Initial review: WIND Mobile
Earlier this week I ditched my old Nokia flip phone and Fido contract in favour of a no-contract WIND Mobile plan. I had been planning to switch basically since the CRTC announced that it was...
View ArticlePicasa 3.8 in Ubuntu 10.04
If you have either a Compact Flash reader or the camera's USB cable, you should be able to cut out my printer/network step and download your photos to your Ubuntu computer directly, either by copying...
View ArticleGuitar Hero double-strum fix
Every 5-10 downstrums or so, the guitar caused a phantom upstrum even though I hadn't strummed in that direction. What was happening was the strum bar travels too far on the downstrum, and on springing...
View ArticleAndroid personal finance apps
I've been on the hunt for a decent mobile personal finance tool for my Android phone. I want a tool that will download my bank transactions and allow me to categorize them so I can compare with my...
View ArticleAngry Birds on Huawei U8100
Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds is one of the most popular games released for mobile devices in 2010. With a few hacks and tricks, you can get it working smoothly on lower-end QVGA Android devices like the...
View ArticleUsage based billing: Canada’s regulatory failure
What’s the big deal, anyway? Shouldn’t Bell be allowed to charge whatever they want for third party providers to rent their network? In fact, third-party internet access doesn’t share capacity with...
View ArticleCell phone adventure, part 1
About six months ago, I entered the smartphone era with the purchase of my first Android phone, the Huawei U8100, from Wind Mobile. Despite a few minor billing issues, I was generally impressed with...
View ArticleCell phone adventures: round 2
Now I know that my Wind-branded Huawei U8100-9 operates using HSPA 3G on AWS 1700 and UMTS 2100, and 2G over the four GSM bands. In this part of the country, that means my phone should be compatible...
View ArticleAndroid app review: eBay Mobile
Online auction site eBay.com has been around for years, and their official Android mobile app isn't exactly new either. Having an app on your mobile phone means you can watch your auction on the go,...
View ArticleWhat to do if your Twitter is hacked
This morning, I woke up to a Twitter direct message (DM) warning me that a bad blog had been posted about me, and urging me to click on the link to check it out. I thought briefly about checking the …
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