Driving and Texting is Worse Than…

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Once again cell phone use while driving is in the news. This time it’s because of a study that found that you are more likely to be in an accident if you are sending text messages while driving. It’s not just a little more likely, it’s something like 23 times more likely. This isn’t the [...]

Race To Market Contest for Windows Marketplace for Mobile

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Microsoft has opened the doors for application submission for it’s upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile. If you’re a Windows Mobile application developer, or you have an interest in writing for WinMo, now’s the time to get your application coded and submitted. Why should you bother? Well, you’re application will get listed in the Marketplace when [...]

Rogers is First with HSPA+ in North America

Today, Rogers has officially launched its HSPA+ network and is able to claim the bragging rights of being the first in North America. “Rogers Wireless today announced it has begun the Canada-wide deployment of a 21 Megabits per second (Mbps) high-speed HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Plus) wireless network, following the successful expansion and doubling [...]

The War for Canada’s Wireless Customers

When it comes to a competitive marketplace for wireless in Canada, there has been a serious void for many years. Bell, Telus, and Rogers have managed to keep prices high, contracts long, and light on choice. It got so bad that Canada decided to restrict the big 3 from bidding on the new spectrum that [...]

The Cell Phone Evolved

I’ve had my fair share of cell phones over the years and it’s always fun to compare new devices with old units.  Design and functionality are always changing. New devices are considerably smaller than just a year earlier. Well, here’s a pretty cool site that covers off some of the more popular and unusual mobile [...]

Understanding Vanity Dialing in Samsung Smartphones

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Samsung has included a feature in their phones called Vanity Dialing. As the name implies, this feature will allow you to dial those ever popular vanity numbers like 1-800-Flowers or 1-800-Samsung. You can find Vanity Dialing on the new Samsung Jack, Propel Pro and even the older BlackJack II devices under Start / Settings / [...]

Google Targets Netbooks with Chrome OS

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This week, Google announced that they plan to release an open source operating system to power netbooks around the middle of 2010. The new OS will be called Chrome OS and will be a light weight linux install that runs Google’s Chrome browser. While some see this as the start of the end of Microsoft, [...]

Rogers Introduces Canada’s First 3.5G Embedded Netbooks

Rogers has just announced their HP Mini netbook offering with embedded 3.5 wireless: “The HP Mini 110 netbooks now available include embedded mobile broadband technology to connect to the Web over Rogers 3.5G wireless network across Canada – three times faster than any other – offering customers the freedom to choose when and where they [...]

Hard Reset the Samsung Jack

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Sometimes there is a need to start fresh with your device.  Perhaps you just picked up the Jack from eBay or maybe you’re getting ready to list it for sale and want to clear off any personal details from the phone.  Or maybe, you’ve installed something and it’s your device un-usable. That should never be [...]