4G or not 4G? That is the question for Apple’s new iPad

As previously flagged in this blog, the new Apple iPad does NOT – currently – hook up with Telstra’s 4G in Australia (or Europe, or Asia) – although it hooks up to 4G standards in the USA and Canada. This Age article and video interview does an excellent job of explaining the issue and why [...]

New Apple iPad: everything you need to know, as far as we know now

Apple gave the new iPad a bunch of new features but no new name. When it goes on sale next week in the U.S. and several other countries, it will be “the iPad” or perhaps “the new iPad” but not “iPad 3″ or “iPad HD,” as some had speculated. The lack of a new name [...]

Excellent review of the new Apple iPhone 4s here

If this was released as the first in a line of products people would be raving with enthusiasm. As it is, it seems a significant improvement. But not the revolution that people expected. Thanks to Yahoo and CNET for the review. http://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/mobile-technology/article/-/10400804/apple-announces-iphone-4s/

The Most Useful Thing No One Ever Told You About Your iPhone

When I was an iddy biddy boy, I worked in the computer industry. I was actually around for the launch of the personal computer, incredible as that might seem to those admiring my Dorian Gray-like youthfulness. The ever accelerating onrush of technology – the sheer clattering speed of change – is astonishing. Today’s PCs – [...]