Kik, the BlackBerry Messenger-esque app that took the world by storm in the latter part of 2010 and then got sued by RIM (Research In Motion) and removed from BlackBerry App World has reached quite a milestone to ring in the New Year of 2011. Their app has hit the 3 million user mark according [...]

Simply put, these cases are tough mama-jamma’s. For those of us who want a bit of style, while protecting the look and feel of the iPhone 4, this case is a must see. Made from machined aluminum, weighing in at only 19 grams installed, and available in a variety of colors, it may not replace [...]

A few days ago I got a tip, admittedly from the creator of the product, about a new app in the Android Marketplace, called TubeMote. Not a new idea -the ability to control your computer with your smartphone has been done to death, from iTunes remotes to other YouTube remote products. But the one thing [...]

Skype has now rolled out a new version of the app into the App Store, one with a pretty massive update for - video calling over WiFi AND 3G! This means that now you can be sitting on your Mac or Windows PC at home and call a person logged on to Skype via the [...]

As we approach the one year mark of this sites existence, you have learned a bit about me, namely my likes and dislikes. Fashion, (being one of my biggest passions) is my hobby away from phones. I love to thread myself in the latest apparel and am very meticulous about what I put on. If [...]

Millenial Media, the largest independent mobile advertising network, revealed in their November 2010 Mobile Mix Report that the Android and iOS platforms tied for the most mobile ad impressions in the United States at 38% - ad impressions is defined as the frequency of an ad appearing. This is a gain of 1% for both [...]

Just in time for the holidays; what was once limited to just being used within the realms of Google Maps, Latitude is now downloadable and can be used as a stand-alone friend tracking app. Login, search your friends, let them search you, etc. Privacy controls are in place for the “extra-special” buggers, but for the [...]

This morning I was live to air on Flow 93.5 in Toronto for my monthly phone segment. This time around the holidays are here and one of the most frequently asked questions directed at me is: “CellGuru there are so many phones/platforms to choose from, what should I get?” So, I decided to help out [...]

A patent filed by Apple and recently discovered by UnwiredView titled “Radial Menus” (PDF link) gives some very interesting fodder to the Apple rumor mill today. Apple says in the patent application that “[t]he invention is directed towards the presentation of the menu or toolbar options in a graphical user interface. Specifically, the invention is [...]

See I love my eccentricities just as much as the next man, but this just takes the cake for over the top. Designed by British jeweler Alexander Amosu, dubbed the “Diamond Spider” the iPhone 4 features the following additions: 846 brilliant-cut VVS1-grade F colour diamonds (totals 5.66 carats) Your choice of backing in either black [...]