http://www.ratingswinner.com/ RatingsWinner.com - the only site to feature reviews and ratings from trusted magazines for hundreds of audio and video products. We've also teamed up with top suppliers, so you can browse and buy at the best prices, all on one site. en-us 30/4/2010 http://www.ratingswinner.com/blog_archive.html?story=146 Anyone who has used an iPhone will be well aware that that nifty little plugin Flash from Abode is well and truly missing. Flash is something that most of us use day in day out, even if we don’t realise it, with most video and animation being powered by it. It’s been a long bugbear for users around the world as Flash is so prevalent in the non-Apple world. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, has at last come clean on the reasons for this in an open letter. His message: Flash is a failure on mobile devices. Don’t hold back Mr Jobs. And he didn’t. Jobs has gone to the trouble of listing 6 different reasons why Flash is a has-been and cannot exist on the Apple platform. These include the feeling that software if full of bugs and hence “Flash is the number one reason Macs crash”. 29/4/2010 http://www.ratingswinner.com/blog_archive.html?story=145 In a sudden move, HP have bought Palm, the maker of the latest Pre and golden oldie, the iPaq.  This is actually a good thing for Palm that has been losing it’s share progressively over recent years, indeed, even with questions of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year.  Whilst it may have been a flag bearer for Smartphones back in the noughties, it’s nots been able to keep pace with the iPhone and, more recently, Android platform phones.  The price paid by HP? 27/4/2010 http://www.ratingswinner.com/blog_archive.html?story=143 Nokia’s have lost the shine somewhat of late. Remember in the 90’s when everyone that was anyone had to have the large 2110 – you couldn’t afford the calls but at least you could play Snake all day. Then there was the 8110 that helped Neo fly in and out of the Matrix. But then the iPhone came along and ruined the party. Since then, try as they might, Nokia just haven’t been able to get back on top. To add salt to the wound, a myriad of other manufacturers have got in on the game and have made Nokia’s struggle that much harder. 27/4/2010 http://www.ratingswinner.com/blog_archive.html?story=144 We spotted a print-out of some guy with a phoney (pun intended) looking iPhone in his hand on some YouTube screen in the office yesterday.  We didn’t think much about it at the time thinking it’s just another hoax, even though the story seemed to go on for pages and pages.  Now it turns out that the chap was Jason Chen of Gizmodo fame.  The gadget blog ran a story on the next generation iPhone with the phone in the picture being a prototype.The story is all too common – especially if you liken it to British politics.  The phone was on the person of Apple software engineer Gray Powell, who subsequently left it in a bar in California 7/10/2008 http://www.ratingswinner.com/blog_archive.html?story=140 Courtesy of BusinessWeek When they're not hand-wringing over the recent drop in Apple's share price, Mac enthusiasts have been transfixed lately by the mystery product, code-named "brick," that's due for release later this month. Some bloggers and pundits have suggested it might be a new iteration of Apple TV or an updated Mac Mini. But according to a report on 9to5Mac.com, "brick" refers not to what it is, but how it's made