Author: Jon Edwards
NASA 'Moonbase Alpha' Game Hits Valve Steam Today
Jul 6 by Jon Edwards | add commentRemember growing up when people used to want to be astronauts? Well tomorrow’s people walk this planet today, and while space exploration budgets are cut and we still don’t have jet packs, today’s the day the NASA-developed ‘Moonbase Alpha’ game hits the Valve Steam servers for some PC gaming goodness. Announcing the title last year, the space more »
HP Takes On Apple, Google For Handheld Futures
Jul 6 by Jon Edwards | 1 commentHurrah – HP’s recently-acquired Palm unit has updated its webOS software, unleashing a whole new world of handheld gaming. Well, not quite, but with HP already saying it intends using its newly-acquired webOS to spark a whole new period in connected device development, then we’ll be watching more »
The most expensive iPhone 4 in the world
Jul 6 by Jon Edwards | 7 commentsSure, there might be some kind of problem with the signal bar — perhaps it is software, as Apple claim, perhaps not — one day we’ll know. Meanwhile the adoring iPhone loving or loathing public might as well get their gossip going on this O.T.T. rich person’s creation, the $20,000 diamond-encrusted more »
Would You Take A Zero-G Holiday?
Jul 6 by Jon Edwards | add commentOnce upon a time we’d take fast fairground rides to get a sense of it, nowadays we can actually, you know, just do it: head off into the wide blue yonder of zero gravity sensation. Sensation seekers these days have this new option on their itinerary, for when those picnics and beach holidays get more »
VIDEO: Your iPad Really Is A Digital Art Canvas
Jul 6 by Jon Edwards | 5 commentsJust in case you missed it, here’s a couple of video clips which pretty much underline the kind of amazing things talented people can do with their iPad and the app of their choice. The first video is just one to watch, partially because its backing track isn’t deeply unbearable, and partly because, more »
It's Official: 'The Internet Is Over', Says Prince
Jul 6 by Jon Edwards | 5 commentsHe may have written some classic hits, but Prince has no ‘Kiss’ to give in his latest ‘Purple Rain’ of vitriol against ‘teh internets’, which the diminutive pop star says ‘is finished’. Is this a ‘Sign of the Times’, or simply an attempt by the artist to propel sales of his latest more »
iOS4 Multitasking - What You Need To Know
Jun 28 by Jon Edwards | 2 commentsIs this you? You updated your iPhone to iOS 4 and now you’re looking to multitask — and it isn’t working? What’s going on? Here’s what you need to know. With iOS 4, multitasking is already here, but in order to use it developers must update their apps to support this new feature. (We have a short list of multitasking-enabled apps at the end of this more »
6 Outstanding Sim Games For iPad and iPhone
Jun 28 by Jon Edwards | add commentThe great thing about Apple’s portable devices for fans of simulation games is that you can actually live more of a life while spending almost every waking moment tweaking some setting or researching new technology, or exploring a series of bad decisions as you go to war with your neighbor. This more »
Google Street View Grows A Little Horse
Jun 25 by Jon Edwards | 1 commentThe question on lips across the techi-world this morning has to be “Who is horse-boy?” This image was captured by a Street View car driving through Aberdeen’s Hardgate area. In the absence of anybody claiming any crime reports featuring a horse-disguised miscreant, the identity of the more »
A Cheap And Easy Fix For The iPhone 4 Signal Problem
Jun 25 by Jon Edwards | 6 commentsIf you’re a left-handed iPhone 4 owner then you’re potentially one of those infuriated by the problem in which gripping the device by its lower left corner can interrupt your network signal. This is because your clammy fingers sometimes have the effect of bridging the gap between the two separated aluminum sides, which has more »
6 Great Apps For Web Designers
Jun 25 by Jon Edwards | 2 commentsIf you are a web designer then Apple’s mobile devices can help you work better, smarter — and out of the office. Here’s six apps you really should take time to get to know. 1. Ego $1.99 This is a splendid app (image above) not just for a developer but for anyone who has ever run a Google search on their more »
Apple Makes Statement On iPhone 4 Signal Loss Flaw
Jun 25 by Jon Edwards | 7 commentsApple has admitted to a widely-reported problem in which millions of iPhone 4 units are likely to lose signal when gripped by the lower left corner, saying there’s nothing unusual about the flaw, illustrated in this video. In an official statement issued late last night after hundreds of customers reported the flaw, more »
Adobe Ships Flash Player 10.1 Mobile
Jun 22 by Jon Edwards | add commentAdobe has (at last) introduced a version of Flash it swears is suitable for mobile devices, Flash Player 10.1, and in an attempt to prove it isn’t sitting alone whistling its multimedia software’s song, claims HBO, Sony Pictures, Turner, USA Network, Viacom, Warner Brothers and others are already more »

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Posted February 14, 2012 in Is 4G enough to end the high-end tablet war for iPad?