IT moves quicker than a greased pig on a WD-40 soaked glass mountain.
In a good way.
I've recently been playing with a new EeePC - they don't call them laptops because apparently the spec isn't high enough, but how much do you really need?
It's got 160Gb hard drive, a dual-core 1.66 Ghz processor, a nice 10" screen, and it won't turn you into Quasimodo if you carry it around on a regular basis. Or at least any more than one already is from having used laptops that feel as if they have a soft steel chassis.
Then there's Spotify. There have been a number of efforts to give people 'free' music over the internet - but most sites have been either illegal, making claims beyond their actual reach, ethically questionable, or all three.
Spotify looks like the answer...
Then we have the sheer number of apps available for the iPhone/iPod Touch - some are brilliant, some weird, some stupid - but they are coming thick and fast. And apps for Google Android will go the same way.
And let’s not start on Twitter. But if you want to laugh at it, check this out.
IT is moving at a rate that's too quick for one sane person to keep up with. Luckily at OddIT we're journalists, so sanity isn't a requirement.
About the author
Brian has been at BCS since 2001 and seen a lot of changes - all positive for BCS, rather more mixed for the IT industry. Of course there are still ridiculous things in IT that cry out to be recorded, and that's what this blog is for.
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Leave CommentPersonally I can't wait for Shutter! ;o)
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The main issue I have with the EeePC, what's stopping me from buying one, is that there's not enough price differential between them and a fully specced laptop to justify buying one vs buying the fully specced laptop. An EeePC from Curry's was (last time I looked) about £240. The fully specced laptops next to it were £280-300. For an extra £40-60 (16-25%) I can get a bigger screen, bigger keyboard, more memory, bigger hard disk, faster processor and, usually, more USB ports. The EeePC is neither cheaper enough nor different enough (my secondary reason for not buying one) from a regular laptop to justify the purchase. I did write a blog entry related to my secondary reason a while back. The entry isn't about the EeePC but ddoes mention it. It's about an old piece of tech I'd like to see upgraded and re-released, specifically the Psion3. The key advantage of such a device over a laptop is that despite having a full QWERTY keyboard it would fit into a suit jacket inside pocket. Stephen
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Steven, I too loved my Psion 3 (and the Psion 5). What I use now is an O2 XDA Exec - a PDA phone Similar size, screen swivels to release a full keyboard, takes SD cards for data, and also goes online. I'm considering upgrading to a netbook because the XDA browser is too limited for many websites, but it's well worth a look if you can find one. They're a bit old-hat now (I seem to have had mine three years!) but would probably suit you nicely.
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