Last week it was like all my Christmases had arrived at once. IT Partners continues to grow with the latest addition being Christo Allers, an engineer who comes to us with a lot of experience. He will be a great addition to the team. We are also having great new clients coming on board and we are finding the business environment very positive (so some of those stats coming out must be correct).
It was made even better by an Apple TV. For those of you not familiar with one, think of your latest generation iPod connected to a TV with internet connectivity and massive amounts of storage. I have connected mine via an HDMI cable, which made the whole setup easy, and the device is connected wirelessly and secured by WPA2. It automatically syncs with our home laptop, has our iTunes account on it (so you can download movies and music independently) and connects into our Bose music centre. Previously we were using the headphone jack to connect the iPod or laptop so the sound quality is vastly improved. The best functionality though is that the device is so easy to use.
With all the enquiries and interest in the iPhone 3 GS – I could no longer resist the urge to upgrade. Basically, it’s just faster (which I do appreciate), so a little ho hum if you have been upgrading from the Gen 2 models running the 3.0 firmware.
However all this was topped by the NBR article on Femtocells. As Chris Keall so nicely put it, the possibilities are potentially seismic for Vodafone. The ability to improve in-building / in-house call strength is going to do away with a real bugbear, but where the excitement is building is what this could offer in new functionality: VoIP on your mobile at home or work, presence detection, and further “local zone” improvements.