mobile phones
Swap a coffee for smartphone journalism superpowers Paid Members Public
Marc Settle [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/academy/entries/fafb0b78-b9cf-4218-81ec-b3f109d85225] : > […] if the money on just one coffee a week went instead towards an app, within a few months that smartphone would have acquired new powers (and you might even have lost a few pounds from your waistline). Marc,
Apple fixes iPhone battery life - at a price Paid Members Public
Well, if you’re having problems choosing a gift for your iPhone-using digital journalist, Apple have just solved the problem for you [http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MGQL2ZM/A/iphone-6s-smart-battery-case-charcoal-grey?fnode=99] : The battery case, which charges with the phone, claims to over double double the talk and
The #selfie pole Paid Members Public
Spotted while doing the tourist thing with American visitors outside Buckingham Palace: [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/09/selfie-cam.jpg] Yup – it’s an extensible selfie pole, for mounting and using your phone camera…
First test of the iPhone 5s camera Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2013/09/cloudy-adur1-3285.html] Rather to my surprise, I took delivery of an iPhone 5s from 3 yesterday. Why surprise? Well, according to the last e-mail from them, it wasn’t due for another 12 days… Still, I’m certainly not complaining, and
A tipping point in mobile phone etiquette? Paid Members Public
Interesting idea in a New York Times Bits blog interview with the woman behind the I Forgot My Phone video [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/disruptions-more-connected-yet-more-alone/?_r=1&] : > Ms. deGuzman’s video may have landed at one of those cultural moments when people start questioning
Sometimes, you just need to live in the moment Paid Members Public
About as beautiful reminder as you could ask for that sometime we need to live in the moment, and not mediate every experience through our phones.
More on Android development costs - and opportunities Paid Members Public
Paul St John Mackintosh responds to my earlier post [http://www.teleread.com/android/android-app-development-really-pricier-than-ios/] about the BBC’s Android costs [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/07/android_triple_the_development_costs_of_.html] : > Naturally, 3,000 different device sizes and capabilities are going to be harder and