As you may know, I have started to use a Samsung Galaxy S instead of an iPhone and have been going through the process of settings things up and moving across my content. When I got around to setting up my Hotmail accounts I wanted to use the newly available Exchange ActiveSync interface. What I found …
Category: Android
Sep 03 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Check For System Recovery Mode Before Flashing!
- By Boydo in Android, Google, Operating Systems, Technology
For some high level information on why the three button modes are missing, click here. To find a solution for the lag problem, click here. For a solution to the missing system recovery mode, click here. Earlier this week I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S as my first foray into Android mobile phones and …
Sep 02 2010
Windows Phone 7 RTMs
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, WebOS, Windows Phone 7
Microsoft officially released its new mobile phone operating system (which it called “release to manufacturing” or RTM) today in what marks a potential comeback for the company. For a long time, the Windows Mobile market had stagnated and vendors had to resort to skinning the aging OS to try and make it keep up with …
Aug 31 2010
Samsung Galaxy S Unboxed!
- By Boydo in Android, Google, Operating Systems, Technology, YouTube
Today I was lucky enough to get a new Samsung Galaxy S and I got a chance to do an unboxing video of it so you know what is inside the box if you choose to get one yourself. I am getting to grips with the phone as it is a bit of a change …
Aug 29 2010
Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail Almost Upon Us
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Email, Google, IMAP, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mail, Operating Systems, POP3, Technology
Smartphone users may have been frustrated by the inability to access their Hotmail accounts using POP3 whilst other services such as Gmail and Yahoo have allowed the use of IMAP and, in the case of Gmail, the use of Exchange ActiveSync technology to synchronise your mail, contacts and calendar and enable the use for push …
Aug 13 2010
Desktop Operating Systems Don’t Belong on Tablets
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, WebOS, Windows Phone 7
Another quick one for tonight. Over the last decade and a bit, we have seen Microsoft attempt to get the tablet form factor to be a success in the marketplace but a Windows tablet just didn’t get any legs. I believe this is due to three reasons: Computing power at the time was insufficient for …
Aug 08 2010
Keep Track of Friends and Loved Ones with Foursquare
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, GPS, iPad, iPhone, Legal, Location Services, Operating Systems, Privacy, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter, VoIP, Wikipedia
A quick one before I head back to the airport to fly back to Sydney. With the rise of location services in recent years people have been able to find places close by when the time suited. In an earlier post, I wrote about WorldSurfer which allows you to use sources such as Google or …
Aug 05 2010
Use Your Mobile as a Modem and Save Money
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Bluetooth, Connectivity, Interfaces, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Operating Systems, Secure, Technology, USB, Wi-Fi, Windows Mobile, Wireless
Some of us are regular users of mobile broadband services and normally rely on a mobile broadband modem of some description to get an internet connection whilst we are on the move or away from home. Dialup access once reigned supreme for mobility and availability but mobile broadband has pretty much put it to rest. …
Jun 28 2010
Placeshift Your TV with Slingbox
- By Boydo in Android, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Operating Systems, Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless
Over the last couple of weeks, I have had my eye on a new gizmo (apart from the iPhone 4 which I will unbox, preview and review). It’s called “Slingbox” and allows you to rebroadcast input video to another device at home or over the Internet. Various inputs may include (but not necessarily limited to): …
- 3G, Android, Blu-ray, DVD, DVR, Foxtel, iPhone, Palm OS, Slingbox, Symbian OS, Television, TiVo, VCR, Wi-Fi, Windows Media Centre, Windows Phone
- 1 comment
May 02 2010
MS Courier & HP Slate – iPad Killers Being Killed Off Themselves
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, WebOS
Over the course of this week, there have been some shock announcements regarding potential competitors to the Apple iPad, specifically the Microsoft Courier and the HP Slate. On Thursday, Gizmodo reported that Microsoft had summarily pulled the Courier out of the incubator and tossed it in the bin. Certainly, in my opinion, the Courier looked …
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Follow Us!