Steve Litchfield
@stevelitchfield.bsky.social
Semi-retired writer, broadcaster, and podcaster. See also https://stevelitchfield.com/
youtube.com/watch?v=xyVj... - wow. In 2026. And I thought *I* was geeky for old Symbian 🙂
See my latest video for an 808 look, by the way!
See my latest video for an 808 look, by the way!
Nokia N8 Symbian Re-Awakened With Passion
YouTube video by Janus Cycle
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February 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=xyVj... - wow. In 2026. And I thought *I* was geeky for old Symbian 🙂
See my latest video for an 808 look, by the way!
See my latest video for an 808 look, by the way!
Deluge of Three network phone spam…
I get a call every other day from a random UK number claiming to be from Three and wanting to interest me in a ‘new contract’.
I get a call every other day from a random UK number claiming to be from Three and wanting to interest me in a ‘new contract’.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Deluge of Three network phone spam…
I get a call every other day from a random UK number claiming to be from Three and wanting to interest me in a ‘new contract’.
I get a call every other day from a random UK number claiming to be from Three and wanting to interest me in a ‘new contract’.
There’s a huge flaw in the Apple Watch ecosystem, in that they have all these wonderful sports represented, but not dog walking. When you’ve been dog walking for an hour pulling on the lead and being pulled by the lead in and out of muddy puddles in the rain…
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
There’s a huge flaw in the Apple Watch ecosystem, in that they have all these wonderful sports represented, but not dog walking. When you’ve been dog walking for an hour pulling on the lead and being pulled by the lead in and out of muddy puddles in the rain…
Testing uploading my portrait videos to BlueSky...! Will the aspect ratio be preserved?
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Testing uploading my portrait videos to BlueSky...! Will the aspect ratio be preserved?
PSA for followers in the UK. GiffGaff are giving away £10 of credit for free SIMs activated by the 31st January from affiliate links like mine 😎
www.giffgaff.com/orders/affil...
I.e. you get a SIM free in the post and £10 of credit gets added to your account when you activate it.
www.giffgaff.com/orders/affil...
I.e. you get a SIM free in the post and £10 of credit gets added to your account when you activate it.
Get your giffgaff SIM too
I just ordered a giffgaff SIM card. Get your giffgaff SIM card too so we can call and text each other for free.
www.giffgaff.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
PSA for followers in the UK. GiffGaff are giving away £10 of credit for free SIMs activated by the 31st January from affiliate links like mine 😎
www.giffgaff.com/orders/affil...
I.e. you get a SIM free in the post and £10 of credit gets added to your account when you activate it.
www.giffgaff.com/orders/affil...
I.e. you get a SIM free in the post and £10 of credit gets added to your account when you activate it.
I've updated my index of all my YouTube Shorts from the last couple of years. If I do the sums then it's two videos a week every week. Takes some doing... (ahem!) 🙂
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/05/stev...
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/05/stev...
Steve's Phones Show Shorts, sorted and indexed, 2024-2026!
Reviews and articles on music and technology, tutorials, lessons, and 'how to's.
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I've updated my index of all my YouTube Shorts from the last couple of years. If I do the sums then it's two videos a week every week. Takes some doing... (ahem!) 🙂
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/05/stev...
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/05/stev...
If they’d had AI video in my history classes at school 50 years ago then I’d have taken more interest!!
This channel is amazing.
youtu.be/6-xs_mXiANM?...
This channel is amazing.
youtu.be/6-xs_mXiANM?...
The Entire History of London in 24 Minutes
YouTube video by Majestic Studios
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January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
If they’d had AI video in my history classes at school 50 years ago then I’d have taken more interest!!
This channel is amazing.
youtu.be/6-xs_mXiANM?...
This channel is amazing.
youtu.be/6-xs_mXiANM?...
