THIS IS THE LAST DAY. I will choose one PalmAddict reader at random to win the above white iPhone 4S 32GB Unlocked. All you need to do is send me a user thought [a couple of lines] on how you are using your mobile device whether it be for business or pleasure. then give it a title [Anyone who doesn't give their user thought a title will not be entered] I will choose someone at random early next week. Send your user thought putting PALMADDICTS in the subject line and email to me. No pleas to why you want / need / deserve the iPhone, they get thrown in the trash can. Send me your user thought and if you like tell us your city / town as other PalmAddict readers like to know where you are from and send to me at sammualjamesmcloughlin@gmail.com
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LAST DAY: Who wants a White iPhone 4S?
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
[From Stephen Trew] Stephen Trew sent this link to me yesterday and it makes for an read. "For an innovator, Steve was remarkably loyal. If he loved a shirt, he’d order 10 or 100 of them. In the Palo Alto house, there are probably enough black cotton turtlenecks for everyone in this church. He didn’t favor trends or gimmicks. He liked people his own age. His philosophy of aesthetics reminds me of a quote that went something like this: “Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.”"
How Android swallowed the UK smartphone market in 18 months
[From Hans] Here is one for my UK readers - How Android swallowed the UK smartphone market in 18 months. "In just 18 months, Android has come from nowhere to become the mobile OS powering just under half of every smartphone sold in the UK – and the half the people owning a mobile phone in the UK have a smartphone. In the process it has bested Nokia's Symbian (since declared dead, though still stumbling to its grave), RIM's BlackBerry OS (which is fighting back) and Apple's iPhone (which, given its comparatively high price until the latest cuts to the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, was never likely to dominate long-term)."
New network provider in UK
[From Adrian Beattie] Sammy, Have you seen this - http://giffgaff.com/index/us - very very competitve rates and runs on O2 backbone… microsims even on offer for iphone - plus a support community.
New Siri commercial
[From Hans] Another new Siri commercial for you to enjoy.
The HTC Explorer Arrives At The Smartphone Centre / HTC Explorer Now In Stock at Clove
[From The Smartphone Centre] HTC have launched an extremely low cost Android smartphone just in time for Christmas. Powered by Android and the latest HTC Sense, the HTC Explorer features a 3.2” touch screen and a 5 megapixel camera. The lockscreen lets you access your contacts, mail, camera, and messages in one swipe even when your phone is locked. And to make things convenient for you, the HTC Explorer offers an intuitive, clean homescreen design that focuses on the most frequently used features and notifies you when you’ve received an email or text message or have a calendar event. As with all our smartphones, the HTC Explorer is SIM Free and Network unlocked. We also offer FREE UK Delivery. This will be an extremely popular device during the run up to Christmas, so ordering this device as soon as possible is highly recommend if you wish to receive the HTC Explorer before Christmas. For further information, or to place your order please visit the HTC Explorer product page.
[From Chris Ward @ Clove Technology] Hi Guys, We now have the HTC Explorer in stock at Clove. More deets after the jump.
David Pogue: Windows Phone Is back, full of great tricks
[From Stephen Trew] It's good to see Microsoft come up with a quality phone OS. Let's hope it takes off and with Nokia's marketing muscle I think it might. Competition is good for the industry. David Pogue likes it: "Windows Phone 7.5 is gorgeous, classy, satisfying, fast and coherent. The design is intelligent, clean and uncluttered. Never in a million years would you guess that it came from the same company that cooked up the bloated spaghetti that is Windows and Office.""
HTC expects quarter-on-quarter revenue dip
[From Hans] HTC set to announce slightly lower revenues. "Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has said it expects slightly lower revenues and shipments in the fourth quarter than it recorded in the third. The company cited uncertainties from new models due to be launched by itself and by its competitors. HTC forecasts revenues of 125-135bn Taiwanese dollars ($4.2-4.5bn; £2.6-2.8bn) in the last three months of the year."
That Old-time Shutter Bug
[From Andrew Sheppard] At the sporting club I attend here in Japan, there is a senior member who is always taking photos of members and events. We call him "Flash San". He takes photos one week, then the next week he brings along prints and gives them out to the people in the photos. He always paid for the film and making prints himself.
When digital cameras became affordable, we asked him to get a digital camera but he was not interested. Then we offered to give him a digital camera, because it would be more convenient for us, and less expensive for him. But Flash San refused to give up his film camera.
After the iPad 2 came out, another senior member showed up with an iPad 2 and used it to take photos. We all thought it looked ridiculous, holding up this big tablet. Somehow, like the puppeteers at Bunraku wearing a mesh hood, photographers at an event seem to become invisible to the action around them, but taking photos with the iPad looks like holding up a tea tray in front of your face.
So why use an iPad for snaps? Of course, as we all get older and our near vision starts to deteriorate, the iPad looks just like a HUGE viewfinder with a tiny camera attached, which makes taking photos easier. But it could also be that the iPad is "my first computer" and after using it to discover email and the internet, suddenly, wow, it's so easy, just press this "camera" button and your "my first computer" is now the "my first digital camera" you were so scared of learning how to use.
Last time I went to the club, Flash San had got himself a new iPad too and was taking pictures with it. Later I went up to him to ask how it feels to be going digital after all these years. "Quiet", he said, "I'm making a video".
