Marc Hindley

QR codes – the time is right, the price is right, so let’s get on with it

I’ve had an avid interest in QR codes for a while now. I’m being geeky when I recall that the first time I tried them out was three mobile phones ago. That was my Nokia N95, so in real terms, probably about three years ago. We’re all familiar with barcodes in our shopping baskets and with recently installed self-serve tills in most supermarkets now, we all know how to scan them. QR codes...

Marc Hindley

Le iPhone

I was moved to write about taking my iPhone to France after reading Christopher Phin’s column in MacFormat, in which he describes how his wee companion proved particularly useful on his trip across the Channel. I was heading for Paris with my wife and youngest child, more specifically Disneyland. Having got engaged there some 10 years ago, it was nice to revisit it since the new Studio Park was...

Marc Hindley

It's time

For reasons too numerous to mention, I have finally given in and bought an iPhone. 3GS. One of the reasons I have NOT bought an iPhone till now, apart from being halfway through a Vodafone contract, is that it just didn’t beat my Nokia N95 at anything apart from streetcred. In fact, the N95 is still giving it a run for its money, and will do some things better than the iPhone, so I’m keeping...

Marc Hindley

Fring is king

I’ve had an amazing little app on my phone for a while, but haven’t really got into it much. I found it when I was trying to get Skype for the Symbian OS on my N95. It’s called Fring and it also works with MSN and Yahoo! among others. I’ve received a couple of incoming Skype chats, which is actuall bit irritating as you can’t turn them off and, unless I have my nokia keyboard...