September 2nd, 2010 
thelongmile 
With the start of September comes probably one of the most exciting Apple conferences yet, unveiling three new iPod’s, Updates for iOS, iTunes and perhaps most excitingly the new pocket sized Apple TV. So if you haven’t already heard, here’s what’s been released and our thoughts on it all. Oh and just as a warning, [...]
August 15th, 2010 thelongmile 
So, following on from our last post, let’s take a look at why being a sys admin on your mac is another thing that makes sense. Your not just limited to Windows if you need to admin, and most tasks can be done on a mac with a third party application, so here are five [...]
August 10th, 2010 thelongmile 
I love the iPad, and so do a lot of people, in fact one of the big sets of people that love it, are IT professionals who don’t want to carry the laptop. Despite this, there are quite a few people who use it for the same thing as IT professionals do in the home, so [...]
July 16th, 2010 thelongmile 
Amidst all the issues and hype over the iPhone 4′s antenna problem, Apple have come out strong with the surprise press conference. So I’m going to go through what I see in this, and what was said Make no mistake, I am posting this not as an apple fanboy, nor as an apple aficionado, whilst [...]
July 15th, 2010 thelongmile 
Contrary to popular belief, none of the staff here at apptacious have an iPhone 4… Yet, in fact since this is now a UK based website we’re feeling the pain along with many of our loyal readers. But recently we’ve noticed that it’s not just low stock everywhere, but in fact, it’s no stock. Almost [...]
July 14th, 2010 thelongmile 
As with each new iPhone iOS release, features get added and adjusted, but the latest incarnation, iOS4, might be too much for your 3G. We’ve seen it with our own eyes and had a number of comments from people making stiff complaints about the iPhone 3G’s performance some branding it ‘practically unusable’. The slower processor [...]
June 24th, 2010 thelongmile 
Is your iPad overheating really easily? We’ve been getting reports from a number of people that their iPads are displaying the overheat message on a fairly regular basis, although usually only in direct sunlight. It’s happened to me and Sean, but it is worth pointing out that the units were in a case each time. [...]
June 24th, 2010 thelongmile So, are you still pondering whether or not to get an iPhone 4? Or were you unlucky enough to queue overnight and not get your hands on one? Well those early adopters might be paying a high price with an 18 month contract and limited data, some of you who have chosen to wait might [...]
June 23rd, 2010 thelongmile 
Just a quick one, but as you can see from the screenshot, I just opened the app store and got an ‘info’ page with a random app that I’ve never clicked on… advertising? real bug? We’ll post more as we see it Update: Yup! we’ve had a number of reports from people in the UK [...]
June 22nd, 2010 thelongmile 
So barely a week after Jobs announced it’s release, iOS4 has gone out for the millions of iPhone and iPod touch users to download and consume, but just what are you getting for that 250mb download? iPhone 3G owners beware As many other blogs have pointed out (and indeed Steve Jobs at the release) iPhone [...]
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