Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category



PDAs are Getting Cheap

My last PDA cost me well over £200. I can’t remember about the one before that, but it was at least the same. This time ‘round I’ve lucked out with a brand new, Windows Mobile 5 PDA with built in wi-fi, keyboard, camera and phone. The best bit of all was the price. While [...]

flickr surfing

I’d just finished converting that moon shot into a wallpaper for my PSP when it occurred to me to “tag surf” flickr for other PSP wallpaper. Check it out. I especially like this guy’s shirt.

iTunes Videos

My mate Ian was recently bitching about the price of videos in the new version of the iTunes Music Store. Got to agree with him, there’s almost nothing they sell at the moment that I would drop a couple of quid on. Perhaps if I was hooked on Lost ( which I am ) and [...]

The PSP is going to be huge

The PSP launches in the UK tomorrow and I saw my first demo of a grey import one a week or so ago. Two things that have struck me about it. Firstly, I want one. Simple as that really. It looks fantastic, so do the games and the video is stunning. When you add in [...]

Bluetooth Attack

I got off the plane in Heathrow and switched my phone back on. I didn’t look at it again until I got to our hotel, after a journey of about an hour on the tube. When I did look at it, there was a prompt asking me whether or not I wanted to accept dubiousfilename.sis [...]

Rough Guide to the SPV C500

I got a new phone recently, an Orange SPV c500 ( aka Audiovox SMT5600 / HTC Typhoon / Scoble Phone ), which runs MS Windows Mobile as it’s OS. This is a new OS to me and it’s taken me a bit of time to get to grips with it, mainly because of a lack [...]