Posted by Chalky on Nov 23, 2008 in
Bad Luck,
Technology Well, after having my XBOX sat in a corner unplugged and unloved for such a long time, I thought I’d better wipe of the dust and give it a whirl. What sparked me to do this was a discussion at work about the New XBOX Experience which, for those who don’t know is the latest (and biggest) overhaul since the XBOX’s release.
It’s not been a particularly easy journey getting it to work on my XBOX. When I plugged it in I immediately got a message telling me an update was available which lead me to think that the process would be completely plainless. WRONG! As usual, the Chalky Bad Luck kicked in and my XBOX crashed quite a few times during the installation.
Anyway, I got it working in the end and I have to say I’m quite impressed. Where it is clear in many places that they have “borrowed” a few ideas from the Wii. However, in a complete opposite to the normal Microsoft way of doing things, they have managed to make an improvement on the idea.
I haven’t explored all of the new features yet, but I have made my Avatar:
I found that there was 100′s of different ways to change the Avatar’s face but they’d skimped a bit on the clothing department. The Shirt I chose wasn’t ideal but it was the only one I found that I fancied. I was also a bit disappointed that there wasn’t any trainers either. I’m sure that this is something that Microsoft will keep adding to!
Tags: Microsoft, XBOX 360
Posted by Chalky on Sep 17, 2007 in
Technology Just not on O2…
But in all seriousness, is the iPhone really up to the European Market? I don’t really think it is, for several reasons:
Although 3G reception is nowhere near blanket, and it doesn’t work half the time, to not have this feature in a “smart” phone is a complete step in the wrong direction. EDGE is terrible for carrying data and blindingly expensive, and whereas the US may have more Wireless Hot Spots over there, we certainly do not have much in the way of coverage and who wants to pay the extortionate rates the likes of T-Mobile and BT want to charge you. But it’s not just data, people are slowly becoming used to the idea of Video Calling, with no 3G and no secondary camera, this is an impossibility with the iPhone.
- Purchasing Ringtones through the iTunes Music Store
Am I the only person who thinks this is an absolute joke? Mobile Phones, in the UK at least, have had the ability for users to stick any MP3 (and often several other audio formats) on there phone and set it as the ringtone, and quite often message alert. I know US phones are often a lot more restricted than UK phones but still, paying for a ringtone? What a joke. It might not be so bad if it was a couple of pence or so, but charging the same amount as the actual song for a ringtone that’s limited to a maximum of 30 seconds? I’m sorry, I don’t think so.
Before you say, it’s a phone, not a camera. Well then, you might as well get rid of the Wi-Fi, iPod, Google Maps, e-mail…. You get my drift. When I first got a camera phone, I thought I’d hardly use it. In reality, I’m finding that I’m using it as much, if not more, as my ‘real’ camera. The reason being is that it’s always in my pocket and I can snap things at any random moment, whereas I don’t carry my camera round 24/7 in the hope something will happen. The new Sony Ericsson phones are coming out with 5MP cameras and 2MP on the iPhone (plus no flash/camera light as far as I can tell) is a little sub-standard these days.
But as mentioned before, this all falls into irrelevancy because if they put that thing on O2, I’m not going anywhere near it!
Tags: Apple, iPhone
Posted by Chalky on Sep 16, 2007 in
Technology Well, it doesn’t like I would go as far as some people to show my love for all things Apple! Check out iJustine’s blog Tasty Blog Snack. Justine is also the one who broadcast her unveiling of her 300 page AT&T bill for her iPhone. AT&T have since revised their paper billing procedures as they previously itemised every byte that was downloaded over the EDGE network using the iPhone.
I found out about this through the FSJ Blog, apparently, Fake Steve has been keeping an eye on Justine for a little while.
Tags: Apple, iJustine, iPhone
