New iPhone (3G-S)

Yes people, the much acclaimed and much loved iPhone has been updated once again and this time one of the iphone's main weaknesses has been eradicated. The fact that it never had a video function had always been a point the critics centred on, but now it does. OK it's only VGA quality but it is an improvement nevertheless. Plus it comes with a built in editor which, coupled with it's intuitive touch screen should be very easy and fun to use (emphasis on should).
That's not the only new feature, other key ones include:

• Voice control- enabling you to use the ipod functions as well as others with your voice.
• Compass- a built in compass aiding the maps feature.
• Copy & Paste- works like a computer to cut copy and paste from the web etc.
• Much faster processing- somehow they've managed to make just about everything in the phone faster (including the web and apps).
• Search- searches across all the content on the phone and email server.
• MMS- extended multimedia messaging support.
  
• 3mp camera for stills- I know it's still not much compared to some of the 8mp heavyweights but still an improvement. It also has autofocus and manual focus (by tapping the area you want to focus on).

It looks like the iPhone is just going to get better and better, do the competitors have a chance? Please leave comments. Click here to visit the iPhone website yourself

Firefox

I realise that I am mostly writing about various software and computer related things, but I really don't have much else to talk about. When I find something interesting that is not related to computers, I'll make sure I write about it.
Today its the internet browser Firefox, especially the new 3rd one. Since its release the browser has had a new lease of life with more people using it than ever (around 20%, compared to Internet Explorer's 80%, mainly due to the fact that it is the default browser with Windows and most people can't be bothered to change it).
I use this browser and straight away I would like to recommend it to anyone and everyone. It has many good features, most of which are shared by other browsers (such as IE, Google Chrome and Opera). But the main reason why I use it is its speed (much faster than IE but not as fast as Chrome), and more importantly its customisability. This browser, through its 'add-ons' section, provides everything for everyone.
To explain my point, here is what my firefox looks like compared to what the standard Firefox 3.0 looks like (on XP):

Standard Firefox

My Firefox

There are quite a few add-ons there and I won't list them all. But here are the main ones I use:

• Yoono- social sidebar, integrating facebook, msn etc.
• Firefox Personas- changes the look of the browser with a single click
• Personal Menu- gets rid of the menu bar at the top providing more space
• Google Toolbar- provides many important and usefull features
  

These reasons make Firefox, in my opinion, the best browser there is. To make your internet experience so much better, go here to download Firefox 3.

Due to public request (two people) I will write a short review of Safari: It's very very fast, but apart from that pointless to use as Firefox and Chrome (which is almost as fast) are much better (I won't go in to details, just trust me), still beats Internet Explorer though.

Bing

Sorry about the relatively long gap, but as hardly anyone comes here anyway, I don't think anyone really minds.
Today I'm going to write about something else I found on the internet. Yes you can leave if you want. It's a new search engine to compete with Google, from Microsoft, called 'Bing'. You can try it out here (or click on the image below). It's very similar to google with images, video, shopping, maps etc. But this uses other online web applications like multimap (which is now called 'multimap from bing'). So I think its a bit like cheating.
Some good features include a different background image everyday, the abilty to play videos within the search window and previewing the text of the webpage before clicking on it. All the searches are also very customisable.
Overall I think it beats Yahoo but isn't quite as good as Google (which is a lot more accurate). To compare Google and Bing yourself go to http://www.blackdog.ie/google-bing/search.php.

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(This was the background image on 6/6/09)