I currently have an iPhone 4…it is nearly time to renew it.
I have also recently become very, very annoyed with Vodafone. I spend a not inconsequential sum of money with them and the last few customer service interactions have been less than desirable.
I also find their network coverage annoying with regular drop outs of service in spots there shouldn’t ever be. So should I stay or should I go…I certainly don’t feel like a wanted customer. Read more »
via treasury.govt.nz
Last year, Treasury released iPhone and Android apps for those who like to see all the Budget data come alive (after the 2pm embargo, of course). They’ve updated the app for the 2013 budget. Sorry Windows Phone / Surface users, you miss out, but the rest of you can get your fix here:
This is a review provided by the wife of a long term reader of the blog.
Before I begin this I should point out that we are an iPhone family.
Admittedly my two previous phones from the Apple family have been hand me downs from my partner but I have been amazed at how these phones work, the features and apps available have made life easier and I have found myself able to do most of my online work and leisure through the handset rather than having to switch on the computer.
So it was with some scepticism I received the news that I was to be given a new phone to trial and it was not an Apple. Big boots to fill you could say.
My requirements beyond the usual making and receiving phone calls and texting the kids have grown to fit the modern smartphone world with email, taking photos, Facebook and browsing the web becoming an increasing part of my usage.
The first thing that struck me upon opening the box was the wireless charging. Quite how it works is a complete mystery but surely all rechargeable items will be using a similar method soon. You just lay the phone on the charging pad and hey presto! No more knotted wires, no more trying to plug it in. Just put the phone on the pad and away it goes. Read more »
With the advent of cloud technologies and iCloud in particular sometimes it can become useful in crime detection…especially if people are stupid and steal iPhones and don’t disconnect iCloud or use their own account.
Police are looking for these munters:
Police want the public to help identify the alleged thief of an iPhone in Auckland.
The phone was taken in one of two burglaries in Avondale recently and has an app installed which emails any new photos taken back to its owner.
As a result, police would like to know the identity of a man and a woman in a ‘selfie’ taken on the phone after the burglary was committed.
Auckland Police would like anyone who recognises either of the people in the photograph to contact them on (09) 302 6400, quoting file number 121205/1351.
This whale earphone winder case is created by Korean Leese Design for iPhone 5. Users can wind their cable on the tail when the earphone is not in use, or use the built-in compartment for USB storage.
Via desigboom
Got an iPhone on iOS6? You can finally dump that awful, terrible, unbelievably bad abortion called Apple Maps.
After an agonising wait, Google Maps for iOS6 has been released, and you should get it now.
Why? Many reasons. For one, it’s free (always a good reason). Two, you don’t actually like Apple Maps, do you? Three, Google’s mapping data is (ahem) Streets Ahead.
And the most important reason is that it will finally shut up all your Android loving friends and their lame Apple Map jokes.
With Google maps you’ll also get Streetview and a free turn-by-turn navigator that’s getting better and better rivalling the cheaper dedicated car-nav options.
Another benefit from using Google Map is that it remembers what you’ve searched for across all your devices (if you’re logged in). So search for a street on the PC or Mac, then hop in the car, and Google Maps knows all about it.
What: Google Maps 1.0 for iOS
Get it here: http://goo.gl/O7ohO
How much: $0.00
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later. Optimized for iPhone 5.
Miss your old brick? Go back to the future with this iphone retro case
Really, really, stupid:
With the advent of smart phones it wasn’t going to take long for a political party to start using them for canvassing with an easy to use app.
It’s been the science-fiction dream of political operatives for years: an army of volunteers, connected to the Internet as they walk from door to door, looking up names on a device and entering their responses electronically.
President Obama’s campaign appears ready to make it a reality with the release of a new iPhone app that will replace the ubiquitous clipboard for Democratic canvassers.
Screen shot from the Obama campaign’s iPhone app.The app, which is available on Tuesday, will allow supporters of Mr. Obama’s to download a list of names in their neighborhood from the campaign’s central database. No longer will they have to stop by the local campaign headquarters to get started.
And once they knock on a door, the response — positive, negative, on-the-fence — can be wirelessly slung back to the campaign’s computer system instantly.
The campaign is betting that the technology will vastly expand the number of supporters who will beat the pavement for Mr. Obama in the final 100 days before the election in November.
This would be awesome for all the canvassers out there. I wonder of Peter Goodfellow can put down his clipboard and pencil ling enough to convince the other fuddy-duddies of the board to put down their clip-boards and pencils to look at something like this….it might be an easy way to get the Young Nats interested in proper canvassing and door knocking.
If Sean Topham was smart he will suggest it quietly to Peter Goodfellow so he can bring it up at the board as if it was Peter’s good idea…god knows he needs some. Then again they will probably just pretend people don’t like door knocking?
What’s the bet Labour has one for the next election
