It’s almost a two horse race these days for mobile phones for consumers and the enterprise between the iPhone and Android handsets but don’t let that stop you from getting a squizz at Windows Phone. If you want to give the Windows Phone interface a go on your phone just browse to http://aka.ms/wpdemo and tap the screen …
Category: Android
Nov 21 2011
Update – Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) Port for Samsung Galaxy S
- By Boydo in Android, Browsers, Communications, Google, Operating Systems, Plus, Social Networking, Talk, Technology
Hi folks, just wanted to give you an update on where I am at with testing the early alpha port of Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS as it is now being abbreviated) to the Samsung Galaxy S. Initially, I was testing Galnet MIUI as I believed that was a proper implementation of ICS but it …
Oct 31 2011
Why Voice is a Peril for Google
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Google, iPhone, Operating Systems, Technology
Since the iPhone 4S came out Siri, the enhanced voice control functionality found only on the iPhone 4S (for the time being), has become a a focal point for the state of the art of speech recognition. With smartphones packing quite a punch in terms of CPU power and access to the cloud becoming ubiquitous …
Oct 22 2011
eBook Pick – In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives
- By Boydo in Amazon, Android, Apple, Content & Search, Google, iPhone, Mail, Operating Systems, Technology
This is my second eBook pick courtesy of my Kindle DX and sheds some light on the internal operations of Google covering things from its genesis in a university right through to significant products such as Google Mail, Android and, of course, search. “In The Plex” was written by Steven Levy who also wrote Hackers, …
Oct 12 2011
The Samsung Popup Shop – Feisty or Foolish?
- By Boydo in Amazon, Android, Apple, Content & Search, Google, iOS, iPhone, Music, Operating Systems, Technology
Yesterday, I wrote about the Samsung Music Hub which could be checked out at a popup shop in George Street in Sydney. Today, the general media have covered the fact that this popup shop was also offering ten Samasung Galaxy S II handsets per day until the end of the week for two dollars each. …
Oct 11 2011
Samsung Unveils its Music Hub Subscription Service
- By Boydo in Android, Google, Microsoft, Music, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows Phone 7
It looks like Aussies will start to get more of a taste of subscription music to go head to head with Sony’s offering, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity. This comes in the absence of an offering from Microsoft and its Zune service and Google preventing people from outside the USA from signing up to its …
Oct 01 2011
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and Internet Sharing
- By Boydo in Android, Communications, Connectivity, Microsoft, Mobile, Operating Systems, Technology, Wi-Fi, Windows Phone 7, Wireless
I guess one of the big features that Windows Phone users have been hanging out for is a friendlier solution for internet sharing. Since the initial release, you could make it work by dialling a string of numbers into the phone and manually assigning the APN but it was hardly an elegant and easily invoked …
Sep 29 2011
Why I Reckon There Will Never Be a Facebook Phone
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Facebook, Instant Messaging, iTunes, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Plus, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter, Windows Phone 7
I have been sitting on this one for a while to allow appropriate time for stewing but I think it’s about time for it to come out out of the oven. I don’t think we’ll ever see a Facebook phone. There has been recurring speculation in the media about a Facebook phone and while Mark …
Aug 31 2011
The Perils of Pulling Out Your Smartphone Battery
- By Boydo in Android, Communications, Facebook, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter, Windows Phone 7
Just a quick one tonight. If you have a smartphone with a removable battery (like an Android phone or a Windows Phone) you should take particular care to avoid accidentally or intentionally removing the battery while the device is powered up. Smartphones are essentially small computers with file systems contained within their internal storage. Pulling …
Aug 16 2011
HTC Bootloader Unlocking Process Kicks Off
- By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology
Here’s a heads up for those of you out there with HTC handsets with locked bootloaders – starting with the HTC Sensation you now have the opportunity to unlock the bootloader in order to load custom ROMs! However, there are a couple of things to note: Unlocking the bootloader of your phone does not remove …
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