iPod Heaven

Well. Finally gone and done it. Given in and got myself an iPod. A Touch no less. If you browse previous posts you would have read my constant struggle to find the ideal PDA or smartphone lifestyle/productivity solution. Many others no doubt share the same challenge. Do you go for ultimate convergence a la iPhone, LG Viewty or Nokia E90, sacrificing perfomance, or do you ditch convergence for a separates solution of phone, PDA and camera? It's been difficult as my needs have changed over time, but now I've accepted that a highly portable device that goes part way to productivity is important for me, and a camera has to be separate due to quality. Also, as long as the phone is small with a decent battery and connectivity features, then this solution can be split three ways, rather than losing performance by converging all into two or one. So despite dismissing Apple's iPod/Phone products without a thorough trial, I revisited Apple's offerings by recommendation. After all I do own a sexy MacBook.

So I've gone for a web-tablet with the iPod Touch, supplemented by a separate phone and camera. What's great is that the combo works, possibly due to the Touch. Even out of the box, it simply works and does so beautifully. Full blown productivity is yet to come, as I haven't gone down the Jailbreak route unlike many others. Official third party support will arrive in February anyway, so why risk voiding that warranty.

iPod Touch; Samsung E900; Casio Exilim

I'm finally happy. :-)

This blog was written on an iPod Touch.

Google sends Android OS to conquer mobile world

It's been rumoured for a while, but Google has officially thrown it's gauntlet down into the hotly contested mobile phone ring with the announcement of it's new open source mobile OS, Android. Bill and his mates should be quaking in their boots, as it may mean lean days ahead for Microsoft, what with other mobile OS rivals already out there including Palm and Symbian Alliance. Now with the new arrivals of Apple and Google's Linux powered system, things are gonna get pretty interesting.


This is just what Linux needed to be taken seriously as a mobile OS alternative. With a the Google juggernaut behind it, together with a host of developers in the open source community, the platform can only go from strength to strength. Who will the winner be when the dust finally settles? Why me and you and the man in the street that's who! Big grin. ;-)

Microsoft releases "Deepfish" browser for Windows Mobile

Dunno if this is the same as the iPhone web browsing experience, with pan and zoom features, which you also get on the Windows Mobile 6 powered HTC Touch. Tried browsing on the Touch and it works pretty well. Making web browsing on a mobile device an almost bearable experience. We've some way to go yet before you can say fulfilling, but then Apple will no doubt tell us otherwise. Ouch, my MacBook just burnt me.

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