The new iPhone 4 is here!

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Posted on 7th June 2010 by Tony in Random

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I am actually sitting here drooling, flipping from site to site as I read about the new Apple 4 iPhone which was released today. Absolutely unbelievable! It’s a beautiful phone and it fixes the two things I really think the 3GS misses out on: A better camera and multitasking.

From the good old days of iPhone 2G (version 1) everyone has been complaining that Apple doesn’t multitask. I absolutely agree with the sentiment. I’ve been using an iPhone for 3 years now and have “adapted” but there are still days when I wish I could minimise an app, like a Skype conversation, while I quickly browse a site or check an email.

Secondly the new camera is finally 5 megapixel. With a flash. And that is plain brilliant. Because my old 2G only had a 2Megapixel camera. And it looked like I was going blind ans squidgy when I took photos.

The added bonus is that it now has a front camera too! Which means that video-calling is now back on the table.

iOS4 will also be made available to 3GS users (like me) so I’ll receive many of the benefits of the iPhone 4 (well, as much as my hardware can handle).

OK, I’m going back to drooling now …

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My iPad is on it’s way!

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Posted on 17th April 2010 by Tony in Random

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My iPad is finally along it’s journey from Chicago … I’m incredibly excited by it – I’ve been following the blogs all over the US about this awesome little tool that’s going to make my life better. I’m also really excited that my favourite coffee shop in Blouberg, Carlucci’s has free wifi – so all things are looking good!

You can track the journey with me!

www.fedex.com

tracking ID: 865715729731

It’s slightly delayed by the Volcano in Iceland, but I am patient!

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Windows 7 – I feel like a traitor

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Posted on 19th March 2010 by Tony in Random

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Yesterday I did something I never thought I’d ever do … I bought a new PC with Windows 7 on it, because my old Desktop of more than 7 years decided to die on me this morning thanks to a virus.

Since January 2007 I have been using Apple Mac. I am still using the original Macbook I bought back then and have never needed to format it. It has no anti-virus on it … it just works … beautifully. Since then I’ve added another 3 macs and two iPhones to my collection of Apple Products. It’s beautiful and I love it. The integration into my office is awesome.

There are, however, a few hitches:

1. Most importantly, my accounting software, Softline Pastel, does not support mac in any form. I need to have a windows enabled computer to run it. Now, I can run a dualboot option … or even a virtual machine on my macbook, but there’s a secondary problem:

2. None of my printers (I have 3) will work on my macbook. This is because I bought them all before I had any macs. Otherwise I would have bought a printer that supports OSX (most of them do now, anyway). As I upgrade the hardware, I’ll move things around a little.

Of course, having a PC can be useful. It serves as a data-server for the office and a print-server and when the accountant is here she can merrily hum along while playing on Pastel.

But then, yesterday, disaster struck. I got taken out by a trojan who installed some crappy software on my PC demanding $40 to uninstall itself. I have a business to run, and actually would have paid the $40 … if it wasn’t for the fact that it finally killed Milamber (the name of my PC).

So here I am … blogging on my new Windows 7 machine … I feel violated.

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