March 2011
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With only a handful of wireless telecoms in the U.S., the cannibalistic notion of AT&T absorbing T-Mobile is a troubling idea on many levels, and all of them end badly for both the consumer and the industry. If there is one thing that the wireless industry needs it’s more competition, not less. Whether it’s carriers ...
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If you have been wishing your cell phone could offer more elaborate games than Angry Birds and Tetris, you may be interested in Sony Ericsson’s soon-to-be-released Xperia Play smartphone. Officially announced at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, the Android-powered Xperia Play will launch sometime this spring.
The specs of the Xperia Play include ...
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In a brilliant display of unabashed technological ignorance, the California Supreme Court decided on Jan. 3rd, 2011, that police can search a person’s cell phone without a court warrant.
OMG!! Sorry…gasping for air. Give me just… a… sec. Okay….. No, wait…. Okay, okay, I’m back.
First, you have to understand that the modern day cell phone is, ...
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Star Trek fans will recall being blown away by Captain Kirk’s “communicator”. With the flip of the wrist the device opened and Kirk was able to talk to his officers in orbit even as he braved an alien landscape.
The sad truth is, while Kirk rocked, his communicator couldn’t compete with any modern-day, bargain-basement pay-as-you-go flip. ...
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Certain events bring us back to where we were and what we were doing. The moon landing, the tearing down of the Berlin wall and, of course, April 4, 2003, when Apple opened its iTunes virtual storefront… and things have never been the same, (at least for digital content).
Unimpressed with the existing rudimentary digital delivery ...
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Having been a BlackBerry fanboy for several years, I had long been accustomed to using my BlackBerry Maps to get me where I needed to go. I was proud of being the caretaker of such brute-force, location-based power and functionality. You see, with a mere dozen or so clicks and trackball scrolls, my BlackBerry could ...
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With some 20 Android devices now out there, the time was right for what Google did today, which is launch their own agenda to blow up mobile industry as we know it in the U.S.
They’re taking the traditional mobile model in this country, where you first choose your carrier, and then choose your phone, and ...
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I believe the carriers should focus on making their networks as fast and reliable as possible.
Device manufacturers should focus on building the best and most innovative hardware configurations they can deliver.
And software developers should focus on building the best operating systems and mobile applications and servic...
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I’ll be the first to admit that if you don’t live or work inside a WIND HOME Zone (essentially the GTA and Calgary right now, and Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver in early 2010), our plans don’t make sense for you. You’ll get a better price from the incumbents for your “normal” use because most of ...
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