Canadians choose Windows Phone 7 over Android

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This is actually a little surprising; not because of the merits of either platform, but just because Windows Phone 7 hasn’t even arrived in Canada yet and most people don’t even know about it. A poll conducted on behalf of itbusiness.ca shows Canadians will choose Windows Phone 7 over Android for their next smartphone purchase. [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to Verizon in a Bentley?

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Samsung has decided to offer their fantastic tablet, the Galaxy Tab, at a price point that seems too high. Verizon today announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab on November 11th for $599. “Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab™ will be available Nov. 11 [...]

NEWS! Toronto Windows Phone 7 User Group

Now that Microsoft has officially launched Windows Phone 7 we can tell you our exciting news! Mike Temporale and Darren Humphries (that’s me!) will be starting a Toronto area (or Southern Ontario really) User Group for Windows Phone 7! We are having our first get together on November 16th at Microsoft Canada’s Head Office. There [...]

Windows Phone 7: Perfect Timing?

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There are rumours of some new smartphone operating system coming from Microsoft…in case you have been living under a rock, beneath other rocks, in a large hole, under a mountain for the last year or so. Microsoft is getting ready to unveil (at least, officially) their new Windows Phone 7 OS on October 11th in [...]

Mobile Ramblings

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Well, who woulda guessed? My video review of the Motorola Charm is currently over 9k views.  Youtube contacted me to ask if I wanted to share in ad revenue, to which I reluctantly agreed.  I mean, I’ll take their money if I have to but then I have to go to the bank and all [...]

iPod touch 4G (2010) Unboxing and Review

Once I promised my 2G touch to my wife I got the green light to run out and get a new Apple iPod touch 4G! My biggest justification would be for the camera but mostly it’s bragging rights with all the others Dad’s at my kids’ schools. Reason enough, right?!?! The newest iPod touch shares [...]

Rant: Bell Sticking it to us with Roaming Charges?

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Recently I went down to the US and took a couple phones with me; one on Bell the other on Telus. When I entered the US I got a friendly SMS from both carriers to let me know how much they charge for roaming. Here is the message from Telus: “Free TELUS msg. Welcome to [...]

Quick Look at the Motorola Charm

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The latest Android phone from Motorola has He-man written all over it!! “Charm” is just as manly and intimidating as “Droid”, right?! The TELUS Motorola Charm is going to be a phone you either love or hate. It’s cute in an ET kinda way and very pocketable. Whether you love it or not, you have [...]

WiFi is Eating Our Children!!

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680News.com is reporting that parents of Simcoe County Public School students are convinced of the evils of WiFi. Parents are saying that their children are becoming light headed, dizzy and falling down because the schools have installed WiFi that is accessible from the classrooms. They say their children are fine on the weekends and have [...]

Otterbox Tandem Case for Palm Pre / Pre Plus

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I’ve had the chance to try out the Otterbox Tandem case on my Palm Pre and really liked it. For those that don’t know, Otterbox makes protective cases for most popular models of cellphones. For those that have gone through the trauma of a broken phone, this is the way to save having to go [...]