Great news if you have an iPhone and want to use Skype – now you can make and receive your free phone calls over the net just as you can with Skype on your computer with a version of Skype for the iPhone, free software available today in the iTunes App Store. I grabbed a copy early this morning and installed it on my iPhone. I plan to have a review on my tech blog once I’ve been using it for a bit. Mind you, if you’ve used Skype before on a computer or a mobile device – with Skype … [Read more...] about Skype on the iPhone: Brilliant
Reviews
Checking out Norton Internet Security
Finally I’ve had some time to set up a software app on my desktop PC to test it out and see what I think of it. The product is Norton Internet Security 2009 and I have a copy courtesy of Jason Mical and Tom Howells of Edelman and SpookMedia respectively. I’ve now installed it; the Flickr slide show above includes the screenshots I grabbed, some of which I plan to include in the first review I’ll write about the app soon, over on my tech blog. I’ve used many Norton products over … [Read more...] about Checking out Norton Internet Security
INQ1: A phone for Facebook connectivity
Courtesy of 3 and 3mobilebuzz, I have an INQ1 mobile phone on loan for the next few weeks. Check the Flickr slideshow for some pics of this phone that I took this morning (with a Nokia N95 8GB) My immediate impression: the INQ1 is clearly aimed at digital natives - I'll even call them "the Facebook younger generation" - with its focus on easy connectivity and sharing on the move with that social network. According to 3: Everything you'd expect from a great phone plus access to Facebook … [Read more...] about INQ1: A phone for Facebook connectivity
Christmas reading list
A package from Amazon UK arrived this morning with a copy of The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging that you see pictured here. I first heard about this book last month in a post by Darren Rowse, so I thought, let’s get it and see what people involved with currently the most authoritative blog in the world have to say about blogging. Will it have any actual advice worth paying attention to, or will it be just another of those publications fronted by celebs that is all fluff and very … [Read more...] about Christmas reading list
Getting to know the iPhone 3G
Regular readers of this blog know that I love gadgets especially mobile devices. Over the past few years, I’ve had great enjoyment from a wide range of devices – ones I’ve either purchased myself or which have been given or loaned to me by companies via their PR agencies – which I’ve written posts or produced video reviews about, recently over on Next, my tech blog. The latest device I have for such a purpose is an iPhone 3G which arrived by courier late on Friday evening, thus … [Read more...] about Getting to know the iPhone 3G