Following on from the last post it would seem that O2 briefly posted pricing for the iPhone 3G PAYG on their site this evening. Only to have it taken down moments later. Did O2 jump the gun? Was the pricing incorrect? Hopefully not as at £299 the iPhone 3G seems like a fair enough deal [...]
Archive for June, 2008
June 25, 2008
TECH: O2 iPhone 3G PAYG price accidentally revealed?
By benfrain in Personal, Tech-tipJune 18, 2008
TECH: iPhone 3G – PAYG, how much?
By benfrain in Personal, Rant, Tech-tipPerhaps the most interesting development for the new iPhone 3G is the ability to purchase it on a Pay As You Go contract from O2 (UK only). However, how much does O2 intend to charge for the device? Given the original iPhone started out at £269 with a hefty 18 month contract and ultimately failed [...]
June 18, 2008
WEB: Webfusion – what no sendmail?
By benfrain in Tech-tip, Website DesignIf you are considering a new web host and want to include any sort of ‘contact us’ form on your site, my advice would be to steer clear of Webfusion.co.uk. Unfortunately they have taken the ill advised step of not supporting sendmail. This means there is no real way (other than with ASP pages) of [...]
June 18, 2008
WEB: Valley Stone Ltd website up
By benfrain in Website DesignI’ve just finished a fairly small brochure style site for a company called Valley Stone Ltd, an architectural stone work company based in Stoke On Trent. The site can be viewed here: www.valleystone.co.uk My two favourite sections are the ‘gallery’ page which uses the Greybox javascript trick to fade the background and display images and [...]
June 17, 2008
POLITICS: Petition against the Lisbon Treaty
By benfrain in Personal, RantThe EU is forging relentlessly ahead with the ratification of the Lisbon treaty. This despite the recent ‘NO’ vote from EIRE which should have seen it dead and buried. If you have even the slightest belief in the concept of democracy let our deceitful government know your feelings by signing the following petition at No. [...]
June 12, 2008
WEB: Google Maps – finding the GLatLng setting
By benfrain in Tech-tip, Website DesignNote: Unless you’re a website designer, this probably won’t mean a lot to you! Need to find out your ‘GLatLng’ settings for a custom Google Maps implementation? The code looks something like this… “function load() { if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(“map”)); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13); var gIcons = []; map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl()); map.addControl(new [...]
June 9, 2008
Politics: EIRE – our final hope…
By benfrain in Personal, RantAfter the, frankly despicable failure of our government to provide the referendum on the EU treaty/constitution (only an imbecile would argue any real difference between the two?) it promised us, our fate (saving the unlikelihood this court action pays off) is left in the hands of our friends just over the water. What a travesty [...]
June 9, 2008
TECH: iPhone2 a.k.a. iPhone 3G
By benfrain in Tech-tip, WritingSo, here is the iPhone 3G. In case you haven’t already, check it out. I moaned about the affordability of the original iPhone back here and here. Apple have obviously learnt their lesson and I think it’s hard to criticise the new pricing structure. The GPS is also a feature I’m glad to see them [...]
June 5, 2008
TECH: Orange – get some working spam filters
By benfrain in Personal, Tech-tipOrange – for crying out loud get some working spam filters! I have 2 or 3 email accounts I use regularly but my Orange address (actually still a Freeserve one before Wanadoo and then Orange took it over) presents an avalanche of ‘RE: La Pha en Ligne’ emails EVERY SINGLE DAY – I’m talking 400 [...]
