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Crave and Reuters reports that Apple has sent out invitations for an event on Thursday morning detailing the iPhone Software Developement Kit (SDK):
“Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features,” Apple said in an invitation sent to reporters.
Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe AIR, a new platform for building rich internet applications (RIAs) across different platforms, including Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Adobe AIR enables developers to create RIAs on the desktop using the skills and Web technologies — such as HTML, Ajax, PDF, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex — they already employ. Applications deployed on Adobe AIR have the advantages of browser-based RIAs, such as speed of development, ease of use, and access from virtually anywhere. Yet they also have the benefits of desktop applications, such as the ability to read/write local files, work with other applications on a user’s computer and maintain local data storage on the desktop.
It’s an interesting variation on applications, some use desk bound applications such as Microsoft Office, whilst others use web based applications such as Google Apps.
It’s looking like Adobe AIR will allow users to have the flexibility of web based applications with the backup of desk bound applications when there is no internet connection (such as on plane).
I have been having a weird issue with my new LG Viewty. Every now and again it will “die”. Nothing will work, no buttons, not anything. Initially I thought it was the battery running out, but even plugging it into the power supply has no impact.
Currently the only solution is to remove the battery and then replace it, then all works normally.
I am unsure of what is causing it, or whether there is a better solution. We’ll see whether it continues.
Well after some thought and a bit of traipsing around the high street, in the end I ordered a 2GB Micro SD card for my new LG Viewty from Play.com.
It was a little more than the prices quoted at Amazon
Should arrive tomorrow or Tuesday.
I have been tidying up my office at home, and moving the desk around.
I took the opportunity to unplug everything from the iMac in order to clean the power cables of all the external drives I have – it’s incredible how dusty they get stuck behind the Mac and the desk.
Having moved everything off the desk and moved the desk I put everything back.
Problem, the (somewhat irritating) blue light on my external LaCie DVD burner wasn’t on. Checked the powerstrip (I knew I had plugged it in), checked that the power supply was attached, even checked the firewire cables.
Hmmm.
Okay lets unplug all the other firewire devices; I have three firewire devices daisy-chained together, the DVD burner, an EyeTV 410 and a LaCie external hard drive.
So with just the burner attached, still no luck, wouldn’t even appear in System Profiler.
Had I broken it?
Was there a secret on off switch?
Annoyed, you bet!
Okay maybe it’s a duff socket on the powerstrip, lets change that over…
What’s that…
Ah!
The plug was in the socket, but was not all the way in.
Plug it in, okay so now it works!
Doh.
Digital Photography Review has posted a review of the Olympus E-3 EVOLT and the reviewer was very positive about the camera, but was less sure if people would switch.
To start with there’s no doubt that the E-3 is, without a shadow of a doubt the best Four-Thirds camera ever made and a more than worthy (if a little tardy) successor to the original E-1. It offers users of Olympus ‘mid range’ SLRs an affordable way to upgrade to a faster, even more customizable camera with a pro-grade weatherproof body and a significantly bigger, brighter viewfinder. But does it offer enough to tempt users of other systems over to the Four-Thirds camp? The answer to that question is far less clear-cut.
I really like the Digital Photography Reviews as they are so thorough including sample and comparative shots, if you want to get a camera, I would check the review on Digital Photography Review first before anywhere else.
So there was me thinking my Airport woes were over having installed an Airport Express which had been working fine.
Today having spent the day out, found despite a strong green light the Airport network was nowhere to be seen.
I could see the Airport Express in the Airport Utility, that’s because it’s connected to my network via cable and I was using my 802.11n network, so I through the Utility rebooted the Airport Express, however though this did not seem to solve the problem.
In the end I power cycled the Airport Express.
I am hoping that this is not going to go the way of my Airport Extreme, reliability of my wireless network is essential I don’t want to be constantly rebooting it.
Eventually we can now get BBC shows on iTunes.
The BBC reports
BBC shows including Life on Mars and Little Britain have been made available to download from digital store iTunes.
Some see this as unfair as we have to pay for these programmes and we have already paid for them in one way via our licence fee.
I don’t agree with this, I see BBC shows on iTunes in the same way that you can purchase BBC shows on DVD from Amazon
Those who complain or are unhappy about BBC shows on iTunes ought to also complain about BBC shows on DVD been sold by Amazon or WHSmith!
Personally I am pleased to see that if I want to I can purchase BBC shows for my iPod, particularly hoping that Hustle season one is available or will be available soon.
Imagine going to Starbucks having already ordered your drink from your iPhone?
Engadget reports on an application for the iPhone which allows you to place an order for a drink so it’s ready when you get there.
Quickorder, as you can probably imagine, would enable iPod touch users to swing by their local Starbucks, order up their favorite drink and avoid a good deal of that always questionable human interaction.
Just demonstrates how useful/useless an application for a mobile device can be.
Photo source.
I think I may have resolved my MacBook Pro Airport re-connection issues.
I ensured that Airport is at the top of the network configurations and this seems to have solved my re-connection issue when running a pure 802.11n wireless network.
I find it strange that something as simple as moving a network configuration to the top should solve this issue with an 802.11n network. However it is not an issue when running in b/g compatible mode!
Well it’s working for me now.