Check your mobile phone connections when at sea.
Check your mobile phone connections when at sea.
My top tip to save money if sailing to Mallorca by ferry
Be aware of the hidden costs when travelling.
Sunset in the Port of Soller
Sunset in Puerto Soller.
Christmas mobile zombies
The joy of a visit to London at this time of year is, of course, to see the Christmas lights and ingenious festive displays. I remember feeling that same sense of wonderment while visiting New York one December.
Fewer driving infringements for phone use in the Balearics than nationally
There was a national campaign last month against driver distractions.
Pictures were being taken and posted on Instagram accounts
Pictures were being taken and posted on Instagram accounts.
I have owned a mobile phone since they were the size of a house-brick in the early 1980’s
I have owned a mobile phone since they were the size of a house-brick in the early 1980’s.
Some random thoughts on: Exclamations marks, apps and other annoying stuff
It appears that these days cash money is of no use to anyone. Everything is expected to be paid for by flashing a bank card or App.
Warning: If you are in Alcudia on Wednesday you will get an emergency text
Your smartphone will start vibrating.
Confidential: Limping whilst walking in the countryside
I don’t know if the same debate about obesity is raging in Spain as it is in Britain at the moment, but here it has got very political.
Frank Talking: New technology and some embarrassing confessions
Come on, I can’t be alone in this pathetic inability to engage in this sort of stuff can I - surely?
Some random thoughts from a random brain!
Frank Leavers shares with us some of the issues that have vexed him over the past year or so.
Technology
The code number for lost or stolen phones
A reminder to keep a note of a phone's identity number.
Retailing
Retail payment by phone coming to Palma
Changing habits is not always easy when there are many people who are reluctant to use non-traditional payment systems.
Technology
15% of people in the Balearics are phone addicts
Addictive behaviour, previously impossible, is now being displayed because of new technologies and smartphones in particular.
/news/local/2015/08/17/41682/people-the-balearics-are-phone-addicts.html
Women mobile phone users are the most active.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
Comment
Stop posing in the Balearics
The surge in influencers has come under fire by some sections of society for over-publicising the beauty of the Balearics leading to isolated saturation.
Humphrey Carter21/09/2023 15:07