Tag: tablet

• iBish

  My first proper experience of a computer was with an Apple II. It was back in 1981 and I was in full time employment for the first time, as an electrical wireman and workshop supervisor for a small Bristol based company called South West Research (now long gone). Our mission was to remove from service…

  bish

  27 May 2012

  hardware

  apple, computer, computing, imac, PC, tablet, windows 8

• So… 2012 then…

  I notice so many pagan folk bemoaning the celebration of new year. Not our new year… ours is at Samhain. And I mostly share that view too; if one has to find a start/stop point on an ever-turning wheel… but culturally we are tied to the landscape we inhabit, which is predominantly Christian. And so as well…

  bish

  1 Jan 2012

  family, photography

  2012, android, family, gadgets, new year, photography, tablet, talisker, whisky

• Acer Iconia A500 – main camera

  So… five megapixels… lots more than the iPad2. But is it any good? Well, it’s ok. Not a patch on my Canon 7D dslr, but then it only cost about half what I paid for the lens on the camera, much less than the camera itself. Shooting takes about a second, as the software whizzes…

  bish

  7 May 2011

  hardware

  A500, acer, android, camera, google, iconia, tablet

• Acer Iconia A500 android 3.0 tablet

  I resisted the lure of the iPad, but started to see reasons for carrying a tablet around rather than my iPod Touch. The iPod held my diary and most of the apps I needed for work, but the small screen and tiny ‘keyboard’ were a problem for my fading eyesight and fat fingers. I spent…

  bish

  2 May 2011

  hardware

  A5000, acer, android, google, iconia, tablet