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Category Archives: Devices

Getting it.

TweetRecently, the iPad was described by a technology journalist (it was Rupert Goodwins of ZNet, but it could have been one of many) as “an oversized, overpriced, not very useful mobile phone that can’t make phone calls”. I certainly don’t expect everyone to love the device – indeed, it is imperfect in a number of [...]

iPad Wants & Needs

TweetI wrote about getting an iPad not so long after they came out, and put my hand up to say “this thing is here to stay”. I respond to my own post with a dose of extraordinary smugness, as two things have happened since. First, Apple sold 7.3 million iPads in 9 months. Second, I’m [...]

When is a toy not a toy?

TweetThere have been a number of devices – what one might cruelly dismiss as gadgets – that I’ve acquired over the years, that after the initial wow factor, left a slight feeling of disappointment. All too familiar you may think, but the story doesn’t end there. These specific gadgets, after their initial peak and trough, [...]