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Making Android a useful life tool

I’ve been using Android for about three months now after getting my HTC Tattoo and for the first two and a half months it basically involved trying to make it do what I want.

It isn’t the greatest mobile phone in the world but it is small and has all the functionality I need from a phone. Read more

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New look for BBC News coming soon

Even the smallest of changes to a high profile website can be a big deal, especially when that website is owned by the BBC – then any change can lead to high praise and rabbid hatred – often within the same comment thread.

When the site you’re changing is the BBC News website, one of the most loved sites on the web, those little changes become even more contentious. Read more

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Place your dignity in a clear plastic bag

Coming back to Jersey from England last week I came to the conclusion that flying is not exactly the most dignified mode of transport any more.

In its heydey – the era of Alan Whicker and the jet set – flying was all champagne at your seat and comfort first. Read more

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Well that all went a little bit mental

I’ve been blogging for years, in one form or another it’s probably approaching a decade since I first started writing what could be described as a blog.

However, although I’ve put finger to keyboard and keyboard to blog post for nearly a decade – I have gone weeks and sometimes months without actually writing anything new. Read moreRead more

24
Jun
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Tattoo might or might not get Android 2.1

Waiting for an upgrade to my Android phone and the delay is down to a couple of extra buttons.

OK that isn’t completely true. I’ve got a HTC Tattoo and it currently runs Android 1.6. The Tattoo is a low end Android phone with a smaller screen. Read moreRead more

24
Jun
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Give me iPlayer back on my Android phone

The first thing I did when I got my new HTC Tattoo earlier this year was open the browser and visit the BBC iPlayer site – it was great – I could watch iPlayer videos without a problem.

Then I discovered BeebPlayer which made the whole process easier and much more user friendly than trying to navigate a full browser site on a mobile phone. Read moreRead more

22
Jun
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I’m sold on paying for the Times

When Rupert Murdoch first announced he was putting The Times and Sunday Times behind a paywall I thought it was a rather silly idea.

I was determined I would never pay for it, after all when news is available everywhere else on the web for free (or at least ad-funded) what was the point in paying. Read moreRead more

21
Jun
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Queen and Top Gear in weird merged moment

On the run up to a new series of Top Gear the more hardcore fans loitering on the Final Gear forums start to get a little bit strange, suffering from withdrawal and desperation.

OK we’re not THAT bad, we do know it’s only a TV show but there are also only so many times you can watch the same shows over and over and over again. Read moreRead more

18
Jun
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SeeSaw gets premium comedy shows

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of SeeSaw. All opinions are 100% mine. I would not take a sponsorship opportunity unless I genuinely believe in the product and have written about it before without sponsorship.

Where can you find South Park, Only Fools and Horses, The IT Crowd, The Thick of It, Summer Heights High, Man To Man, Lab Rats and many more great comedies all in one place? Read moreRead more

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