Monthly Archives: March 2009

What Apple did right with the iPhone

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Alan Patrick sums it up nicely: “In fact its indicative of the industry’s malaise that Apple made such a big splash by making a phone that merely “did” the ‘Net easily, loaded applications quickly, and had a decent size screen. … Continue reading →

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A Windows 7 experiment

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I’m taking a break from the world of Linux for a couple of weeks and giving Windows 7 a proper test drive. I installed it temporarily a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t play with it long enough to form … Continue reading →

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The new Mac mini’s pricing: Is Apple on crack?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

The new Mac mini offers more for the same amount of money (unless you’re in the UK, that is, but we’ll get to that later). So why are so many of the online comments like this one, from Cult of … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Cult of Mac, on Net Applications release of mobile browse stats: “Two thirds of all mobile web access happens on Apple’s mobile OS, according to February results published by market researchers Net Applications. iPhone’s closest competitor, Windows Mobile, had just … Continue reading →

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