diy, inductive charging, wireless charger
Posted on November 20, 2009
By now, you’ve probably seen some of those wireless charging mats by companies like PowerMat. The idea is that you can simply place your iPod, Nintendo DS, or other portable devices on the mat and they’ll start charging without having to connect a cable. The trouble is that these big black mats can be glaringly [...]
camangi, google android, internet tablet
Posted on November 20, 2009
Google Android isn’t just for smartphones, you know. We’ve already seen some companies attempt to port the mobile operating system into a netbook form and now we’re getting an Android-powered take on what a Mac Tablet might look like. Except, you know, it’s wrapped all up in Google goodness.
It’s not like the Camangi WebStation is [...]
amazon kindle, ebook reader, nook
Posted on November 20, 2009
You see? This is why it pays to get your holiday shopping done early. Right when the Barnes & Noble Nook was announced late last month, we had a good feeling that it’d be a hot seller among Christmas shoppers. A couple of weeks ago, we learned that it was more popular than expected. Well, [...]
apple iphone, bell mobility, virgin mobile
Posted on November 19, 2009
Seems like the Cupertino floodgates are opening north of the border. It wasn’t all that long ago that Rogers Wireless (and its canine companion Fido) was the only place where Canadians could officially get their hands on the Apple iPhone. Now, you can head on over and grab the same phone from Bell Mobility or [...]
alltel, merger, verizon wireless
Posted on November 19, 2009
Well, there’s some good news and some bad news here for all the Alltel employees in the audience. As you may recall, Verizon Wireless went ahead and purchased Alltel some time back, leaving us to wonder what would become of all the existing Alltel employees and infrastructure. Not surprisingly, there is some definite redundancy across [...]
blackberry, colorware, customization
Posted on November 19, 2009
Most cell phone geeks are already familiar with the Colorware service. In a nutshell, you ship your treasured handset (they also do notebooks and other gadgetry) over to their warehouse and they’ll outfit it with a fancy paint job featuring just about any color that you can imagine. The trouble with this service, up until [...]
google android, sony ericsson, xperia
Posted on November 18, 2009
Arguably, HTC started this whole thing when the company made the TouchFLO user interface overlay for its Windows Mobile phones. Samsung did its thing with TouchWiz and then HTC created the Sense UI for its Android phones. We already knew that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 would come equipped with its own custom UI and [...]
app store, iphone, konami
Posted on November 18, 2009
Are you looking for some fresh entertainment on your Apple iPhone or iPod touch? The good people at Konami are offering a special deal this week wherein any of their games in the App Store are being marked down to the bargain basement price of just 99 cents. This includes every Konami title in that [...]
blackberry, telus mobility, touchscreen
Posted on November 18, 2009
Did you like the first BlackBerry Storm from Telus? Maybe you’d be more interested in its successor, the appropriately named BlackBerry Storm2 9550. Telus Mobility has officially launched his upgraded smartphone and it comes with just about everything that you’re expecting.
I remember when the Storm2 was little more than a rumor and people were saying [...]
amazon kindle, canada, ebook reader
Posted on November 17, 2009
The original Amazon Kindle only worked within the United States and then we were introduced to the Kindle US & International Wireless edition for some foreign roaming. Unfortunately, you still needed to be in the United States to get it. That has now changed. Canada, as well as several other countries around the world, can [...]
bell mobility, cell phone plans, system access fee
Posted on November 17, 2009
The whole System Access Fee (SAF) thing has always been a sore spot for Canadians. It was originally introduced to help carriers recoup the cost of building up their networks, but now it is largely perceived as an unfair cash grab. Thankfully, we could be slicing the final head off this hideous three-headed beast.
Well, sort [...]