I harbour a strong dislike of lax driving because of this.

SUPERTUX CHEATS HUME DRIVERSĭrivers vastly underestimate the danger the car poses to them and others around them-a collision at 40mph with a tree, for example, is usually lethal. Drive at eighty miles an hour (the legal speed for most of the autobahns here) and things get four times worse. What makes the situation unpleasant is that the insurance company, curse them, claims we only have basic cover in Europe (as opposed to comprehensive, in the UK). This means that if the ruling does not find us innocent, we will pay a €130 fee and the insurance won’t pay for repairs. We’re fortunate that my grandparents are willing to give us their car-they hardly ever use it, old as they are-and so we can avoid dishing out thousands for repairs.īut getting their car here could take a week or more best enjoy the sunshine and hope for snow, eh? Lighter MattersĪnyway: onto some light-hearted observations. Having spent more time with my new phone, I’ve noticed a few more imperfections. I dislike the positioning of the audio buttons next to the power key-it’s too hard to hit the right one, especially in the dark. I’m also mildly annoyed that Sony doesn’t sell any models with more than 16GB of storage. With the number of uninstallable applications Sony has preloaded, along with big GPS maps weighing in the gigabytes, much of my internal memory is unavailable for storing music and video.

I have managed to buy a micro SD card with a 32GB capacity this is great, but I shouldn’t have to do this. To top it all off, the phone sucks up about 7% of its battery over the ten hours or so that I’m in and out of bed. This is despite Sony claiming over a month of standby time. I suspect the phone’s active mobile connection, along with WiFi, are sucking up battery. It also has some nicely thought out features, like a torch mode-useful if you’re without a flashlight. As always, I hope to make the best of it. (Here are some additional photos of the new phone.) Do take a look at my photos and keep following for more on the Ark. This is important, because of another reason: I am once more leaving for Germany this winter. I was hoping to go skiing but with the spring-like temperatures, I will have little choice but to enjoy the view (and take photos!) Since we’re going by car, a fast GPS-unlike my old smartphone’s painfully slow and somewhat unreliable version-is invaluable.Īnyway: I’ve decided to share a few of my thoughts on the smartphone market in 2015, along with a few photos I’ve dug up. Consider it a light-hearted break from my usual politics, philosophy and literature essays. A Few Words About the Xperia Z3Cīefore I go on about the ideal smartphone, and other philosophical musings, allow me to share a few thoughts on my new phone.įirst off: the specsheet is impressive. The phone boasts dust and waterproofing (!) an excellent GPS 4G, compatible with all major standards a fast (for ARM) quad core processor healthy RAM an impressive camera and a razor sharp display. With 319 pixels per square inch, the screen is literally as good as printed paper-for fonts, more so, since RGBA anti-aliasing means the horizontal font resolution is more or less tripled. The screen’s brightness is good the colours are vivid. To top it all off: the Z3C only cost me £250 off Carphone Warehouse. It’s not bad for a smartphone of this calibre-not bad at all. Sony has pre-installed a large number of applications many are of questionable value. There’s AVG antivirus-surely an insult to Linux kernel security, to Google’s OS, and to user intelligence. Don’t get me wrong-satnav apps are only too useful, and I’m sure Garmin’s app is decent.

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