It is a never ending box of birds around here sometimes.
We have settled on an existing case to Holster the latest iPhone. Known colloquially as the i5 it is about 10 mm longer than previous models. This undoubtedly delivers a better keyboard for tasks like writing blogs like this; although the screen will be longer I am unsure about how much more sideways real estate will be revealed.
In an deliberate move the i5 has a changed connector as well as a new location for the headphone jack - at the bottom of the device. Why there? Quite likely an logical answer will be forthcoming in the fullness of time.
Meanwhile we have been besieged by prospective customers wanting to find if we will be "putting a hole in the vase of the holster to accept the jack plug?"
Long answer short: NO!
Rationale being that if we did that we would have folk discovering that the headphones plugged on the phone through a hole in the case is nothing short of an invitation to chaos.
Imagine comfortably listening to your phone when it rings. You reach to extract it from your Nutshell, only to discover it is tethered by a cord plugged into the bottom of the phone through a hole in the case base. Ouch! One stuffed cord later and you discover it works just as well if you plug the cord into the i5 then turn the phone down-side up and insert it head first into your Nutshell.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
There's a cost to everything
A wise man once said "it's a fool who doesn't know his limits. Either that, or he's a wise man." Actually I made that up.
But in the Mobile world, poised as it is on the brink of exploding into the next generation of computing, there's a very real possibility of self implosion; that the kitchen sink really may be included; that the baby will get thrown out with the bath-water.
I mean..let me see; Apple and the Google Empire at at each other's throats...well Samsung et all actually. Microsoft has nailed Motorola in Germany...and won a battle to get Moto phones off the German retail scene...can this be true?
Meanwhile...newer faster processors, larger screens and more memory abounds...although battery life is still abysmal when you start to kick the bejaysus out of the processing for intense tasks like video, audio or image processing.
And why can't I automatically log a call made on my phone into my calendar? What is that all about? Or even capture the audio in the call for storage and later retrieval. I can with Skype (but only on my workstation)! I still can't on a cellphone - no matter how smart it may claim to be.
Of course...what I really hope is someone will read this and tell me I can ....dare ya!
But in the Mobile world, poised as it is on the brink of exploding into the next generation of computing, there's a very real possibility of self implosion; that the kitchen sink really may be included; that the baby will get thrown out with the bath-water.
I mean..let me see; Apple and the Google Empire at at each other's throats...well Samsung et all actually. Microsoft has nailed Motorola in Germany...and won a battle to get Moto phones off the German retail scene...can this be true?
Meanwhile...newer faster processors, larger screens and more memory abounds...although battery life is still abysmal when you start to kick the bejaysus out of the processing for intense tasks like video, audio or image processing.
And why can't I automatically log a call made on my phone into my calendar? What is that all about? Or even capture the audio in the call for storage and later retrieval. I can with Skype (but only on my workstation)! I still can't on a cellphone - no matter how smart it may claim to be.
Of course...what I really hope is someone will read this and tell me I can ....dare ya!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
New iPhone 5 - Jingle Tills?
Nutshell stands poised to supply users when Apple eventually releases its latest iPhone to a more than willing and totally expectant market.
The only thing missing is knowing the size of the new device.
Will Apple provide protection for the millions of current iPhone users with legacy covers and accessories by keeping the same size, as they did with the last two iterations of the iPhone 4...or will they force consumers to dig even deeper into their wallets to buy new protection to fit a new size format?
If the new phone follows suit and keeps the same size that's a fine, and some would say, very responsible thing to do.
If not, then the worldwide accessory market will be rubbing its collective hands together in gleeful anticipation of a very Merry Christmas.
The only thing missing is knowing the size of the new device.
Will Apple provide protection for the millions of current iPhone users with legacy covers and accessories by keeping the same size, as they did with the last two iterations of the iPhone 4...or will they force consumers to dig even deeper into their wallets to buy new protection to fit a new size format?
If the new phone follows suit and keeps the same size that's a fine, and some would say, very responsible thing to do.
If not, then the worldwide accessory market will be rubbing its collective hands together in gleeful anticipation of a very Merry Christmas.
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