Jigsaw to infinity
(iPhone 17 Pro Max, auto, with minor privacy cleanup)
(iPhone 17 Pro Max, auto, with minor privacy cleanup)
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Jigsaw to infinity
(iPhone 17 Pro Max, auto, with minor privacy cleanup)
(iPhone 17 Pro Max, auto, with minor privacy cleanup)
Some new videos from me. Retro and super-retro!!!
youtube.com/shorts/C9NM7...
youtube.com/shorts/YcGHN...
and, more currently, youtube.com/shorts/blbz_... 🙂
youtube.com/shorts/C9NM7...
youtube.com/shorts/YcGHN...
and, more currently, youtube.com/shorts/blbz_... 🙂
Nokia’s Hero Battery, the BP-4L. A battery that had its own ecosystem!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Some new videos from me. Retro and super-retro!!!
youtube.com/shorts/C9NM7...
youtube.com/shorts/YcGHN...
and, more currently, youtube.com/shorts/blbz_... 🙂
youtube.com/shorts/C9NM7...
youtube.com/shorts/YcGHN...
and, more currently, youtube.com/shorts/blbz_... 🙂
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-... - how did it take me this long to realise this about iOS? #duh
How (best) to: Get audiobook MP3s into your iPhone
Reviews and articles on music and technology, tutorials, lessons, and 'how to's.
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-... - how did it take me this long to realise this about iOS? #duh
Heading into the white stuff
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Heading into the white stuff
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
I just invented chicken and marmalade on toast! 😀
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I just invented chicken and marmalade on toast! 😀
Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
October 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
An exercise in Clean-Up
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
An exercise in Clean-Up
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
Why the iPhone 17 Pro Max almost eliminates the ‘Zoom Gap’!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Well, it’s no Panasonic compact or Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, but hey…
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
October 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Well, it’s no Panasonic compact or Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, but hey…
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
iPhone 17 Pro ‘Scratchgate’ - Steve Litchfield responds!
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iPhone 17 Pro ‘Scratchgate’ - Steve Litchfield responds!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
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October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
iPhone 17 Pro ‘Scratchgate’ - Steve Litchfield responds!
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For iPhone Air there’s Apple’s £99 gadget. For everyone else there’s this!
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youtube.com/shorts/CKUC9...
Who needs Apple’s MagSafe pack for the iPhone Air? The Anker Nano is better, cheaper, and universal!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
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September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
For iPhone Air there’s Apple’s £99 gadget. For everyone else there’s this!
youtube.com/shorts/CKUC9...
youtube.com/shorts/CKUC9...
Nokia Lumia 1020: a ‘technospective’ … Six years ahead of its time?
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Nokia Lumia 1020: a ‘technospective’ … Six years ahead of its time?
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
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September 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Nokia Lumia 1020: a ‘technospective’ … Six years ahead of its time?
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Ha. Microsoft blinked. Bet they do again next year too…
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ha. Microsoft blinked. Bet they do again next year too…
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
My iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB has a new battery and is three years old. The time seems right to live more riskily and go case-less for the foreseeable future. Feels so much smaller and futuristic.
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB has a new battery and is three years old. The time seems right to live more riskily and go case-less for the foreseeable future. Feels so much smaller and futuristic.
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur... - a good summary from Zac. I have both Duo and Duo 2 here and they both still seem futuristic.
Surface Duo is 5 years old, so we take a look back at how Microsoft mishandled its greatest ever smartphone
It's been half a decade since Microsoft launched its dual-screen Surface Duo smartphone. It was supposed to be the company's triumphant return to the phone market, so what went wrong?
www.windowscentral.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur... - a good summary from Zac. I have both Duo and Duo 2 here and they both still seem futuristic.
iPhone 17 Pro Specs and Features… Tempted. Almost tempted this year after the zoom hardware change… 🙂
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
iPhone 17 Pro Specs and Features… Tempted. Almost tempted this year after the zoom hardware change… 🙂
PSA: What’s happening with the PSC podcast? It’s changing, after 864 shows!
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What’s happening with the PSC podcast? It’s changing, after 864 shows!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
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August 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
PSA: What’s happening with the PSC podcast? It’s changing, after 864 shows!
youtube.com/shorts/AZMim...
youtube.com/shorts/AZMim...
Just a PSA. After I retired from the Phones Show Chat podcast in show 865, my co-host Ted Salmon has taken it on further. The reborn PSC is at phonesshowchat.uk and in most podcatchers now. It will start from show 866 and has subtly new artwork, with Ted and Joe Hickey. 🙂
Phones Show Chat
phonesshowchat.uk
August 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just a PSA. After I retired from the Phones Show Chat podcast in show 865, my co-host Ted Salmon has taken it on further. The reborn PSC is at phonesshowchat.uk and in most podcatchers now. It will start from show 866 and has subtly new artwork, with Ted and Joe Hickey. 🙂