By Johnny Canuck •
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Just as I was putting my finishing touches on my already overdue Samsung Galaxy review, a little bird told me that Bell and BlackBerry had quietly released the long-awaited OS 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. Now other devices also got the 5.0 nod, but since I use a Storm daily for work, this is the one I’ve been waiting for and have been particularly waiting for. I updated to 4.7 a while back and this took care of a few touch screen niggles of including a much easier cursor movement while editing text. You can read more about that here in my last review. So what is the big about this latest operating system release? Did they magically turn the BlackBerry into the iPhone killer they were touting it as a few years back? Better yet, have they finally stopped building the platform on Java?
Continue reading BlackBerry Release OS 5.0 for the Storm on Bell
By Johnny Canuck •
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Just before Christmas, I was given the chance to test out the brand new Samsung Galaxy on Bell’s brand spanking new HSPA+ network. This was a really cool demo opportunity too. Basically it went like this: No Strings Attached, I get a Galaxy for my personal use, unlimited local minutes, unlimited SMS and most important of truly unlimited data usage. The latter totally sealed the deal for me, these days there is no way to know how a phone is going to perform in the real world without suing it in the real world. There is no way you should ever base your phone buying decision on the fake unit they try to show you in a store and most of these place have some really strict return policy that usually means that the minute you turn it on you can no longer return it.
After being a long time BlackBerry user and avid Apple Fan-boy, I had some pretty big apprehension about using an Android device. My fear was that this would be the first time that Google would actually let me down. This coupled with the fact that over the years, I have become accustomed to two types of geek-out excitement:
- The jaw dropping visual stimuli most associated with watching a Steve Jobs keynote or fondling just about any Apple product.
- The feeling of your mind opening to a brand new possibility or way of thinking that you just know will change the game.
Continue reading Three Weeks With an Android: Part ONE
By Johnny Canuck •
@JohnnyCanuck 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4
Remember a few years ago when everyone was posting the encryption key for DVD’s all over the internet. Well I have a pretty good feeling that all the eights, double eight double four might very well become the new magic numbers. So why is Google DNS such a good announcement?
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By Johnny Canuck •
@JohnnyCanuckJoy of Tech Internet Plumber
A friend dropped of his Windows XP laptop with a virus on it. Been trying to get him back up an running all week. Looks like a clean re-install is the only solution.
Somedays, I feel like such a plumber! Funny that I don’t get paid half [...]
By Johnny Canuck •
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Are you getting tired of these request too? I’ve had just about enough of it and seriously thinking of dropping Skype altogether for good. The problem is not about one occasional spam message. The real problem is what they are not doing to protect it’s users.
claurin : @JohnnyCanuck The Hymus will be added to the tour schedule.
JohnnyCanuck : @claurin lol Sure but we can't leave the Hymus off of the community centre tour. Maybe we can even get @scorbett22 to sit on a bouclier
schultzter : I just had to "break up a fight" between my daughter's two feet - she insists it was not her fault but they're keeping her awake!
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