Monthly Archives: April 2011

Thank you to those of you who made donations over the past couple of days which came to $150. It makes a real difference to the ongoing costs and, perhaps more importantly, gives me a sense that some of you really do enjoy the site. It only makes me try harder.

The comment below from Shofar meant a lot-

“Folks, guy & galls.

I’m not sure if the whole iPhone automatic tracking problem is a big deal or not. On the one hand there is nothing here that could cause me a problem (happy to post my movements below), but then again I don’t really like that I never knew it was happening.

I have nothing to hide and actually like the idea that I can see all of my movements at a later date, just for the pure geekiness of it all. Apple haters will jump on this and call it a huge invasion of privacy, just as people who love Apple would do the same if it was happening on Android. Hypocrisy reigns supreme in relation to this issue- depending on which side of the fence you sit will determine your thoughts.

And this is the crux of the matter. It isn’t that big a deal that there is a clear cut opinion from anyone. 95% of people couldn’t care less about this, but that’s not saying that Apple didn’t mess up here.

There are of course many, many websites on the internet. At the last count there was more than 500 (wow!), but one that you should take some time to visit is Blog of a Long Distance Worker Tech. Good content every single day and Ian Nock is also worthy of your following on Twitter.

Bob posted the following earlier and I realised that he is right… “Shaun, you’re much too good to us all. Here you said you were off this past week and that there would be less content. Not by much! We still had our QOTD, some interesting news and reviews. Very nice to get our daily PDA-247 fix. Cheers!”

If you enjoy PDA-247 and want to help with the running costs there is a donation option available here. Even $5 a year makes a difference if some of you feel that is a small price to pay for the content you get every day, and it is a small price to pay:)

Update: Total raised so far- $140.00

Below is a graphical representation demonstrating that the iPhone is now the most popular camera in the world-

It is striking just how popular mobile phones have become for taking photos and this is probably because of the old adage ‘The best camera is the one you have with you’. Whether a phone includes a 1 Megapixel snapper from 5 years ago or a 12 Megapixel monster it will still capture the moment. It is all a question of perspective as to how you view a particular camera and whether it is a camera at all.

A large part of me believes that smartphone cameras are useful for quick snaps and nothing more. They are not cameras just as parking sensors in a car are not. They of course have their uses, but anyone who is serious about photography will sniff at the mere mention of a smartphone camera being used every day.

And then I look at photographs taken by the Nokia N8 and I think again.

On a personal level I am more than happy with the better smartphone cameras on the market and they offer enough for my needs. The iPhone 4, Nokia N8, most Nokia’s actually and many others offer the kind of digital photography we were experiencing in the best compact cameras just a few years ago. The difference is that so much more can be done with the photos now; emailing, tweeting and the like. This is what makes smartphone cameras so useful and only those who need SLRs will disagree.

Smartphone cameras are indeed cameras in every sense and they bring photography to everyone alongside the ability to share what has been snapped in an instant. They will never replace SLRs, just as smartphones will never replace high-end music systems. They could kill off the compact camera market though.