Sad to be hearing about this, but it isn’t as shocking a news as one may think. A document found on the Microsoft support page reveals that the Redmond, VA-based tech giant plans to eol (end of life) of its Windows 7.8 and 8 OS near the end of Q2′ 2014. For Windows Phone 8 the [...]

Please note: this review is co-written by Corey Herscu The last few years have been tumultuous for BlackBerry, to say the least. In 2007, the company was blind-sighted by the introduction of Apple’s iPhone, which singlehandedly redefined how the world would think about mobile phones for years to come. BlackBerry (née Research In Motion) had [...]

Aside from being a warm Monday morning in Toronto, today is a day for all of us Gen-Y’ers to feel just a little bit older. Why? Because today marks the 20th anniversary of the first text message being successfully sent out. Who was the lucky chap to do it? Neil Papworth, a Canadian of course, who [...]

Japanese phone OEM Docomo has been in the game for a long, long time. So long, in fact, that for their 20th anniversary they’ve created an exhibit for Tokyo Design Week, which chronologically displays the evolution of the cell phone from 1987 to present. The display offers a visual documentation of the progress made in terms [...]

For all my readers in Oshawa/Whitby (Ontario), Niagara peninsula (Ontario), Lethbridge (Alberta) and Courtenay/Comox/Campbell River (British Columbia) who call Bell home as their wireless network, I have some good news for you: LTE is now live and direct in your city and should offer you download speeds of up to 12-25 Mbps. If this post applies to [...]

What makes an app unappealing? Poor design? UI? UX? All the above? Lots can factor into an app not gaining the popularity its investors, developers, and founders are hoping for. Being said, if you’ve downloaded an app and instantly find bugs, how long until you throw in the towel and just delete it? Do you? [...]

Google’s Nexus program has undergone a major shift in strategy since it was born in 2009. Back then, the program was aimed squarely at developers, and the devices released under the “Nexus” umbrella were primarily meant to serve as software development tools. However, Google experimented by making the original Nexus phone, the HTC manufactured Nexus [...]

LG, through the years, has prevailed in the over-saturated world of Android smartphone manufacturing. None of their phones have really impressed critics (or consumers), so they took a step back to really work on a “round two” smartphone. Enter the Optimus G, a real beast of an Android phone, sporting the following upgrades: a quad-core Snapdragon S4 [...]

[Winner Announced] Thanks to all who entered this and every contest we throw! Unfortunately, as always, we can only award one lucky person the phone. This week, the winner of the Motorola ATRIX HD LTE courtesy of Bell Canada is @jalanimorgan! Jalani, please email pr at thecellularguru dot com with all your details.   Boom! [...]

As some of you know, for the last week or two I’ve been playing around the ridiculously fast Motorola ATRIX HD LTE from Bell and have tweeted here and there about my likes and dislikes of the device. Stay tuned for that review coming shortly. Today, however, I am talking about one of the features [...]