iPhone one week on

I’ve now had my iPhone for a little over a week which makes it a good time to give some first impressions on this much hyped and applauded mobile.

For me it’s marked a wholesale change in my interaction with a mobile device. I’ve previously used a Dell X51v PDA and have just upgraded from the Nokia N95. Nevertheless in the past week the amount and the variety of applications I’ve used have completely blown away that of previous devices. The N95 is a fine phone, however without a data package it’s impractically expensive to use it to connect with an online life. Even the PDA, with a Windows Mobile OS failed to offer an user friendly or efficient solutions to many of the tasks I looked at carrying out and was limited to Wifi connection.

So how does the iPhone fare?

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Written on December 13th, 2008 , iPhone, Technology Tags: , ,
Haché again for Christmas burgers

A month ago we visited Haché in Camden to try out what was rated as the best burgers in London by TimeOut. Although a reasonable experience we left unconvinced by the claim. Today, finding ourselves again in Camden we decided to give Haché a try to see if it faired any better than in November.

It was mid-afternoon and busy, if not quite full, however the irregularity of the appearance of staff made it feel rather busier than it should have. Indeed once again the food proved passable but the service noticably below par. We both opted for the special Christmas Burger, comprising turkey, stuffing, rocket and onions with the option of cranberry and / or bread sauce, and we plumped for chunky chips on the side.

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Written on December 7th, 2008 , Restaurant, Reviews Tags: , ,
Hotmail on iPhone for free – how to

The iPhone gives options for syncing with several e-mail services and systems but does lack the very widely used Hotmail service.

From the App Store, MyBoxMail offers Hotmail but for a hefty price-tag (by App standards) of £5.99 for what should really be a basic service on the iPhone. So the question is whether you can get Hotmail on your iPhone for free, and the answer is a resounding YES.

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Written on December 6th, 2008 , iPhone, Technology Tags: , ,
The Saw Doctors’ Annual December London Invasion

The Saw DoctorsIf you have no idea who the Saw Doctors are, do have a look-see on YouTube first. Their style of music has been described as punk folk for muck savages, which is fairly accurate. Having said that, though, they’ve just shot to number one in Ireland once again with a cover of ‘About You Now’ (originally by the Sugababes), so draw your own conclusions about the Irish listening public.

Anyway, once a year the Irish invasion hits the Shepherd’s Bush Empire around the beginning of December so that the lads can belt out all their classics to a crowd that this year contained everyone from boogeying biddies to local boys who clearly had no idea what was going on.

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Written on December 5th, 2008 , Music Tags: ,
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