For those of you that know me, I love my gadgets.
One thing that I have never been sucked into is the whole Apple scene.
I just do not like the way the phones and iPads etc are tied down so much you cannot integrate it with existing networks etc. dragging and dropping some photos which takes a couple of minutes on aPC took me about 2 hours the other night as they were on a DVD.
I have to add that I won't have iTunes on my computer. Work of the devil.
Anyway, Christmas 2011, Anne bought me an iPad. I loved it as a gift and I loved its design etc, but it was resigned to being a quick browser for the Internet, or something to take on a night away.
So, until now, it has been a seldom used toy.
So, what has changed?
We now have a little box that plugs into our Sky system which gives us on demand stuff through our wifi.
This is great, but the best thing is I have now found a use for the iPad.
You can download an app from Sky which turns your iPad into the biggest remote control I have ever had. It is an interactive remote control. You can look at all the listing, look at what you have stored, search for stuff, jump to different channels etc etc. You can also play, pause, record, fast forward etc etc.
The main thing is, you can do all of the listings thing without effecting what is going on on the TV.
Brilliant.
I can also pause the TV from upstairs. Why? Because it annoys the hell out of Anne.