Down the pan - NOT amateur radio

My daughter-in-law managed to drop her iPhone in the loo! I have no idea how this happened or if it was insured. I hope it was covered.  She now has a replacement and has sold the damaged phone on eBay. She tried to dry it out and salvage the SIM.

iPhone and iPod Touch

My iPod Touch 4g battery, not easily replaceable, is now suffering from low capacity after being used daily for over 2.5 years quite intensively.

Of all the technology kit I have owned over the years, my iPod Touch 4g must rank as the very best. It gets used to surf the net over wi-fi, to communicate with our children and grandchildren when on holiday as well as for BBC iPlayer, music, videos, games, amateur radio applications and much more. Mine is the 8GB version but I see Amazon is now selling the 16GB 4th generation version for just £129, which is a bargain. I am sorely tempted to replace my aged unit.

For amateur radio apps that run on the iOS kit like iPhones and iPods, see http://www.g0hwc.com/iphone.html.

iPhone electronics toolbox app

http://www.iphone.roskosch.de/electronictoolbox.php has a useful app for the iPhone (and Touch?) which allows you to carry out lots of useful electronics calculations.

Apple iPad tablet launched

Apple has finally revealed its new killer product - the iPad. My son has an iPhone and is very pleased with it. I doubt I will be persuaded to buy either. I have been tempted with the Apple iPod Touch which is a very desirable product.