Whatever happened to 3G video-calling?

Tim shines a torch into one of the dusty corners of the mobile technology world – looking at a service which once seemed to promise great things, only to vanish almost completely – and finds that it offers more than he thought.

PC in your pocket

For me, one of the most interesting apps to be released so far for my Nokia N8โ€”and perhaps showing the greatest potential in the long runโ€”is Big Screen. This comes from Nokia’s Beta Labs division, where one of the company’s biggest assets (its R&D and “blue sky thinking”) gets given full rein; apps from Beta […]

Beware of bargains?

Sometimes, the gamble of “if this cheap bit of computing kit doesn’t work properly, I haven’t lost much cash”, doesn’t always come off..

Hunting for inspiration

When I started on my BlogADay2011 journey nearly a week ago, I recall writing that I couldn’t always guarantee a scintillating reading experience every day. I suspect this may be one of those occasions… To be honest, the main thing on my mind in creative terms right now, concerns one of my other New Year […]

Online (just about)

In which Tim spins a short shaggy-dog tale about the technical lengths he’s going to, to try and keep up with his WordPress.com BlogADay2011 commitment…