A Thinking Man

If, like me, you are annoyed that it takes you a while as you fumble with your phone in an attempt to answer it, then you will be pleased to know that you can increase the time it takes before that same phone diverts to voicemail.
I have a new iPhone5, and thanks to the helpful [...]

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I am sitting in Caffè Nero trying to test out a new iPhone app - SpellChecker.
It has its own dictionary that it refers to as you type. However, it can also access a range of other iPhone dictionaries. I have mine linked to the very impressive (but expensive) Oxford English Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Once you have [...]

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Well … Vlingo!
I’m not quite sure what to say really.  But it is impressive - at least, I think so.  It has certainly cut down the typing.
I have blogged before about how various iPhone apps were available to enable a user to use voice to interact with software on his or her phone.  For some [...]

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It is now over 18 months since I first got her - ‘it’ seems way too impersonal for an object which has become an almost indispensable part of my life.  I have blogged before about the first love, about speaking to her so that she never forgets (ReQall), about the app that enables me to [...]

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I’m a child at heart, and I love playing with new software.  Occasionally I discover new toys that seem too important and enjoyable to put aside. About three weeks ago I discovered Evernote and have been using it (playing with it) ever since.
I was sceptical at first.  ”After all,” I thought, “Evernote is only an [...]

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Phlogs are nice (and sometimes useful) things that ipadio lets you create.  And now, thanks to a really powerful, free app, you can phlog from your iPhone with ease.
Phlogs are recordings that you can easily make from any phone and instantly broadcast on the Internet.  You just sign up for a free account, get your unique [...]

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OK. A quick techie post - the kind I feel compelled to make from time to time. Boring and annoying for those who do not share my interest in these things, and for those millions out there who have somehow managed to survive so far without an iPhone.
I find myself doing it more and [...]

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Twitter is passing into mainstream. Latest figures from Hitwise, the online intelligence service, show a 974 per cent increase in traffic, jolting Twitter from the 2,953rd most popular site among UK users to the 291st most visited by mid-January.
Richard Goad, director of research for Hitwise, said in a recent Independent article: “Twitter [...]

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Things are definitely changing fast.
I have always tried to embrace technology. I enjoy novelty, regardless of usefulness. I can remember my first computer - a ZX81 purchased from WH Smiths. You couldn’t do anything with it really other than try to learn BASIC. Soon the specialist magazines were filled with programs for it that made [...]

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Just testing to see if it really is possible to create and post a WordPress blog from an iPhone. If it is, I need to seriously think about the real occasions when I actually might need to / want to do this. I mean the iPhone keyboard is fantastic - even more user-friendly than I [...]

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