July 2010

Travel safety tip – don’t lose your documents!

July 10, 2010

When I travel I always carry photocopies of my passport, drivers license, travelers checks, credit cards, etc. I mentioned this in a newsletter recently, and Richard Gordon emailed me with an addendum… The value of copying the contents of your wallet, passport, and other important identity papers is obvious… as is the idea of photocopying [...]

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Hold, on the iPhone 4

July 7, 2010

The hold button is gone from the iPhone 4, but you can still put a call on hold. Press the Mute button and hold it down for a few seconds. If you tap the Mute button, it simply cuts of audio from your phone’s mike. Hold cuts off audio from both sides of the call.

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Thoughts on the iPhone 4

July 5, 2010

I’ve been using the my new iPhone now for about 10 days, and have some thoughts on the device: Hardware The screen is fantastic, a huge improvement on the 3GS. No question, this is one of the best, if not the best screen on a phone today. It’s the same size as previous iPhones, and [...]

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One Man’s impression of the iPhone 4

July 1, 2010

David Trevelyan, the well-known sculptor and graphic artist currently living in Ubud, Bali, emailed me his impressions of the new iPhone 4: The iPhone 4; Im feeling like a Neanderthal. The new iPhone 4 – I had some profound feelings. The first one was amazement as to what humans are capable of conceiving / engineering,; [...]

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