AppAholic TechRant

In recent years Nokia have strayed from making revolutionary phones that shake up the market. When the 3310 was released back in the day, I cant remember any other phone I wanted more.

However after that many other makes of phone took my interest, they were a hell of alot more cutting edge and looked a darn sight better than their Nokia counterparts.

That is ofcourse until the N95 came along, I dont know what it is about it but it looks good. Yes it is a brick, but thats what Nokias are meant to be.

Even in this modern day and age Nokia have still got the right idea, Building the ’slimmest’ phone isnt neccessarily the best. Building a ‘brick’ that has alot more stuff built into it than the competition is better.

Maybe thats the geek in me speaking, but im sure that even the high ranking exectutive on his coffee break likes to listen to a kick ass music player or watch a whole episode of Family Guy to pass the time.

A couple lost in the Scotish highlands that thought it was a good idea to bring as little as possible and forget the map, can just whip out the N95, use the GPS and Sat Nav to get home with relative ease. (more…)

College computers… I swear they are virus infested. I plug in my usb stick, and then its buggered. Used it this morning just fine, but the library computers seem to have damaged 3 sectors of my USB stick. Using a rather expensive piece of software; that Mr Appaholic himself donated to me, and I am currently recovering all 1.75gb’s of my important files.

I hate USB pens, so im buying another one lol

Many people just go down to PCWorld, Target or whatever and buy a PC. Spending millions of their pounds or dollars on computers. For those without a clue what these contraptions are, they are the things that go beep and usually screw up (my case as it happens).

There are other ways that are quite alot cheaper, A. Build one yourself, best way to learn is do it yourself. or B. Get someone else to build it; sometimes a mate will help out, As Mr Appaholic knows all too well. I personally helped him build his monster computer, and all it gave me in the end was a cut finger and frustration.

But it works and thats the main thing. As you can guess by now, I am the tech guy. OK so i may not be as experienced as some, but I do like computers and can adapt pretty damn quick if the going gets tough. Enough about me, i bet all of 2 of you are wondering when im acctually going to get on with anything. Well it is there I must say, maybe.

I have a sum total of three computers on my desk at this second, one being a laptop and 2 being desktops. Thats one hell of a desk I hear you say, well yes. Acctually it is.

Tobe

The ‘Hardware’