#“Commenting on Engadget: a human’s guide – Engadget” via engadget.com This should be mandatory reading for anyone even considering leaving a comment anywhere online. In fact it should be force fed to all the teenage commentards on YouTube who are particularly socially challenged. »
#“Get Paid Apps on your Android Phone in Ireland” One thing that has me incensed about Google is how the country that enables them to avoid tax on billions of dollars in revenue is generally paddy-last (pun intended) when it comes to app support.It was only in late 2008 that Google Maps finally showed more than one road in West Cork. Their most recent manifestation of this attitude is the lack of paid apps for Irish users of Android phones. »
#“Xperia X10 lands on Vodafone UK in April – Engadget” via engadget.com The ultimate Android phone. Massive screen, 8MP camera, kick-ass CPU. Surely tho they'll have it on Android 2.1 before release? 1.6 would be a huge mistake. Fingers crossed Vodafone Ireland stocks it so I can get cheap on my upgrade. Would still prefer to keyboard tho. It's the one killer feature of the G1. So Nokia, you have 2-3 months to blow my mind with a new product (think N900 with capacative screen and 8MP camera) before you lose me forever to Android and I retire my N95-8GB. »
#“Kulula Airplane Rebranding” via theletter.co.uk More fabness from @discusster over on theletter.co.uk »
#“Symbian Open-Sourcing Gut Reaction” So Symbian is now fully Open-Sourced.I bang the "Symbian is dead" drum quite a bit but it's more coming from a punter perspective than any industry insight. I have an N95-8GB and a HTC G1. The hardware on the N95 is fabulous, the apps are solid, the OS gets in my way all the time. The hardware on the G1 is rubbish, the apps are fabulous and the OS stays out of my way. »
#“Bill Hicks had it right all those years ago” I read this: WTF: "Kids' lingerie" photos featuring Miley Cyrus' 9-year-old sister on a stripper pole? And thought of this (circa 1min 30secs in): »
#“Machform nicely formed” When the new biz site launched we used the Contact Form 7 plugin for Wordpress. Whilst it does a good job for basic forms, we soon ran into its limitations. I had seen good success in the past with Machform on the BarCamp Cork site so gave that a trial instead.It's working really well for us. Install is trivial and creating forms is all drag n drop. It's very inexpensive at €29 and the forms can be pasted into most sites with almost no effort. »
#“Click & Buy make themselves look like scammers” Catherine found a charge on our Mastercard recently that we could not get to the bottom of. We then discovered it recurred all the way back to September. It was from "Click and Buy". We contacted Mastercard but all they could say was "it's for professional services". I went on to Click and Buy to discover a lot of online gambling logos. So of course we suspected the card had been hijacked. »
#“Android soon for \u008030?” Finally got my two-year upgrade on Vodafone Ireland. Had a look at what's on offer. N97-mini for 120 is good value but I hate resistive screens and the lack of memory.Oh, what's this? The Vodafone H1 360 for 30? A linux-based phone, social media enabled, 5 MP camera, wifi, 3G, bluetooth, Cortex A8 kick-ass CPU, lots of memory. Is that a typo? No, it is 30.Read some reviews (particularly Ewan on Mobile Industry Review). »
#“Sony Ericsson thinks I’m a big girls blouse” I signed up on the Sony Ericsson site to be notified when the Xperia X10 Android phone was launched. But they also decided to add me to their newsletter mailing list. Grrrrrrreat.Today they think I'd like to buy this wonderful Dolce & Gabbana JalouNo. »