The Pinged Hobbit

For those of us that are gadget mad today marks an important day. The release of the latest version of the iPhone firmware, version 3.0. This release brings some eagerly awaited features to the iPhone; copy and pasting of text between applications, landscape keyboard for text messaging and the ability to send and receive MMS, just a few of the features this release brings to the iPhone. Check over at Apple for full details of all the new features this brings. Continue reading »

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I love my iPhone. Out of the gadgets I own it is probably my favourite one. There are two features I feel it really misses though. One of them is the ability to record videos (something you cant really do with out jailbreaking, not gonna do that just yet). The other is the ability to record audio files. Continue reading »

The iPhone has probably been one of this year’s must have gadgets.I’ve had one for a couple of months now and all in all I have found it to be the most useful of things. It allows me to access my work calendar and emails from virtually anywhere I might want to. One of the things I have wanted to do is use my Skype/MSN/Yahoo account on there. Allowing me to keep in touch with my contacts from online easily. I’ve previously managed to find free applications that will connect to MSN and to Yahoo, but alas not for Skype. Out of the three services, Sykpe is the most important one for me to be able to connect to. I use Skype as part of my work. It’s the messaging application all of our office uses and it is also used by our South Africa based developers, so it would be extremely useful for me to be able to connect to it when I am on the road.

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