Broadband? If only...

I'm a tad peeved about the MotoGP, especially as BT can't be bothered to:

a) install fibre in SE16 where I am (overlooking Canary Wharf and Telehouse); and

b) provide decent wired alternatives.

Yes, I'm only able to get around 400kbps at best with any ISP due to BT's crappy infrastructure.

Blue?

What's my IP lawyer's number?

Refreshing the parts other beers cannot reach

Like my eyes. I wasn't aware of any Heineken product placement in Skyfoal so it must have failed the memorable test. Unlike Audi in I, Robot.

3

Yes, I am now relying on a Personal Hotspot and 3 as I am in the wilderness that is Rotherhithe - directly opposite Canary Wharf - with a quaint 387kbps broadband offering from O2.

Given that we can't get fibre-optic or other cable service here, I'm reliant upon the BT line and the crap line speed. With O2 at least I'm not paying much for it.

Sky will no doubt offer more and deliver less whilst charging more...

It Depends On How Big You Are...

So Tumblr and Flickr apps are absolutely fine then, but 500px isn't?

I see...

http://500px.com/RHMPhotographic

Sigh

I rely on Google Calendar and ActiveSync to combine my work diary and private diary in one place. Nothing else seems to do the trick properly.

And I too like iGoogle as my default home page. I think they're shooting themselves in the foot with lost ad revenues as I will have to use a different portal from now on.

Size Isn't Everything

As I keep telling girlfriends.

If the iPhone 5 was as big as that Samsung Galaxy S III I wouldn't have bought one. The 5 is as big as I want my mobile phone, thanks. If I want more screen size I can go for an iPad, Netbook or laptop, thanks. The 5 fits in my jeans and suit pockets and is lightweight and thin so it wins.

Any larger and I wouldn't buy one.

Bluetooth

Finally they've moved Bluetooth on/off to the main Settings list rather than yet another touch below.

Mail-Order Brides

My wife doesn't understand me: one of the drawbacks of mail-order brides.

My previous one got lost in the post and the one before that was broken when it arrived, having suffocated on the bubble wrap.

Synchronicity

"The release of iOS 6, which powers Apple's handheld stuff, will spark a significant increase to iCloud traffic: the fruity devices will synchronise photos, music and other files automatically with the online storage system."

Erm, that's already the case?

"I don't understand 'danger'"

That's what Siri says when I say "change it", usually after texting my girlfriend to suggest she should "Call hot Debby xxx" instead of whatever innocuous message I'd actually dictated. Sadly, I don't even know a hot Debby...

ORLY?

I pre-ordered mine this morning. Apple Store reported delivery date of 21 September. Order acknowledgement simply says "October"...

Phone?

But would it actually fit on your pocket? How does it compare to a Jesusphone?

Pity

I bought a Samsung NC10 at the airport once when I realised my gf wouldn't be able to use my lappy whilst I was in meetings (durr) and it was one of the best purchases I made. Compact and lightweight with lots of battery life and fine for Facebook, e-mail and web stuff of an evening with the occasional leap into work documents. And without the drawbacks of an iPad (before anyone says "iPad").

Internet Streaming

...excellent if you have a decent connection. I'm in the sticks - er, Rotherhithe, SE16, actually - with a massive 400kbps connection. Downloading Office components every time I want to work on a document doesn't exactly make me moist...

You like this

I obviously had to click the Like button...

http://www.richardhmorris.com/2011/12/22/siri-arse-lee/ for my take on the actual benefit of Siri

Confirmed

I have had this happen a few times since mine arrived last week.

"Have you tried turning it off and on again" does indeed temporarily restore connectivity.

iTunes Match

...doesn't look like it'll be available in the UK:

http://www.crass-stupidity.com/2011/11/08/apple-itunes-match-and-icloud/

"...known informally as Lion..."

Given that Apple call it "OS X Lion" on their website, I'd think that was pretty formal...

Pay Per View?

So we'll soon be seeing lots of streaming content of beefy blokes "laying pipe"?

Oh and:

"BT Infinity is not currently due to be rolled out in your area."

My area is London, opposite Canary Wharf!

@Mouse

No charge/bundle usage?

I just wish Apple would change FaceTime to support 3G/4G as my 3G connection at home is far faster than my crappy 400kbps "broadband" connection. This is London, by the way...

