Yet more electronics in my pocket
This time, it’s a Blackberry - and this is my first attempt at a blog posting from the built-in browser.
First impressions are that it’s a bit of a faff, caused mainly by the lack of a mobile stylesheet for the blog engine - which results in rather a lot of scrolling and clicking. But I’m suprised by just how fast it’s possible to Type with just your thumbs, and the device itself is cleverly put together to make the small form factor as usuable as possible.
The next challenge is to see if I can find a Blackberry blog client, and then see if it actually works…
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For the first time in a while, work patterns mean that I’m in a hotel for the week. It’s being made more bearable by the discovery that Radisson hotels (the Mountbatten in central London and the Edwardian at Heathrow) offer free (as in beer) wifi. Not only that, but it’s a decent speed, passes-through a VPN with no trouble, and has port 22 open for SSH sessions. All in all, it’s about all you could ask from a hotel service - which is more than you can say about most of them.
I suspect this may be a trend occuring - more and more hotels seem to be realising that charging for wifi is like charging for water. Once a few start offering internet access for free, those that don’t are at a disadvantage, and so the trend towards openess becomes free. Which won’t please Openzone and the likes, but that’s capitalism for you…
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