Rant

I think we've reached a stage of mass enlightenment where I can say that the iPhone 3GS is quite simply the best mobile phone that money can buy without fear of swift and harsh retribution from ant-apples.

Not because the rivalry between iPhone users and users of other devices/platforms has lessened in anyway. Just because it's true.

If only finding the best mobile network was as clear-cut. Mobile coverage is still so 'thin' that finding the best mobile network is incredibly ...

Ever wondered why economists and the media are so obsessed with inflation? It's a helluva lot more complicated than you might think.

Our monetary system actually requires a stable level of inflation to function, a number that our government puts at around 2%. What that means is that the amount of money in circulation is growing faster than the value of 'real things', be it food or houses, that actually exist. As a result, you need more money to equal the perceived value of a given ...

There are some great social technologies available to us today. Twitter and Facebook are particularly compelling, with Twitter in particular proving popular amongst Talk3G users thanks, at least in part, to the canny iPhone apps available for it.

But once you've Chirped to your Facespace and been labelled in some blurry phone Picasso it does rather beg the question of what these technologies are actually enabling.

Twitter has the interesting trends feature which, when ...

Broadcast television could be said to be under threat. There are issues with declining advertising revenues, competing broadcast technologies and fragmenting viewing standards. Broadcast, in general, is under threat - and when you think of the advances and empowerment that the Internet, and the peer to peer model it has fostered, has brought that's no bad thing.

I do, however, still watch some TV. I know, how bizarre! I watch Top Gear on BBC2. I watch The Apprentice on BBC1. I watch ...

One thing I've never done, with the exception of my iPAQ, is cases/screen protectors. Before I let forth the wrath of my personal views on these 'aids', lets look at the reasons why someone might attach cheap tat from China to their carefully designed and styled expensive tat, also from China.

Reasons for:

• Protect from serious damage (drops etc)
• Protect from superficial damage that may affect resale value
• Customise with own styles/colours
• Enhance the device (grip,

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