Microsoft Employees Celebrate the Release of Windows Phone 7

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News broke late last week that Microsoft was celebrating the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) of Windows Phone 7 with a mock funeral parade for Apple and RIM. While some are apprehensive about this, even going as far to say that this will come back and bite Microsoft and it’s a PR nightmare. While the latter [...]

Going Hands on with Windows Phone 7

The other night Darren Humphries and I headed out to meet-up with Microsoft Canada and see what some local Canadian developers are working on for the Windows Phone 7 launch coming later this year. Not only is it fun to get together with Darren and talk phones for hours on end, but it was a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Impressions: Bell Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S)

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A very nice phone with all the bells and whistles but just a little bit uninspiring. For the last week I have been using the Samsung Vibrant from Bell and am liking it.  I can’t say I love it, but it really is quite nice. The Samsung Vibrant is part of the Galaxy S line [...]

The Telus HTC Desire in the Flesh

As Mike reported on Friday, Telus released the HTC Desire. It is their latest Android device, and it is running OS 2.1. It has a 1Ghz processor, with a 3.7″ Super LCD screen. The following video walks you through my thoughts on the first full day of use.

iPhone 4 FaceTime on AT&T 3G Works Great

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The iPhone 4 was officially released yesterday, and one of its highly touted new features is the front-facing camera and the inclusion of Apple FaceTime. The only serious drawback to the new FaceTime feature is that both parties must be connected to a WiFi network. Is this an Apple imposed limitation, or is this an [...]

First Look at the Acer Liquid E

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Thanks go to Darren and Mike, and the good folks at Rogers for putting this phone in my hands for a few days to review it. In place of doing a long review of this phone I’m going to do a few posts documenting not just the device, but what it is like to switch [...]

Apple Facing More Antitrust Investigations

Apple is having more and more problems with the Federal Trade Commission these days. It wasn’t that long ago when Apple and Antitrust were two words you never expected to hear in the same discussion. As Apple has climbed to the top of various markets, they’ve been gathering more attention from the FTC. According to [...]