Monthly Archives: June 2011

Technology In Schools And Bono On Smartphones

  By Alex | June 6, 2011 - 3:05 pm | Published
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Over at the ABC’s Technology & Games site, I’ve given my opinion on the adoption of technology in primary schools, and the real cost thereof:

How do you balance a top tech education with advertising in schools? “Anyone talking up teachers is OK by me on principle alone…”

Meanwhile, at CNET.com.au, a phone that must have cost a fortune to licence from U2. Oh, no, wait, not quite that.

HTC Desire S: “When we first set eyes on the Desire S, we were concerned that it might play something of a second fiddle to other HTC phones such as the Incredible S…”

but still, every single time I mention that phone (or its siblings), this tune goes through my head. Probably yours now, too:YouTube Preview Image

A Droidally Different Viewpoint & A Bluetooth Tongue Twister

  By Alex | June 1, 2011 - 11:41 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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Over at Hydrapinion, I’ve started a series on switching from iPhone to Android. Sure, it’s been done before — this is not a unique idea in and of itself — but I’m curious to see what my reaction will be shifting from just reviewing Android phones — where I’ll extensively test a unit, typically with a supplied SIM in it, for an intensive but short period of time (usually dictated by the twin pressures of loan term agreements and writing deadlines) and using it as my “everyday” smartphone.

Can an iPhone user switch to Android for a month (and why would I want to?) “So I’m going to spend the next month using the Galaxy S II as my “regular” smartphone.”

Meanwhile, Creative held a press launch, and this inevitably leads to another 30 Seconds Of Tech. All the facts you need to know, none of the messy greater-than-thirty-seconds-mucking-about!

 

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