Posts from June 2006

• Onspeed Mobile. What is this?

  Jun 7 2006, 12:28 (+0000)

  Oh, interesti…waaaaitaminute…

  
  
  

  Originally uploaded by Ben Ward

  Saw this advert in on-train magazine while travelling back to Manchester. It’s an ad for a mobile web browser. Nice idea, maybe it’s a bit like the excellent Opera Mini. Then you look a little closer…
  
  The most critical piece of text reads:
  
  

  “And now you can try ONSPEED Mobile for FREE for 14 days — no obligation, no credit card required. It takes 2 minutes to install from a text message. After the free trial, you can buy ONSPEED Mobile for just £19.99 a YEAR – with no contract at all.”

  Then you look more closely at the screenshot and wonder, doesn’t that look rather a lot exactly like the same as Opera Mini? Which is free?

  Please. What on earth is going on?

  Can anyone shed any light on why Onspeed Mobile are reselling Opera Mini? An application which is, err, free.

• Replacing an iPod Battery

  Jun 12 2006, 16:43 (+0000)

  My 4th Generation iPod is getting on a bit and as with all rechargeable batteries that get such heavy use, the lifespan between charges was dwindling. You can send iPods back to Apple for replacements, but this costs a not insubstantial amount of money (it’s in the ’why not just save a little more for a new iPod territory).

• Unexpected Obligatory “See you at @media” Post

  Jun 14 2006, 21:55 (+0000)

  Somewhat surprisingly I’m attending @media again this year. Whoop whoop. It’s nice to be seeing people again and this time there’re some individuals I must ensure I track down properly. Drew and Colly, this means you.

• @Media 2006 Review

  Jun 21 2006, 20:33 (+0000)

  I’m back from @media. I’m tired, blistered, educated but fulfilled.

• Microformats in Web Browsers

  Jun 21 2006, 21:48 (+0000)

  There’s a well established saying and it goes something like this: ‘Don’t keep an idea to yourself because you can guarantee that someone else has also thought of it’.

• Possibilities

  Jun 25 2006, 00:23 (+0000)

  The possibilities are endless, sings Micah P Hinson out of my tinny iBook speakers. His voice echoes off the bare white walls of the room that was my home.

• Migrating an iTunes Library

  Jun 25 2006, 23:46 (+0000)

  Go go lazyweb!

• Champagne

  Jun 26 2006, 19:07 (+0000)

  The Champagne is uncorked because I got a 2:1. Whoop.

• Regarding TV Downloads

  Jun 27 2006, 13:32 (+0000)

  The ability to download television programmes from the internet (legally) is hotting up, slowly. Unfortunately we’re heading fast in the direction of DRM, low-resolution and region-enforcement.