Ian and I are off to Lanzarote tomorrow, for his final little piece of rehabilitation prior to rejoining the real world – i.e. the golf course. We both hope he’ll feel fit enough to play again when we return, especially as England should have warmed up nicely by then. That’s my excuse for a great holiday, anyway. We hope to get in plenty of walking as well as seeing the sights and generally lazing around. Personally I can’t wait to feel the sun on my back and to see that luscious blue water just urging me to jump in.
Naturally I’m taking my gorgeous Blackberry Playbook, so I’m going to try to blog now and again hopefully with some photos, if I can find any free broadband. Not sure how wired Lanzarote is, since I suspect sun, sea and sand are more to the point over there. They will be for us, anyway.
We’re going with friends, packs of cards and the gin and tonic, so life should be fun. When we return, I really will get down to writing again. Honestly.
Ian and I took a jaunt into Norwich yesterday to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Despite the very early timing (11.50am) the cinema was packed with senior citizens, all roaring with laughter at this excellent film. We followed it with a delicious meal at Bella Italia , then a leisurely bus journey home.
Retirement is very good.
For those of you who prefer to stay at home glued to your computer, here’s the latest Apple Ipad news:
The new Ipad was formerly unveiled in San Francisco last night. This 3rd Generation iPad is running a dual-core processor with quad-core graphics. That means it’s good. Processor speed is a tad slower than some tablets, but the retail price of £390 is kind of reasonable, I suppose (although more than twice as much as the wonderful – to me at any rate – Blackberry Playbook.)
The screen resolution on the new Ipad is brilliant – 2048 x 1536 if you’re into technicalities – and this makes it yet again the highest quality tablet screen on the market and much higher than the resolution to be defined as HD.
Also new to the iPad is a 5-megapixel camera which is pretty darn good and almost the best around when it comes to tablets. It can record video in HD and has a stabilisation feature where a shaky hand won’t lead to shaky videos. Fantastic! Just right for people like me.
A great new feature on the iPad is the microphone, which allows you to dictate rather than type. There’s now a microphone button on the iPad keyboard.
One thing that didn’t change as much as was expected is the size and shape, with an almost identical shape that is just slightly thicker and also a little bit heavier. This makes room for the ever-so-slightly-larger new parts inside the new iPad.
As always, you can expect to find new iPad accessories such as a new iPad case range at GearZap.com, plus a lot of other really good stuff. Take a visit over there and have a look for yourself.
As for me, well, I’m sticking with my lovely Blackberry Playbook. I like the smaller size and it works brilliantly with my Blackberry phone. At the moment, Ipads don’t tempt me. Not too much, anyway.
It is Lent, after all.