iPhone 3.0 Software Release

Its coming tomorrow! (YaY). As much as I'd love to write a post about the fantastic features in this release, I'm in an unfortunate position of knowledge from an upgrade perspective. Upon contacting O2 regarding the upgrade to the 3GS (http://www.apple.com/iphone/) I have found that all exhisting customers need to pay off the rest of their current contract :-o

This will (I'm sure) create a lot of disgruntuled O2 customers. iPhone contracts are 18 months, and they must know that Apple will release new hardware every 12 months...placing us (the exhisting customers) in a bit of a quandry...especially as ontop of getting out of the contract I have to purchase the phone AND put myself back in the current position I find myself in and sign up to another 18 month contract.

I'm waiting to see what happens, I'm sure that this won't be the case in a few weeks.

Interesting read around this topic: http://tinyurl.com/lu2aob

iGoogle Blogger Gadget

If your excited about the title of this blog, don't be - it doesn't work. What would have been an excellent & easy way to update my blog actually turned out to be a waste of my time. I entered a full entry, clicked publish and it didn't work...further research also suggests others have had the same problem.

If your a developer and would love to help loads of bloggers out there, create a widget for iGoogle so we can all update our blogs from our homepage!

Laptop Design

I'm sat watching England vs Andora (currently 5-0 up) whilst browsing the net with my new Studio XPS laptop - which has many annoying features I thought I'd rant about here:

Reflective Screen - Looks great in the shop, but friggin annoying when all I can see is my ugly mush in its reflection

USB Ports - All located on the left hand side, which means that as a right hander I have to trail my USB mouse cable all the way around the back of my machine

Power - This is located on the right hand side of the laptop, so I have a flippin' huge power cable right next to my mouse which keeps getting in the way

FingerPrint Promoting Surface - honestly, its impossible to keep clean!

Hinge - Opening this thing when its on your legs results in skin pinching...

I wouldn't mind, but I've only had it a few days and its already slowing up!. My advice, don't buy one, or atleast bear these things in mind when your having a look around.