Apple iPhone 5c a win for google.

 

I have to admit I was pretty disappointed with what Apple revealed on Tuesday, not so much the new phones rather the price point. Like a lot of other commentators out there I was expecting an 5c iPhone to come roughly $200 dollars less than the current 5 iPhone. Not the $60 as it turned out. In our house it has already sparked the discussion maybe we should move to android...

But where I think things will unravel with Apple in the long term, is competitiveness for the battle for the Ecco-system. If I look at what I spend with Apple the majority would be on music, movies and rentals. Not the actual hardware. But I can see apple loosing this battle if people aren't using their technology.

So yes, the winner of the iPhone 5c launch is google.

 

HTC Desire 18 months on...

Its been 18 months since I switched from the iphone 3G to the Android HTC Desire. I've some mixed feeling about the device, but ultimatley I wont be continuing with Android. While I think Google has given manufactures a solid operating system my biggest gripe is the manufacturers and telecom carriers havn't continued to upgrade them on older devices including the HTC Desire.

When I had the iphone I had about two upgrades; and from what I can gather the phone is still getting upgraded!

On a positive note, physically the phone has been solid. Its still operating even considering the phone has been dropped a few times.

Its also been good to see Google often upgrading their app store. But its not enough to hold me....

Apple and Torrents

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Apple recently approved an iPhone app called IS Drive, which lets users check and manage downloads from ImageShack.us, while also offering users the option to use the company's BitTorrent service to download files to their ImageShack account. Once Apple got wind of what the app was capable of, however, it was promptly removed from iTunes."

Another reason for me not wanting to have anything to do with Apple and their products. For me I use torrents for legitimate reasons such as downloading Linux iso's. Another reason to choose Android.

Two more months and a new phone...

Two more months and we change over and get a new mobile phone. Christina looks like sticking to her iphone. But me I'm going android. I've had it with all Apples litigation over anything.
So what will I do with the old iphone. Look like I can put android on it!

Iphone good bye

 

Christina had disaster hit her hard last week. She lost her Iphone! Unfortunately we had the month before canceled our insurance. 

We decided that the cheapest way out for us would be to get a new SIM card and buy a pre-paid. Cost $49. A lot cheaper than the insurance.

We worked out that Christina would have my Iphone, as she uses the diary pretty extensively for work. I would have the pre-paid Nokia. 

In some ways I looked at the demontion of a 'smart' phone as a bit of a positive challenge. I found that I was a bit to connected. The ability to 'just check', twitter, facebook, the weather, etc etc instantly has taken a bit of life away. The other reason is that I'm no Apple fan. 

I own an Imac and in some ways even though the majority of times it does 'just work', there is an Apple vortex that is associatied with it. You are tied in with Itunes, one of Apples many cash cowes. There is also a type of persona which Apple like to project in there marketing that you are 'Cool'. No thanks.

So I wiped the hard drive of my Imac and put on Ubuntu! Initially I thought I was stuffed when I got intermittent booting and discovered that it was dependend on whether there was the Virgin USB modem plugged in or not. I think it looks pretty good an Imac booting up Ubuntu. 

I think there will be a few good things for me not stuck in the apple claws. I should get a bit more life out of my hardware. As well as getting stuck in the Apple upgrade envy.