Be afraid, be very afraid.The usually jovialapple, has issues a dire warning to consumers not to unlock their iPhones, as this may result in permanent inoperability. Gasp!
Besides destroying it, unlocking the iPhone also has the effect of allowing the user to subscribe to non authorised telecom networks.Even more exciting, unlocked phones can have additional homegrown functionality such as the extra wallpapers and ringtones.
Apple intends to update the software regularly, and these updates will might kill the deregulated phone.You’ve been warned, your unlocked iPhone is nothing but a ticking timebomb in your pocket.
I’ve only been on the job three days and already I’m slacking off.Tomorrow morning I head to gay Paris where I will be supporting the Irish rugby team in their ever more unlikely campaign to get out of the group stages.
While I’ll be spending most of my weekend soaking in the atmosphere and alcohol, I will be taking some time out to check out the Velib, Paris’ public service bike rental scheme, so expect a full review on Monday.And of course I’ll be keeping an eye out for anything kooky and French that could be worthy of TomatoStick’s attention.
Due to an administrative error, Argos has apparently sold a number of copies of Halo 3 to it’s pre-order customers yesterday, a week before launch. This story hit the web yesterday, and in the interest of Investigative Blogalism, I popped into Argos yesterday evening to see if I could get my hands on a copy.No chance, the system was only advertising pre-orders.However interestingly enough it did say that the game would be available for collection on Monday, still two days before the official street date.So there you go.I’ll be visiting Argos again on Monday to make sure I get the full scoop, and the possibility of a nice ebay profit….
That’s more than an iPhone, and that’s before you even make a call.
Yes, those cheeky chappies in AOL are trying to get at your wallets again. This time it’s a four page cover spread of on the ever popular Metro advertising a free wireless Laptop for signing up to their broadband. This, by the way is the same Metro that touted the iPhone as costing £1259 “before even making a call” yesterday. As ever there is some small print, so it is only appropriate that we apply the same knee jerk statistical logic as the Metro used on the iPhone to this offer, so that you my dear reader, can fully understand the true cost of this Faustian bargain.
Of course I’m not going to divulge the in depth statistical modelling I have used to conjure up this immense figure, but fear not, if the lawyers do start banging on my door, I have a coherent argument.
Competition: There’s a free Rugby World Cup mini stress relief rugby ball for the first person to work out how I came up with this figure.
A billboard in Central London: A lone soldier walks across a bullet riddled wall, where the words “Honour the Covenant” is scrawled in Graffiti in six foot tall letters. In an clear reference to Masterchief the “The battle should be over when he comes home” is stamped proudly above the scene.
What an excellent piece of understated Halo 3 Marketing to complement the Museum campaign.
However all is not as it seems.
With closer inspection it turns out that it’s not for Halo at all, It’s actually an advertisement for the “The Royal British Legion” a charity which provides support for people in the armed forces.
So either the Royal British Legion have purposefully marketed it this way to enjoy the fruits of the the MS marketing blitz, or more likely it’s just one of those bizarre coincidences that make life so interesting.
Hopefully there’ll be a bit of synergy, and both enterprises benefit. Because you know, Microsoft needs all the help it can get….
Team Fortress 2 is a game I’ve never played. It’s always been in the domain of the PC gamer, which despite any impressions I’ve given, I am definitley not.
However with the release of the Big Orange Box for the Xbox 360 on the horizon, my interest was peeked enough to dowload the teaser tralier from Marketplace last night.
It’s well worth watching, and fear not, you need have no interest in games to enjoy this. Mind you being an engineer does help.
Grab it from live to watch it in all it’s Hi Def glory. Otherwise for your edification it’s embedded above in gritty YouTubery.
The end of the world is nigh. Portents of doom of biblical proportions are occuring throughout the globe: Rivers of blood, two headed chickens, virgin births, Segway polo. Yes, you read right, Segway polo.
Segway Polo is proudly proclaimed by SegwayHTPolo.com as just like real polo but with a Segway instead of a horse. For those of you who don’t know, a Segway is a two wheeled gyroscopic personal transport system. To make things easier, imagine a five Grand pogostick with oversized wheel and you’ve got it! The sport originated in the Bay Area in 2004, and has apparently been growing since.And get this, there is an international tournament, The Woz Challenge, where recently The Silicon Valley Aftershocks defeated the New Zealand Pole Blacks 5-0.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for international relationships. And given the current Rugby climate, it’s nice to see the New Zealanders getting beaten at something. But come on, Segway Polo? As it is, Polo is an elitest sport with strict fiscal entry requirements, and a histroy of exclusion. Like the real sport this new version requires a hefty outlay, and is accesible only to a chosen few, the technocrats.
On a seperate note, how New Zealand has enough Segways to make a team is beyond me. I do hear the soft hum of their engines do make the sheep more amourous, which could count for their popularity.
While Segway polo may just be some big boys playing with their toys, it’s glorification of geekery makes the rest of us humble pseudos look bad. Therefore BigRed says. “Segway Polo, the world can do without you.”
It’s only been on the streets for a couple of days, and already the Iphone is getting the british Tabloid treatment. Like Paris Hilton, it’s being photographed in all the right places, but no one is taking it seriously.
According to the ever reliable free morning newspaper, “The Metro” the cost of an iPhone is a staggering £1259. Their calculations are based on a a £259 handset, the £55 a month for 18 months contract. Of course there is a £35 contract, but that doesn’t make good reading.
I’m strangely ambivalent to the iPhone, so I won’t be breaking open the piggybank yet. Sign me up for an iPod Touch though, I am completely sold on it. Just don’t tell the girlfriend, I’m pretending to be broke…
As a healthy 30 year old male, both physically and mentally, I have a strong aversion to intimacy, openness and emotion. I therefore like to keep areas of my life hidden even from those who know me best. This includes pockets of friends who don’t get introduced,
This penchant for needless secrecy has stood me well in the past, but as the prevalence of social Networking grows, it all goes out the window.
As the infiltration rate of Facebook hits a hundred per cent for my generation this segregation becomes redundant.
So is this a positive thing? Is it a coming of age for the last vestiges of adolescent insecurity? Or is ripping down these barriers actually removing a sense of personal identity, and leading us closer to that Orwellian vision of the future.Animal Farm.
I’ve only been on the job three days and already I’m slacking off.
