Posts by Rob Thorley

Invites?

There was a glut of invites on the forum towards the end of last week - if anyone still wants one, I'd suggest getting over there.

Kies

"To get the new firmware, Galaxy Gear owners should download the appropriate version of Samsung's Kies software "

Stop right there. Anything involving Kies should not be attempted.

Yahoo?

They updated their Ts & Cs for existing accounts a month ago or so.

Took a look, deleted my account. I was only using it to look at Yahoo News, which I can get elsewhere.

I bought a Nook HD+ off eBay and it's waiting for me at home.

I got a Simple Touch last year for £29 and it is superb - looking forward to seeing how they went about the HD+

CDs

I put a couple of CDs in the car to play. The wife and kids have had at them, and now the jewel cases are missing, the inserts are all over the place and the CDs are scratched to buggery.

I've already ripped most of my CDs to mp3, I have an emotional need for physical media; so much so that I have actually started buying vinyl again.

But I've learned my lesson and the kids can play with mp3s to their heart's content.

Spare two bob for a cup o' tea, guv'nor?

Full revenues for 2012 for the part of the business sold to MSFT were $15bn.

To buy that for $5bn sounds cheap.

In fact I might pop to Barclays and see if I can get a short term loan, $5bn at 5%, and pocket the rest.

Very Large Phones

What about PUSes - Phones of Unusual Size? :-)

HTC Changing Strategy Again?

I thought HTC had decided they were going to release a set of phones (One X, One S, and One V) and concentrate on those?

And now they're releasing a new phone instead of updating their existing range?

I've had my One X since O2's release day, and I love it. If I could get a bit more battery life, that would be great, so I could go 36 hrs on one charge.

4.1 should not be too much of a change from 4.0.4, but still, where is their focus?

Theological?

From the article: "Sky did, on the whole, engage constructively," the ruling adds. "Sky has no theological objection to wholesale supply of its premium channels"

Is wholesale supply of entertainment a subject of theological study? Maybe it forms part of the commandments of the Dead Sea Scrolls? (I've not read them)

Or do they mean idealogical?

Google Listen

Well, I'm not sure the changes they are making will affect me.

I use Google Reader to search for and subscribe to podcasts, and then the Listen app on my phone to, well, listen.

The search function in Listen was always rubbish.

Greedy

I'm on 4.0.3 on a HTC One X and there are already custom roms (unstable) for Jelly Bean (4.1.0). Google have released a 4.0.4, but since I'm on O2 it hasn't got to me yet.

Knowing that there are later versions out there which I don't have does annoy me.

In truth, I don't need it. My current phone and software works fine.

I'm just greedy and desirous of the new 'shiny'.

I'm not even sure what improvements are in the latest update - it's just newer.

What I *would* like an update which means I don't have to recharge my phone every 36 hours.

Never had this problem/enjoyed this feature with my Nokia 3210 :)

O2, is it?

The fact that spokespeople have suggested not using their mobes except in 'urgent' or 'necessary' situations makes me want to organise a tweeting flashmob at all Olympic events.

Of course people are going to tweet and use Facebook at these events, they're probably the most interesting thing to happen to the users in an age (and that's not a dig - if I was there, I would tweet, update my FB status and check in using Foursquare. Think of the pointage on that!). Of course they want to record the events for posterity. If people are taking photos and they have Dropbox synced up those photos will be going up to 'the cloud' as well, so the networks can't blame unexpected usage.

They need to cope; beef it up however that's done, and expect people to use the service they provide. It's not rocket science, is it?

Hail

I for one welcome our new fruit-based Overlords and their plans for domestic domination.

When will they start producing fruit-based toilet paper, and what must-have features will it possess?

Never Again

I sold an iPod for £80 and was charged £11 in two discrete invoices - the listing fee and the FVF. Never again. Friday-Ad or Gumtree here we come