Well interesting weekend with Vista. On Friday I checked on Windows Update and there were updates for my HP nw8240 laptop hardware up a new graphics driver for ATI Mobility FireGL and the HP 1740 LCD I have connected to my docking station at work. So what does a good Vista person do, but opt [...]
Archive for January, 2007
The iPhone Interface – How new is it?
Posted in Apple, iPod on 10 January 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was pointed towards this presentation by Jeff Han at TEDTalks today and here he talks about research into dual-touch user interfaces. Lots of talk about two finger guestures to zoom in/out etc pretty much what the iPhoner is supporting. And David Pogue in one his blog posts also mentions Jeff’s work with Jobs implying that [...]
The iPhone is not a Phone!
Posted in Apple, Mind Musings, iPod on 9 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just been reading up on the Apple iPhone announcements and it looks really cool. BUT it is not a phone, what phone requires you to press a button before you start dialing and I still didn’t see in Apple’s videos how to get a dial pad up quickly.
Now my Windows Smartphone my have its problems [...]
New Year, New Header
Posted in Travel on 8 January 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Time to update the picture header in my blog, finally got round to some customisation. The picture if one of many we took of the Roman ruins in Budapest from our long weekend there in October 2005.
The ruins were not something we expected to find when we went to Budapest but were well worth the [...]