To anyone who has been following this blog from the beginning, I apologize for being somewhat repetitive; feel free to skip past the next paragraph if desired. To those who have only recently begun reading/following, allow me to tell you about an issue that hit my family when I was but a young guru. 15 [...]

Editors Note: I was offered the chance to use a Samsung Galaxy S II X (we’ll call it the GS2X from here on out) for a week and offer my feedback and review. I jumped at the chance for 2 reasons: the first being that the phone is a monster; Big, Bold, Fast and running Android 2.3.5; the [...]

The day is here. Nokia has just announced their first Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 800 and 710. Pricing has not been announced and no carriers have mentioned which device they will be launching, but we can expect to see them hit the market in early 2012. Stay tuned for hands on with both the [...]

  When it comes to Twitter apps (device irrelevant), it’s becoming increasingly difficult to stand-out among the pack. Every single app that launches claims to offer something both “unique” and “different”, however if you actually stop and look through your timeline, you will notice a consistency of ones being used to publish those whom you’re [...]

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BBWC2011: Wrap-up and final thoughts on a very successful show

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May 9, 2024

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A newbie to conferences — whether locally or travelling to them — I am not; operating this site has taken me to many different places and introduced me to many influential faces — many of whom are idols in their respected industry — enabling me to sit down, chat, get to know, and develop personal [...]

Review: Powermat Charging Kit for the BlackBerry Bold 9650

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May 9, 2024

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Review and pictures below written & taken by Spinz. Thanks so much for the product review! Tired of having to plug your smartphone into the charger in order to charge the battery back up? Wouldn’t you rather simply place the device on a mat and have it begin charging on contact? Well, so did the [...]

Fresh off announcement at BlackBerry World, Pre-Release Bold 9930 Pops-up for sale online

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May 9, 2024

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Well, that didn’t take very long at all. Fresh off its official announcement at BlackBerry World 2011 last week in Orlando, Florida, the pre-release 3G CDMA iteration of the device has already been posted for sale on popular Canadian buy-sell website RedFlagDeals.com. The seller states: “Unlocked and unbranded, this is a tester unit that was [...]

The Cellular Guru Weekly Roundup 5/02-5/08

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May 8, 2024

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BBWC2011: We are here, let the fun begin! BBWC2011: RIM Introduces New BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Smartphones BBWC2011: RIM Announces New facebook App for the BlackBerry PlayBook BBWC2011: RIM launches BlackBerry Balance for Work-Life Balance on BlackBerry BBWC2011: Hands-on with the BlackBerry Bold 9900 [Video] fring Announces Group Video Calling For iPhone & Android [...]

LiveProfile For BlackBerry Updated To v1.0.12

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May 7, 2024

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Seems the folks at LiveProfile are really stepping up their game with bug fixes and releasing new versions of their software. Just last week they updated the BlackBerry app to v1.0.9 and now they’re back with another update. The new version is 1.0.12 and according to their post on Facebook it is “FASTER and IMPROVED [...]

Best of FITC 2011: Robert Hodgin

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May 6, 2024

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Robert Hodgin did a presentation that anyone could appreciate: designers, developers and general public alike. Robert Hodgin went to school for design, but his work using the “Processing” programming language gained him some fame because “magnetosphere” project was adopted as the current iTunes visualizer; he actually performs live in conjunction with Zoe Keating. Robert Hodgin [...]

Free Phone Fridays are Back at Best Buy, Today’s Feature: The BlackBerry Torch 9800

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May 6, 2024

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Best Buy has developed some notoriety over the years for not only announcing unreleased device prices long before the respective carriers do, but also launching some ridiculous in-store promo’s forcing us impulse buyers to flock — and spend- in swarms. Amongst the many promo’s launched, one of the most popular has always been their “Free [...]

Fixed: Yelp For BlackBerry’s App World Description

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May 6, 2024

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Earlier this week in my post announcing inside information about updates and features coming soon to the Yelp for BlackBerry I also mentioned one problem with the app’s description in App World: “Another issue which I had and which confused me quite a bit when I first started using the app was that it clearly [...]

Best of FITC Toronto 2011: MK12

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May 5, 2024

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Among my favorite presentations, possibly the greatest ones were the motion design artists narrating their struggles and triumphs with working with software and their thought process. The first of these presentations that I saw was MK12, an artist collective located in Kansas. Their work was shown during the Adobe Keynote because they produced the introduction [...]

iPhone 5 To Feature Over-The-Air Updates?

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May 5, 2024

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According to a report just posted on Mashable via 9to5Mac the day where iPhone, iPad, and iPod users don’t have to connect their devices to their computers via a wired connection for operating system updates might be upon us with the advent of the next version of iOS, iOS 5. “How can this be?” you [...]

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