iPhone users have another amongst their ranks: yes, late last year, it was done.

No sooner did Orange officially announce it had signed up with Apple, then the shipping route card to my front door was printed.

It’s been even better than I expected, for so many reasons I won’t bore you with. It has also, though, reinforced just why WordPress is so good.

My blog is designed in WordPress, using a custom (free) theme designed by Binary Moon. Great for desktops, but you need something a bit more straightforward for smaller mobile devices.

Enter the WPtouch iPhone Theme plugin from Bravenewcode. Again free, it converts posts and design into an easily navigated log on a mobile device. Making it even easier to waste 15 seconds on the move with my sometimes coherent ramblings.

It was a breeze to install. WordPress Plugin search, install, and bingo. Other WordPress users, I can thoroughly recommend it.

Means I’ll have to be even more committed to the updates in 2010, mind. Good job Schumacher is going up against Hamilton in F1, then…

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How motoring writers used to do it

Apple Tablet changes the game, again

MAC fan Charles Moore has written a well considered piece on theappleblog, making the link between the Mini and, well, the Mac mini computer.

Me, I’m also a worshipper of both, and the comparisons are so apparent, I’m amazed I’ve not spotted them before.

Macs? Well, they’re cool, classless, not the cheapest but exceedingly well packaged, extremely well conceived and pretty damn trick underneath the surface. This blog is originated on a Mac. Everything you see here has been written processed on a Mac.

Minis? Well, we all know they’re pretty cool, period. ‘Nuff said there.

What’s soon apparent in the piece, though, is that Moore is comparing the original Mini, not the new MINI, to the Mac mini. That car, he says, is more of a rival to Apple’s premium machines.

Interesting.

These really are quite delectable things of envy.

But, a Mac mini can do most of what they do, for much less. While also being, well, the world’s greenest and most efficient computer. The exact same concept the original Mini introduced the world to, back in the day.

It’s a compelling piece. Have a read and see what you think. And try to deny the genius of the wordplay: Mac mini. Mini. Max respect due to both.

Have I (again) solved the great Mini search?

Can you help me buy a Mini in 2009?

Mini fixes easy to come by