Technology

Yeah, but it's not an iphone

 

However, my dad has bought me plenty of watches.

 

So does anyone know why my ipad returns "cannot find the server" ever more frequently? It's driving me nuts! Happens occasionally with home PC, rarely with work PC? Nothing to do with internet connection which is very reliable here.

 

Does this relate to an email issue?

 

Holy hell!

And my Nexus 5, as I've mentioned previously, was $400.

Apple are not leading technology, nothing new here.

 

Seriously!
128GB iPhone 6+: $1249
128GB Surface Pro 3: $1209
128GB 13" MacBook Air: $1199

Phones are absolutely more expensive than people who only buy on contracts realise, but when you're spending more than a high quality computer... wow.

 

The round Motorola 360 looks better IMO... but battery life is hilariously bad.

The trouble with watches is that phones do the same stuff with one hand - the only use case I can really see is for notifications, where they're a little better... other than that, what's the point? (honest question)

 

what fon do ewe have Mikey ?

 

An oldish Nokia Lumia 920, but running the current version of Windows Phone. I like it because it doesn't make me shout like Android phones do, and it's a sturdy fellow - I dropped it on my desk once, and it left a dent...in the desk.

 

One look at EVERY watch shows time FFS Super-short emails seem like a viable use I guess, although the gain there can't be very big, considering how easy it is to do that on a phone already. I'll check out your gold iWatch next time I'm in town

 

I hate Windows phone, my HTCs came with it and all I did was waste time trying to change the operating system

 

That's Windows Mobile (unless you had a HTC 8S or 8X about two years ago), it was a completely different thing to the current Windows Phone. Current one has an NT kernel and a Metro interface.

 

I'd be interested to try one of the smart watches. I like the idea of the convenience. The most important thing with them is the usability of the interface. Get that wrong and the thing is basically useless.

The new iPhones - once again - are basically just evolutionary. No Revolution. The pay system looks like it could be handy though. As with all these technologies though, I would like to see common APIs so they can be implemented in a platform independent manner. Vendors don't go for that crap though. They just want to lock you in.

I'm with you vMax. I was using a 920 - but it had an incident with the garage floor. I've since upgraded to a 1020. The current iteration of windows mobile - in particular 8.1 is soooooo much better than the old rubbish. Very usable and very slick. Having said that - the Mrs loves her iPhone.

 

Often happens when trying to get to live.com but also happens for all sorts of other ordinary websites as well... When I first noticed it happening it was on the mainland and I assumed I was up against the great firewall, but now happening a lot in HK where we're not (supposed to be) behind the wall but I'm wondering? Also, there's been a lot of reports in the news here recently about major servers such as facebook, outlook etc getting close to capacity - wonder if it's true?

 

There are so many different things to measure and so many geographically dispersed datacentres that "capacity" is basically a meaningless measure not related to any reality except that of the extreme oversimplification you get from mainstream news outlets. The speed and efficiency with which any major online service can expand is absolutely amazing.

 

In theory, that already exists with Android and WP. The impression I get is that Apple's system is basically the same as those but with some shiny stickers on top. I hope it is, because it'll push the whole industry forward if so - individual Android OEMs, even Google or Microsoft, don't have the "do this or f**k off" mentality that Apple does.

I kept looking at the 1020, and definitely would've gone that way if my phone met an untimely end. Thankfully it hasn't yet (although all the corners show signs of being dropped onto tiles and concrete from chest height several times), but I've got my fingers crossed for a 1030 or similar to show up in the next few months!

 

"The pay system looks like it could be handy though."

The CBA have had this feature for the past 6 months in Australia.

 

open a CMD (dos) window and do a tracert to your mailserver from your PC, this will tell you if you are going via the Great Firewall of China

Of course you need to know the IP address of the firewall but you should find this from google