The Incredible Shrinking Mobile Phone
The original mobile phones cost around £2,000 in the money of the day, today that would be worth around £6,000, They also weighed in at around 6 Kg, and had to be carried around in a shoulder bag. They were not much use for lengthy conversations either – talk time was one hour maximum, and often much less.
Back in those days much of the wireless technology was based on the use of valves (or as our American friends like to call them, tubes). Wonderful though they were (and still they are used to make the very best in… Continue Reading»
I Thought I had seen the end of impressive iPhone Apps, but this one took my breath away.
As a long time windows user I have kept no secret of my distaste of Apple products. Unfortunately as the years pass it seems that the once restrictive controls of apple have begun to losen and I have found myself with less and less to crticize. They have brought out fantastic free software, they allowede a windows emulation for macs and they made some fantastic devices such as the iPhone and iPod, even if they still have some majorly pain in the ass restrictions on the music you place on them.