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Please

Don't worry, Aussies, the till at the pub you're working in will do the maths for you.

One Cloud on the Horizon

I live in central London but have at beast a measly 500kbps "broadband" connection. In Epsom and in Norfolk - where I spend a lot of time - my 3 and previously Vodafone connections were laughable: about enough for a conversation and not really anything else.

So as others have commented, why would I want to rely on flaky 3G and/or a piss-poor cabled connection to play content I've built up over the years from various sources? And pay for the 'privilege' too?

iOS4.3

I agree with my learned friend: it looks as though they're talking about tethering iPads to iPhones?

http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/

Release Date?

When is it coming out on Xbox?

You're Doing It Wrong

Apparently. Yes, I still have a recurring weekday alarm that's going off one hour later than it should. I want my iPhone to adjust automatically so the "workaround" is pants. As is setting one every day before I go to bed. As is having to set the alarm to the wrong time for recurring ones and the right time for individual alarms. I would have thought Apple could afford to pay for decent coders...

Languid or Languishing?

"the rumored upgrade to the languishing MacBook Air"

Perhaps it was fortunate that I didn't proceed to checkout with the 'accidental' MacBook Air purchase yesterday then?

How big?

According to iTunes presently, the download for my iPhone 4 is 579.3MB

How Long?

The reason I went for their (micro)SIM-only deal for the iPhoney 4 was that it's a 12 month contract rather than 18 or 24 month offering they're doing. It meant buying direct from Apple so I got my Doris one too so we could See The Light with Facetime - hers is on their 1 month rolling contract - it's also here that the 3 to 3 bundle comes into its own.

Paris, because of what we'll use Facetime for

Damned Inconsiderate

It means I can't check order status on my two Judasphones and peripherals, not price up a MiniMac and peripherals to see if it's viable.

I live in Rotherhithe...

...and my broadband speed is a heady 700kbps. w00t

What important message?

I got the same text message, logged into my vodafone.net account and saw ... the one and only message I'd had in there for a year and a half...

Your Mileage May Vary

I shall join the smug mode: I left my wife when I was 47 and for the past year or so, having met and moved in with a woman who models part-time, I can honestly say my sex life is incredible.

ORLY?

"Since almost everyone has had a bad experience of unprotected lenses..."

Does anyone actually own an original N97 which *doesn't* have scratches across the lens from the so-called protective cover?

Hands-free?

Do Android phones actually work with Bluetooth hands-free car kits yet?

Is it just me...

...or does that graph look like a profile of an erect penis?

Paris, because she could probably tell

Take it back. No, *you* take it back

I mustard mitt to having been distinctly underwhelmed by the concept of the iPad, being a Tablet PC and netbook user by day and an iMac user by night.

At a photoshoot over the weekend, the tog showed me his (fnarr) and was waxing lyrical about being able to whip it out (fnarr) and fire up a portfolio instantly before handing it to the punter to let them view it in an animated book sort of way.

I may be wrong after all.

With long battery life and apps that can create a daily newspaper from your RSS feeds before you set out, checking your e-mail on the way, etc. and being able to do shite with images when you're out and about, there may well be a lot going for these things...

Free Security Patches

"Whilte it is true that if you're license is expired, you can't download the latest version (has always been this way, mind you) you can still download are security patches - which are always available whether your license is expired or not."

Um. No, you can't. My owned licence has apparently expired or is inactive, according to the vBulletin support site and the latest I can download is v3.8.2.

Mind you, at least that's more up to date than the versions that Internet Brands run on their automotive forums, so stuck at v.3.7.1 and others at 3.7.5. Maybe their licences have also expired? Either that or they're not keen on their own product...

OrangeBerry

Yup. No e-mail or SMS on my OrangeBerry all day.

Download Fail

Oh dear! Looks as though Opera won't be coming to a laptop near me - 404s and server timeouts aplenty.

@ By Law

I'm another one who placed an order after reading the article. What a wunch of bankers!

Additional operations required

I wonder if - like their annoying TV ads - more steps are required before the explosion takes place?

Blunderside Plod at their best

They are a truly useless bunch - they recently telephone someone who said they were abroad and took that as gospel. If they'd actually gone to his house they'd have seen him inside (plus isn't the mobile ringtone slightly different if you're abroad?).

Still, we shouldn't keep carping about their incompetence...