MINIsOnTop 2009 Friday night

Posted on by Ian C.

A fun and entertaining evening of MINIsOnTop meet-and-greet, and Trivia Contest – with new winners this year since the Trojan Peeps were asked to step aside (although one of their team, Louis, finished on the new winning team!).

Arrival:

Special guests Quack Quack Jack (QQJ) and Quack Quack Jill:

Ice-Cream “Sundae on Friday”, courtesy of New Country MINI, and gathering MINI owners:

Trivia contest:

 

Now an “S”, like GPMINI

Posted on by Ian C.

The iPhone 3GS is much much faster than my original iPhone (“2G”); Apps seem to load about twice as quick; on WiFi websites load significantly faster – again it feels like at least twice as quick; and away from WiFi, of course the combination of 3GS phone and 3G instead of EDGE makes everything amazingly improved! I’m sure built-in GPS will be useful some time, but so far the compass is only a gimmick (and one that isn’t happy with nearby computers, etc either).

The upgraded camera is quite impressive too – I snapped this pic of my PC monitor, while reading an Engadget review of the iPhone 3GS:


The only annoyance so far is that the WordPress App is seriously damaged on V3 iPhone software (but it was also after I upgraded my original iPhone – it’s not the fault of the 3GS); WordPress categories are no longer visible (though the App does know about them), and the App regularly squishes the edit box down to a tiny 2-3 lines 😦
They say an update is almost available – I hope so!

Of course the biggest annoyance remains AT&T; but at least upgrading now locks me in for two years from now instead of two years from when my initial contract expires, next year.