED display and it weighs under an ounce. The review unit came with 8GB memory which is the largest size, they also come in 2GB and 4GB versions. All have a microSD [...]

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SanDisk Ultra Backup [Guest Review]

by Guest Contributor 7th June 2010
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The Sandisk Ultra Backup looks like many other USB drives, with the exception that this has a button on the top (conveniently) labelled ‘backup’. The drive has a retractable USB plug rather than and end-cap, so it can be safely left in a pocket or bag without fear of losing the protective cover. The sliding [...]

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Dear World (and especially Robert Scoble)

by James Whatley 4th June 2010

Today I read a fantastically thought-provoking piece from Robert Scoble. Yes, that guy. Love him or hate him, he is talented and he definitely knows a thing or two about tech. We’ve had our fallings out over mobile from time to time, but overall – he’s a good guy. The post in question, entitled Location [...]

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Why isn't my MP3 more like Flickr?

by James Whatley 2nd June 2010

The last great MP3 player (and I’m obviously talking about phones here) was the N73. I’m not talking about any old N73 either. I’m talking pre-internet edition, pre-music edition, I’m talking the original, the beautiful N73 v2 firmware. Why? Because this player gave you a glimpse of the future – as well as the present. [...]

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Video: The Experience Lounge at Nokia HQ, Helsinki

by Ben Smith 2nd June 2010
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At the recent Open for Ideas event held in Finland friend-of-the-site Rafe Blandford, editor of All About Symbian, joined Ben for a walk-about of the Experience Lounge at the ‘Nokia House’,  Nokia’s HQ on the outskirts of Helsinki. The Experience Lounge is home to the full range of Nokia’s devices from the original Cityman to [...]

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Some thoughts on M-Publishing

by James Whatley 1st June 2010
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I was invited to attend today’s M-Publishing event (thank you CamerJam) but alas work commitments have kept me in the office. However, that didn’t stop me throwing together a few thoughts this morning on my way into work… For me, the key question you need to answer is ‘why’? Forgive me if this seems a [...]

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