Apple has flatly refused to tell anyone just what chips lie inside the iPhone 3G S. In fact, while Apple insists that the S in 3G S stands for speed, it could equally well stand for secrecy. But T-Mobile in the Netherlands apparently didn’t get the memo, and has gone ahead and posted the hardware specs on the product page for the new models.

The relevant numbers are 256MB RAM for the OS, double that of the 128MB in the original iPhone, and a 600MHz processor, up from the pedestrian 412MHz of the first two models. The added RAM alone probably makes a huge difference — if you have ever added memory to a Mac you’ll know how much OS X loves some extra gigs to play around with. That processor also neatly leapfrogs the second-gen iPod Touch’s 532MHz, while shutting up anyone comparing the iPhone to the Palm Pre, which has the exact same number of megahertz: 600.

Of course, this never really mattered — as soon as the iPhone goes on sale it will be torn apart like a gazelle being set upon my hunger-crazed lions and the innards cast across the floor for all to see. We wonder just how long the T-Mobile site will keep this information up.

Update: By 9.45am on the same day, the specs had been removed.

Courtesy of Wired (Image courtesy of T-Mobile)

Are you using The Internet to market yourself or your business effectively?

This workshop will give you the skills to leverage powerful online tools and measure activity.

We have 3 speakers In this session, myself, Richard O’Connor from Search Marketeers Amber Green &  Luke Williams from Social Tech Solutions. Between us we will explain why your business needs to embrace ‘online’ now, demonstrate tangible ’how to’s’, offer top tips and create measurable metrics you can use daily.

You will walk out of the door with the following skills or your money back:

* How to extend your marketing strategy onto the social web (Using Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, etc)

* How to identify, locate and engage with your target market (B2B or B2C)

* 10 top tips, tools and resources for engaging with the social web

* How to reduce time spent online and get more from the time you do spend

* How to create real measurable metrics for your social media marketing strategy

* Learn valuable Search Marketing Tips to push sales

* PLUS Expert news, views and top tips from the online world

After the session, you will also receive any material discussed with links to all of the resources and tools.

If you work in a small business and need a stronger online presence, this is the starter pack for you…….

Adam St (In The Gallery)

25th June

09:30-12:30

£95

15 spaces only

Bring a laptop if you have one (not essential)

To Book

Call Dan on 08456 447758

Or Sign up at Meetup.com (Our online event manager)

Or simply email dan@theengineroom.co.uk

On Thursday 16th April we had 14 people take a Microsoft Outlook 2007 Booster course for 2 hours.

We asked them to take at least 3 top outlook tips away to save time, money or reduce frustration.

We will be running more Microsoft Office Public Training Courses starting at £45/head. Come and join us.

Email dan@theengineroom.co.uk for details

Here’s what some of the attedndees had to say:

“Thank you very much, it was really helpful to me on many levels.  Interesting group of people too. Much appreciated.”  - Denise – Draycott Nursing

“I didnt know I could use it as a CRM tool!” - Jason – CB Developments

“We have been just scratching the surface of Outlook! Thanks for opening our eyes” - James – Sony Distribution

 What Richard had to say:

1. Explain to your followers what retweeting is and encourage them to retweet your links. Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profile. Track your retweets using retweetist.

2. Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much to someone that doesn’t know you. Your bio is the only place you have to tell people who you are. Also, your bio is displayed on Twitter’s Suggested Users page. Leaving it blank or non-descriptive doesn’t encourage people to add you.

3. As @garyvee says, “link it up.” Put links to your Twitter profile everywhere. Link it on your Digg, LinkedIn, Facebook, blog, email signature, and everywhere else you live online. Also, check out the great feedburner-like badges from TwitterCounter for your blog.

4. Tweet about your passions in life and #hash tag them. Quality content coupled with an easy way to find it never fails. If others enjoy your content, they’ll add you. Learn more about #hash tagging here.

5. Bring your twitter account into the physical world. Every time I give a talk, speak on a panel, shoot a podcast, present slides, or hand out business cards, I figure out a way to broadcast or display my twitter account.

6. Take pictures. Pictures are heavily retweeted/spread around. This one from US Airways Flight 1549 has been viewed 350,000+ times. For mobile pics use iPhone apps such as Tweetie or Twitterific, both which support on the go uploading.

7. Start a contest. @jasoncalacanis offered a free macbook air if he reached the #1 most followed spot. That never happened, but Jason added thousands of followers…brilliant.

8. Follow the top twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.

9. Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. search.twitter.com lists the hot ‘trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation (see #4 for links to #hash instructions).

10. Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you’re adding per day and Qwitter will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet.

By Kevin Rose. Follow at www.twitter.com/kevinrose

On Thursday the 16th April we delivered a 1 hr ‘Top Tips’ seminar covering the concept of how to market your business online using a plethora of free tools.

We looked at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and many more including how to optimise your website and measure results.

Our guest speakers Richard O’Connor from Grab Marketing and Damien Senn from Senn-Sational gave their perspective from years as online marketing and sales gurus.

Here’s what a few attendees had to say:

“Thank you very much for the extremely informative talks today – great stuff, thought it was brilliant.”  Keren – Shout! Communications

“I thought that it was great!! My brain is still ticking it all over!! Lots to think about.”  Lisa – Ablestoke Consulting

“Just wanted to say how interesting (and entertaining) the session was last week.” Jackie Morley – NHS

Damien talks about his time with us:

 
On Thursday 19th March we ran a free ‘iPhone Top Tips’ Ninja Skills training hour at Adam St in Central London for 20 small businesses.

The hour is filled with 100 or so ‘ top tips’ delivered in a fun and interesting format. We ask attendees to take at least 3 tips away whether they owned an iPhone or not.
These sessions are run within the context of ‘We don’t know what we don’t know!’. Every 6 weeks we offer a different subject.

What did people think?

“A really great format to get some fast tips for using the iPhone more effectively and also get thinking about how to use IT to really help my business. Dan knows his ‘IT onions’ and throws in plenty of humour to make the geeky stuff seem fun. Really looking forward to the next workshop.” – Linda, Bright Blue Skies Ltd.

Some attendees kindly offered to be filmed post session to tell us what they thought….

It appears that Microsoft, bless, have released an update for Windows XP & Vista that is keeping some PCs stuck in the startup process. i.e. your PC boots to the Splash Screen and then reboots itself. Then it goes on forever until you pull the plug.

If this happens to you, you will have to start the PC in Safe Mode (F8 just after Start Up normally), start System Restore and roll back to before the last Update. Then turn off Automatic Updates for a while until MS have sorted their stuff out (Give it a few weeks).

If this means nothing to you just give us a call on 08456 447758 or email helpme@theengineroom.co.uk