Sony Ericsson's new Greenheart phone – the Aspen, an eco-Blackberry
Sony Ericsson have added a business phone to their line up of eco-friendly handsets. The multi-tasking Windows Aspen joins the Elm and the Hazel in the Sony Ericsson Greenheart range. The phone's general features reflect the business niche that Sony Ericsson are gearing their Aspen handset towards: the key point being the Windows Mobile 6.5…
Site of the week: Checklists.com – a collection of useful and weird lists
Site of the week goes to Checklists.com. As a list-a-holic, a collection of lists arranged in a list format gives me great pleasure. The site is a collection of pre-made check lists for individual situations. Obviously a lot of lists are very specific to you: for example pick up Andrew will only have significance if…
It's not information overload, it's filter failure
A bleak struggle with my inbox and the general abundance of articles like this about information overload, reminded me of this talk from web theorist and author of Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky. Shirky tells us it's not the amount of information that drives us crazy, it's the failure of filters to sort it properly…
Forget websites, make an app: advice from Geek Squad founder
Anyone hoping to make an internet start-up work should go for the mobile platform first, then do a standard website after, said technocrat and founder of the Geek Squad, Robert Stephens in an interesting interview with sustainablejournalism.org. Mobile is where it's at according to Stephens. "If I were to advise a company on what to…
Student who wants to make a website? Microsoft and 123Reg offer UK students a £1 deal
The government is floundering around trying to help the 16-24 year-old generation, who seem to have got shafted by the recession. Job-wise anyway. For those still in college, here's a chance from Microsoft to get a few web skillz that could come in useful. Microsoft along with 123Reg is offering discounted website hosting and access…
Met Office release free weather app
The Met Office have just released an iPhone app - providing weather forecasts prescisely tuned to where you are using your phone. The app is free, has got enthusiastic reviews and seems to be both well-made and user-friendly plus streaming the relatively high-quality forecasts of the Met Office. It uses your current location to give…
iPad cases: let the skinning begin…
So, we finally got the measurements, and case makers have already got busy and there are at least two ranges out already that I've heard of. The iPad poses an interesting dilemma for the casemakers - smartphones get tight-fitting skins, laptops get bags - what will the half pound, 10" iPad get? Looks like skins…
Ten iPhone apps that will work really well on iPad
iPhone and iPod touch apps will work on the iPad without needing to be rebuilt for the new format, Steve Jobs told us yesterday. You will be able to sync your iPad directly with your iPhone or Pod and get all the apps in the same place. But though the software won't need to change,…
The iPad as a business device: the potential and the problems
Could this be device that breaks Apple into the business market? Will the suits and office workers of the next five years be pulling iPads out of their briefcases? Yes argues blogger Matt McHugh brought to our attention in a Shiny comment. McHugh imagines an iPad-enabled office: his scenario - instead of getting a desktop…
Why the iPad will be a good women's gadget: 5 reasons
I don't know whether the name endears it to women or just makes them think that they didn't get asked to the marketing team's focus groups, but it has certainly made it get some female attention, outside the crowd of Apple fangirls. Why do I think this is going to be a good women's gadget?…
