Oct 24, 2011
We worked together for nearly 15 years and he still laughed at the way I say “aluminium”.
Jonathan Ive on Steve Jobs
Oct 24, 2011
No prizes for guessing what book I’m reading.

No prizes for guessing what book I’m reading.

Oct 24, 2011
The Sony Ericsson S700 - how I loved this phone which I used for more than 2 years - longest stretch yet for any single mobile phone. I can still feel its swivel.

The Sony Ericsson S700 - how I loved this phone which I used for more than 2 years - longest stretch yet for any single mobile phone. I can still feel its swivel.

Oct 24, 2011
I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of… But I don’t have any skeletons in my closet that can’t be allowed out.
Steve Jobs
Oct 23, 2011
Motorola E398. I don’t why either.  Perhaps I had the foresight of knowing that it’d become the first iTunes phone?

Motorola E398. I don’t why either. 

Perhaps I had the foresight of knowing that it’d become the first iTunes phone?

Oct 21, 2011
Ahh, the O2 Xda II. In 2004, I was using 3.5” touchscreen phones with no keypad long before all these iOS and Android nonsense. Still a lot better looking than a lot of plasticky devices in the market nowadays. Interesting fact: HTC was the manufacturer.  It ran Windows Mobile. The phone functions sometimes crashed in the background with no indication whatsoever while the PDA functions worked. Could get several missed calls and SMSes without ever knowing until I rebooted the phone.  Then, they were called PDA phones. I remember an online forum discussing the difference between a PDA with phone functions and a phone with PDA functions. Good times.

Ahh, the O2 Xda II. In 2004, I was using 3.5” touchscreen phones with no keypad long before all these iOS and Android nonsense. Still a lot better looking than a lot of plasticky devices in the market nowadays. Interesting fact: HTC was the manufacturer. 

It ran Windows Mobile. The phone functions sometimes crashed in the background with no indication whatsoever while the PDA functions worked. Could get several missed calls and SMSes without ever knowing until I rebooted the phone. 

Then, they were called PDA phones. I remember an online forum discussing the difference between a PDA with phone functions and a phone with PDA functions. Good times.

Oct 20, 2011

Screen Size

Some people like a 3.5” phone. Some find that even the iPhone is too big for them and go for smaller devices. Some prefer giant 5” displays on a mobile phone. A smaller screen is more manageable while a bigger screen displays more information. It is subjective which is “better”.

Yet,  there are some trying to convince everyone else that mobile phones should be more than 3.5” while tablets should be smaller than 9.7” without providing any real reason why we should be making something we keep in our pockets bigger and something we carry in our bags smaller.

The only real reason is that they are avoiding head-on competition at the familiar numbers of 3.5 and 9.7.

It is not impossible for a larger iPhone and an iPad mini to appear in future. The response from the Android camp ought to be entertaining.

Oct 19, 2011
Panasonic X70. I got it in 2004, I think, because it looked pretty. Cannot remember why I went from smartphone to dumb phone, and dumb phone it really was. Hardly any features worth mentioning. 

Panasonic X70. I got it in 2004, I think, because it looked pretty. Cannot remember why I went from smartphone to dumb phone, and dumb phone it really was. Hardly any features worth mentioning. 

Oct 19, 2011

Boom: Black turtleneck and jeans case for iPhone

Oct 18, 2011
My second phone, circa 2003. Sony Ericsson P800. Sports baby blue and white plastic and probably one of the best phones around at that time. Runs Symbian UIQ, and features a cute little “toothpick” stylus.  I remember buying a 128MB Memory Stick Duo for $190 then. Ouch!

My second phone, circa 2003. Sony Ericsson P800. Sports baby blue and white plastic and probably one of the best phones around at that time. Runs Symbian UIQ, and features a cute little “toothpick” stylus. 

I remember buying a 128MB Memory Stick Duo for $190 then. Ouch!

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