In the mid-Nineties, when the Filofax was battling with Lotus Organizer for the title of King of the PIMs; as the PC industry was blooming and before the days of Apple Stores, a device so cool it was like something from science fiction began to get some buzz. The Apple Newton. Of course, there was no way I could afford one of these mythical things, so I opted for the next best thing: the Amstrad PenPad.

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If you’ve unlocked your iPhone, because you wanted to choose which airtime provider to use, or because you live outside the US, then be warned; Apple will be disabling your handset with their future software updates. Not only will Apple’s future updates turn a working handset into a brick, users who suffer this because they [...]

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Just yesterday, when asked about reducing the price of the iPhone barely 10 weeks after release, Steve Job’s response was “..that’s technology“. Today, after the early adopters, who were prepared to pay a stupid amount of money for the kudos of owning a locked-down, locked-in cellphone-cum-music-player, voiced their unhappiness, the thought of all those torch and, presumably, iPhone-wielding villagers descending [...]

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