Monday 22 April 2013
Premium Build Quality
From the hundreds of documents, articles and YouTube videos I've watched recently on the latest smartphone handsets there seems to be one phrase which is used in every review! Premium Build Quality! Most seem to come to the conclusion that although it's a great phone and maybe the best ever - they're all not quite as good as the iPhone 5! Having owned an iPhone 5 since launch day I can confirm that although it's well put together, feels good to use and probably has Premium Build Quality - they scratch and crack far too easily which to me doesn't scream quality! As soon as I got my iPhone I bought screen protectors and a plastic cover which I think completely removes the look and feel that Apple were going for! So despite this protection mine has chips in the paintwork on two edges and when scratches underneath where the cover (Belkin) has been! So is a phone with 'Premium Build Quality' a good thing - not anymore to me! If it doesn't look like it'll scratch far too easily then I think that's more important to me now!
Thursday 11 April 2013
Apple Control
I'm sat here flicking through my usual morning trawl of various websites, I normally start at BBC News, pop to a couple of Newcastle United ones, maybe a cheeky peek at Flickr and technology ones but I always seem to end with a peruse through the latest updates on macrumors.com.
One of the articles made me wonder whether Apple are getting a bit too big for their boots and believing their own hype! The story I read was one about Apple banning an app called AppGratis from the the App Store - the app basically finds good deals, promotions etc for other apps however Apple have decided they don't like how it's done and so they have killed the app! As with any iPhone user the apps available to me are those which are tightly controlled by Apple, instead of being able to find an app that does what I want, I'm instead limited to one that Apple will let me have! They claim that it's to protect the iPhone and maintain the experience but I think this is becoming a problem! I used to enjoy each week waiting for the time when the App Store was refreshed with all the new apps by Apple but however I often look through and am disappointed! I suspect that there are lots of developers out there with some amazing ideas for apps which will significantly enhance the iPhone user experience but are instead being blocked by the very tight control Apple has around the App Store! I wonder what would happen if Apple loosened their grip but still kept a close eye on the security element!?
One of the articles made me wonder whether Apple are getting a bit too big for their boots and believing their own hype! The story I read was one about Apple banning an app called AppGratis from the the App Store - the app basically finds good deals, promotions etc for other apps however Apple have decided they don't like how it's done and so they have killed the app! As with any iPhone user the apps available to me are those which are tightly controlled by Apple, instead of being able to find an app that does what I want, I'm instead limited to one that Apple will let me have! They claim that it's to protect the iPhone and maintain the experience but I think this is becoming a problem! I used to enjoy each week waiting for the time when the App Store was refreshed with all the new apps by Apple but however I often look through and am disappointed! I suspect that there are lots of developers out there with some amazing ideas for apps which will significantly enhance the iPhone user experience but are instead being blocked by the very tight control Apple has around the App Store! I wonder what would happen if Apple loosened their grip but still kept a close eye on the security element!?
Monday 1 April 2013
Sometime back in 2007 the Social Network as we know it today was still quite a new concept and I'm sure most people had accounts at MySpace, Friendster and Faceparty - then along came Facebook! Initially I loved Facebook and as more people got into it the bigger it became, I'm pretty sure it got to the point where eventually it became one of the main methods of communication for those people using it. It is great for arranging events, catching up on what people have been doing and generally being all round nosey! At first it was all about status updates, photos and general Tom Foolery - however it's now gone a bit rubbish!
My love of Facebook is now dying very quickly - my timeline is now no longer full of updates - instead they've been replaced with very annoying adverts for things I will never buy! Also the use of the share button is annoying the hell out of me - why people feel the need to constantly share every photo of a lost dog, every tacky and awful Christian poster and all round vomit enducing slogans is beyond me!
The only reason I stick with Facebook is that I have friends and family all over the country and world so Facebook is the best way to keep in touch - if it wasn't for that I would have deleted my account ages ago! In the mean time I can see a lot of people in my friends list being hidden or deleted!
My love of Facebook is now dying very quickly - my timeline is now no longer full of updates - instead they've been replaced with very annoying adverts for things I will never buy! Also the use of the share button is annoying the hell out of me - why people feel the need to constantly share every photo of a lost dog, every tacky and awful Christian poster and all round vomit enducing slogans is beyond me!
The only reason I stick with Facebook is that I have friends and family all over the country and world so Facebook is the best way to keep in touch - if it wasn't for that I would have deleted my account ages ago! In the mean time I can see a lot of people in my friends list being hidden or deleted!
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