Canadian carriers continue to fleece for data roaming
Recently there has been some back and forth between Techcrunch founder Michael Arrington and Engadget Chief Editor, Joshua Topolsky. It's a wonderful drama with Arrington accusing Engadget of buying ads to increase site traffic (gads!) and trying to derail the acquisition of Techcrunch by the parent company of both sites, AOL.
I just got an email to let me know I will be receiving a Microsoft MVP Award (Windows Phone) again this year!
The MVP Awards are given out by Microsoft in recognition for contributions to the technical community in educating and assisting others within a particular product category. I'm honoured to be recognized two years in a row.
While the KIN did not fair well I am sure Windows Phone 7 will. Either way, the next 12 months are going to be exciting with continual advancements from the top mobile platforms vying for our attention.
For the love of God! If you are a reporter and write about technology PLEASE learn about it!!! If you don't write about technology but are mentioning it, do your blame homework.
Branson said he travelled to Montreal to see the Virgin-sponsored team race, and to unveil Virgin's new phone - the HTC Legend, Virgin Canada's first foray into smartphones.
I was really expecting Apple to go virtual with the newest version, the iPhone 4. This would have allowed you to access your virtual iPhone from any computer. You no longer need to carry the phone!
There are a TON of things we can do with our smartphones including; emailing, messaging, surfing, gaming, and so much more. But of all the things I can do with my phones my new favourite is to take pictures.
Battery life needs to improve with most smartphones! Sure, we all know that but I had to just add my 2 cents.I don't know about you but I'm just slightly over the top worrying that I have lots of battery life. If my phone gets to 50% I start to panic and look for a plug. In fact, I almost always have a charger with me...or a backup phone. :)Today was the day for my Dad to go into surgery and I knew I'd be at the hospital for a long time. Since my personal phone is a Palm Pre (which happens to have horrible battery life) I had to make a decision on whether to bring a charger or a backup phone. It's crazy I have to even consider this but it's the reality with far too many smartphones. Battery tech REALLY needs to improve and phone makers need to do more in OS design to address this. Old news, I know, but it's still a problem, so I still get to complain. ;)I decided to just bring the HTC Hero with me as a backup as it actually does VERY well at stretching the battery. I figured bringing a cord would still mean having to find a plug and waiting for the phone to charge. The Pre is now at about 25% and my battery OCD is kicking in. Time to break out the Hero...to save my day, as it were.
Today on my way to lunch I thought of an article I wanted to write (not this one) just using one of my phones. I had two phones (details on that in a second) with me, was considering which I would use and decided pretty quickly to scrap it. Neither one was going to be easy enough to use to crash out any length of article.