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Re: Broken smarthomes & a ninja fox stole my bread [S21E02]

Ewan — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 05:11:36 -0000

Very useful!

Re: 1 Question, 3 Answers: How should I read and buy books? [S19E08]

Ewan — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:30:07 -0000

Really good point this one @Stephen Walford!

Re: Subscriptions, home-working kit reviewed & video conferencing tips [S19E05]

Ewan — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 04:44:49 -0000

It's important to be precise!

Re: 1 Question, 3 Answers: Is 5G worth it? [S19E04]

Ewan — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:41:03 -0000

Thank you for bringing a voice of reason to the comments Harry. My other two colleagues couldn’t see past their “it’s not in my area”, “it’s too expensive” and “don’t pay more for devices with 5G” viewpoints. ;-)

But guess what... they will both be buying the new iPhone *with* 5G, I bet!

Re: 1 Question, 3 Answers: Apple vs Epic [S19E02]

Ewan — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:31:31 -0000

It’s possible you might have a point Steve!

Re: Equipping a home office, budget robot vacuums & Disney+ [S18E01]

Ewan — Tue, 12 May 2020 10:21:41 -0000

thanks Steve, it's good to be back!

Re: Equipping a home office, budget robot vacuums & Disney+ [S18E01]

Ewan — Tue, 12 May 2020 10:21:26 -0000

Our aircon is set to a lovely 25 degrees C. It's 38 outside at the moment. Or 47 if you get in the car.

Re: Equipping a home office, budget robot vacuums & Disney+ [S18E01]

Ewan — Tue, 12 May 2020 10:21:02 -0000

@Stefan Constantinescu It's a really good question! I'm actually using an Ikea special ("Markus") but I would be interested to see what spreadsheet-Ben has got in mind. I also probably need to see what Wirecutter recommends ;-) What abou tyou Stefan, what are you using?

Re: Here’s my backup strategy for my 300GB Picturelife account

Ewan — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 06:26:37 -0000

My view was I wanted to keep the photos on a separate account to disconnect it from all the other stuff I do with Google. Obviously there will be a degree of connectivity through cookies and so on but I felt a separate account was a 'hard' divide.

Re: Here’s my backup strategy for my 300GB Picturelife account

Ewan — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:50:59 -0000

I think I have a solution now Dami.

It's Google Photos. Running on its own Google Apps account. And that is backed up with backupify!

Re: What are you worth (as an app user)? [S12E03]

Ewan — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:29:23 -0000

Picking on Rafe???? ;-)

Re: Smartwatches now outsell Swiss watches…

Ewan — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:03:15 -0000

You make an interesting comparison there Gareth when you compare a $200,000 Ferrari (I'm making that price up, I am assuming it's mega bucks) to a $15,000 Ford.
Isn't the issue with luxury watches that the price differential is much closer? For example if you spend £800 on an Apple Watch (as Ben Smith on the 361 Podcast did) then you are probably buying that instead of a £1.8k Tag Heur. Eg you aren't buying both.
If you class a £400 Apple Watch as luxury -- the model I bought -- then I've contributed to the size of the market. And taken business away from the incumbents.

Re: Unscripted… “What’s interesting you?” [S12E01]

Ewan — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:00:47 -0000

Am I right in saying that Console gaming has been eclipsed by mobile gaming in terms of revenues? I can't remember. Maybe not. Either way, this was far, far better than console gaming because, bluntly, I was playing this game everywhere: On the bus, on the train, waiting for a taxi, on the plane, in bed and so on.

Re: Unscripted… “What’s interesting you?” [S12E01]

Ewan — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:59:15 -0000

Although I think it's quite a lot to spend in a short amount of time, I was getting value from it, both in terms of the gaming environment and in terms of research. It was a fascinating experience. I've never done anything like this before and I relished the opportunity to see how the game makers defined and 'played' me. Especially a huge brand like EA. I think I mentioned during the recording that I wasn't that impressed by the way they marketed me -- beyond the initial amounts I paid; and if anything, I was doing so to accelerate the game's normal process.

I was happy to pay the sums on this basis. But I am absolutely not a standard user. I wonder just how much the average user contributes.

I haven't touched the game in about 2 weeks now and I don't intend to bother paying any more money for the privilege.

After the initial rush of excitement and the ability to 'drive' a faster car and win a few more races, I did feel regretful. I felt they'd 'taken' the cash from me -- or, to put things another way, I didn't feel I was getting value for my real money.

However as an experiment for me to try out the whole thing (and try on the post-spend-regret), yeah, totally valuable.

I can see how easy it is for people to lose their way and very quickly end-up spending much more than they intended; especially when every transaction is just a TouchID away from completing.

Re: Three+O2: Canning Fok’s rebuttal of UK Regulator is worth a read

Ewan — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:17:46 -0000

Well they can't go 5 years without price hikes I'd imagine yeah

Re: Have you come across a desktop app that will masquerade as an Exchange ActiveSync client?

Ewan — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:20:05 -0000

I don't know of any solutions myself but I'm hoping some other readers might!

Re: Blooming marvellous apps [S11E02]

Ewan — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 02:25:39 -0000

I've written off Interflora in the short term. The brilliance and ease of Bloom & Wild has made me a) spend more on flowers and b) Prompted me to spend it with them exclusively. In the longer term, if I find I actually need to send flowers internationally, then I will certainly consider Interflora.

Re: Microsoft launches new Lumias, Surface Pro 4, and the Surface Book laptop

Ewan — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:51:07 -0000

Bring it on. Mail it to me at em at mobileindustryreview.com when you are ready.

Re: Microsoft launches new Lumias, Surface Pro 4, and the Surface Book laptop

Ewan — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:55:34 -0000

We routinely include perspectives from others Steve, so I think it would be really valuable.

I've got an idea: I'll ask the marketplace to give us some perspective that we can publish. I could see myself swapping back to Windows as a primary platform thanks to the work Microsoft have been doing.

The depressing reality is how the great unwashed in the enterprise marketplace simply aren't even looking at Windows.

Re: Microsoft launches new Lumias, Surface Pro 4, and the Surface Book laptop

Ewan — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 03:34:46 -0000

What you see above is Roland's view and nowhere have I specified that he must ensure his writing or perspective is in line with the wider tech world.

The huge challenge for Microsoft is relevance in an Apple centric world. I will write my view shortly. In the meantime why don't you consider writing your analysis for us to publish here Steve?

Re: “The only thing that’s changed is everything”

Ewan — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 05:04:41 -0000

Fair point!

Re: “The only thing that’s changed is everything”

Ewan — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 04:50:27 -0000

Aye agreed Gareth

Re: Apple: Finance your phone from us, not the operator

Ewan — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:04:15 -0000

I don't think so... but that would be rather cool! Maybe they're aiming to do it next year? ;-)

Re: There were 3 people with Apple Watches in the train carriage this morning

Ewan — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:18:16 -0000

You might be waiting a while!

Re: S10E08: Mystery shopping for phones

Ewan — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:58:27 -0000

I was thinking that too maethorechannen