Two devices that I’m continuing to use, the iPhone and iPad Mini. I was taking to a friend saying that when I use a mobile device I tend to use for some time and in my case I’ve been using the iPhone for a number of years and still get a lot of great use from it. The iPhone 5 screen is perfect for web browsing, I’m able to take advantage of the screen with twitter and see more of my timeline. Facebook is perfect too. I’m also using Vine to record quick, 6 second videos of what is going on around me. I also find the stock Mail app sufficient for my email and if course I ‘m forever taking photographs with the camera and uploading to the cloud, iCloud to be precise. The battery on the iPhone 5 is great. It lasts for the full day however there is also a charger that I carry with me or I can plug it into a power socket wherever I go.
I travel a lot and so my iPhone comes is essential, it comes with me around the world. I also have a day job, DJ some weekends both in the UK and NYC and I do modelling from time to time so I need my iPhone to keep track on where I should be, aircraft I have to take, time in countries, weather, sunset and sunrise, exchange rates, directions and phrase book - needless to say my iPhone is able to cope with all of this and more. I also use my iPhone to check in, it’s doubles as my boarding pass. United airlines take advantage of Passbook and they are the airline I fly the most with so I’m able to use the boarding pass when I’m flying.
I mentioned taking pictures, you know I believe the camera on my iPhone offers me a great opportunity to take pictures of the wonderful places that I just happen to be visiting, whether it be a remote beach in Brazil, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, a bar in New York or my roof terrace at home, I’m able to catch the moment and I’m even more thankful that I can savour the moment by taking a photograph and then emailing to friends and family. iCloud is awesome because I can save all my photographs.
Finally FaceTime is perfect. I can talk to my friends, loved ones wherever they are at whatever time we agree on. It makes the world smaller and I know Apple were not the first in creating this but FaceTime is the best adaption of video conferencing that I’ve used to date and it works well.
So these are just some of the reasons why I enjoy using my iPhone 5 and I think it gives you a good impression of what I’m able to achieve by using it. I typed this and uploaded this using my iPhone 5. I hope that you have a great rest of your Monday.
Microsoft are unable to continue using the SkyDrive name apparently. “SkyDrive, most of you use it daily and love it. It’s the cloud service from Microsoft that offers storage to your files anywhere and anyhow. If you’re using Windows 8 or Windows Phone it’s also the service that backs up a lot of your settings to create a coherent experience. Unfortunately, you won’t be calling it SkyDrive for much longer.” WPCentral after the jump.
[From Paul Dunne] My iPhone 5 is used everyday. I use it for making calls and receiving email because I am out of the office a lot so I need access to my email and the iPhone is a good platform because I get a large crisp screen to respond and read attachments.
[From Stephen Trew] Yahoo see Flickr as their crown jewels it seems. “Yahoo! has pushed out a pretty sizeable update to their Flickr app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with new and customizable filters and a bunch of new editing tools on board. Theres a new filter pack to choose from, and the filters are now ‘live’ so you get to assess how things look before snapping your photos.” Read in full
[From Stephen Trew] Yeah! “Good news for Brits: the new iOS 7 beta 4 has changed the colors of motorways and A-roads to match the long established scheme used in all other UK maps. Now the motorways (freeways) are drawn in blue and the A-roads (main roads, with one or two-lanes) are green. ” Read in full
[From Stephen Trew] Bloomberg is usually pretty good with these rumours. “Bloomberg has also removed the above references to iPads in September. Looks like we’ll have to wait until October for new iPads.” Read in full
Modern technology at its best. Looking at Filofax inserts with a friend and spotted this on the back of a refill. It just shows this hasn’t been updated in a while.
Good news, Evernote for Windows Phone has been updated. “Evernote has added support for Windows Phone 8 today and Windows Phone users are getting improved features from the online note-taking service — including a new multi-shot camera, image slideshows, speech-to-text capabilities and auto note-titling. You can now take multiple snapshots per note without exiting the camera mode, a nifty feature for those who want to pack their notes with several photos. To complement this update, Evernote has also included slideshows — tap on a photo while looking at a note, and the image will pop out and let you swipe to view the other images.”
[From Nacho] Sammy a tale of two halves, iOS 7 beta 4 occasionally suffers from random reboots, I guess I should expect this from. However it’s too bad because, it feels almost like a finished product, well almost.
[From Glenn Mandel] Pocket is the most popular app in the world for saving interesting articles, videos and web pages for later. Pocket has over 9.5 million users who save 1.2 million or more pieces of content every day, including articles, videos, and more.
Today, Pocket is built into all Kobo devices bringing the convenience of the web’s best save-for-later platform into its E Ink readers and tablets. Now, your books and web articles can all be in one place. Kobo users can now use Pocket to send articles from every app, browser and device right to their Kobo device then view saved content in a beautiful experience online or offline in Kobo eReaders and syncs with your Pocket account on any other device —perfect for the commute, the couch, or on the go.
Kobo is a global leader in eReaders with over 14.5 million users and offering more than 3.5-million eBooks, magazines and newspapers to millions of customers in 190 countries. Pocket is built into Kobo’s enhanced Reading Life platform in the Articles from Pocket section. Existing Pocket users can simply log in for instant access to their list, and new users can sign up for a free Pocket account.
[From Hans] These are cool, great cases for your iPad. “Here’s a new style of case for the iPad min that’s caught my eye this week: paper sleeve pulp art covers from a company called T&M. They bring some 40’s and 50’s retro flavor or, as T&M says, ‘retro futurism , science fiction and hair-raising adventure worlds’.“ Really cool, more details at iPadinsight.