‘Features & Opinion’ Archives
Feature: No-nonsense mobile phones »
While high tech phones are catching everyone's attention some manufacturers are going back to basics to cater for a more straight-forward user. Adam Maguire looks at some of the simpler devices currently available to Irish customers. With increasingly complex mobiles available today the purchase of a new phone can be a minefield of fiddly ...Read On »
Opinion: Marketing is Apple’s real killer app »
Forget about the iPad; the most impressive thing on show at Apple's recent press conference was its mastery of marketing, says Adam Maguire. About a month ago Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the event's opening keynote. During his speech Ballmer unveiled the Slate, a tablet ...Read On »
Opinion: Tech journalism; where standards go to die »
IT journalism is crap, says Jason Walsh. There is a plague upon the land, the plague of appallingly low standards in journalism about technology. How can I say this, you ask? Let me count the ways… Technology is one of the most interesting things you could possibly read – or write about. Or it should be anyway. Technology is the ...Read On »
Feature: Ten trends for 2010 »
February is already upon us but as fast as the months seem to go, the tech world moves ten times faster. As January has already suggested, 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting techy year. Here Adam Maguire lists the ten tech trends that are likely to catch people's attention in the months ahead Computing in tablet-form Apple's big ...Read On »
Opinion: iPad critics are as dull as its fanatics »
The anti-iPad backlash is as tedious as Apple worship, says Jason Walsh. The internet has spoken: Apple's new product, the iPad, is 'lame'. It doesn't have this or that feature and… well, you know the story. Anti-Apple whining is as dull and predictable as the absurd worship of the Californian computer company. Here's the actual ...Read On »
Opinion: Nokia needs apps not maps »
Nokia's free maps will give the company a short-term boost but in the long run only apps will help it compete, argues Adam Maguire. It's an over-used term but Nokia's decision to give its Ovi Maps software away for free can be fairly described as a game-changer. The announcement has almost certainly put the company's rivals on the ...Read On »
Opinion – Windows 7 doesn’t exist (and »
Since when were software upgrades worth partying about, asks Jason Walsh. So we hold parties for operating system releases now? The first time I heard about Windows 7 install parties I was in a radio studio with a Microsoft employee; a nice, intelligent and interesting woman. She suggested on-air that the parties might be fun. I burst ...Read On »
Opinion – Google is just saber-rattling and »
Google are talking tough on China but it's an ever-expanding market that the company knows it afford to walk away from, says Paul O'Flaherty. David Drummond, SVP of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer for Google, just dropped a very provocative post over on the official Google blog. Normally a post of this nature would go ...Read On »
Opinion: It came from the grave »
Fourteen years after the last model appeared the Amiga is back, reports Jason Walsh. Old computers never die, they just become objects of fascination for small groups of geeks. It's true. There is not a computer out there that doesn't interest someone – from Vaxen to BeBoxes, NeXT Cubes to Atari Falcons and SGI Irix boxes, every kind ...Read On »
Opinion: The Nexus One is a sequel, not a revolution. »
The Nexus One phone might have a huge impact on the shape of the mobile market in the months ahead but it's not the paradigm shift many claim it to be, says Adam Maguire. Following weeks of intense hype and speculation Google has unveiled the Nexus One which many - including BBC News 24 - are referring to as the 'Google Phone'. The term ...Read On »
