Many of the restrictions around the iPhone OS are well documented and infamous. Here though, I lament the loss of a less regarded capability of open systems; the extensibility of existing applications themselves, and explore the closest alternative on the iPad: The web browser, and the web itself.

I like the iPad; I’d like to buy one for my parents.

In which I need new earbuds for my iPod.

Ackey emailed me today complaining that he’d exceeded his iPod capacity. He wants to know how best to keep it sync’d without missing out on the music he wants to listen to.

Personally I discard iTunes automatic management (because that involves trusting technology, and iTunes at that) and discard manual management because I lose the ability [...]

This is partly in response to Ben O’Neill’s post on the Zune.

Microsoft have announced details of their forthcoming Zune media player.

I’ll quite looking forward to seeing what Microsoft come up with, not least because I think some well backed competition for the iPod is increasingly needed. Apple aren’t resting on their lorals, but they’re not [...]