10 Jan 2012

Lumia 900: My WP7 Infatuation Continues

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Look at that phone. It’s so pretty.

If I didn’t think smartphone plans were so expensive and actually thought this phone would be supported with the latest firmware next year, I’d be counting down the days until I can get one. But alas that’s not the case and all I could do is admire it in pictures and videos.

Instead of posting a spec sheet, I’m going to share this video from Tested.com:

There’s not announcement concerning Canadian availability, but apparently the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 are heading over to Rogers and Telus respectively.

18 Sep 2011

Checkpoint: The Smartphone Edition

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This may surprise some of you: I don’t own a smartphone. I own a cellphone. It’s the Nokia 2610 which was a Rogers freebie replacement that moved me from CDMA to GSM. It’s also on a Pay As You Go plan for around $8 per month.

How old is this phone? The internet says it was released in 2006. In cellphone years, my phone is a senior citizen. But I haven’t sought a replacement because I enjoy not paying $50+ per month on a cellphone.

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18 Jul 2011

Got Browsing Woes? Try Google’s Public DNS

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google-logoSeveral weeks ago, I changed over to Google’s Public DNS. I changed over because I was getting fed up with my ISP’s (Rogers) delayed and failed responses.

If you ever had to press F5 and refresh a URL in order to reach your destination, then do yourself a favor and change your DNS. I’ve been using it for weeks and I haven’t had any of the issues I was experiencing before.

There are alternatives such as OpenDNS, but I figured that if anyone knows a thing or two about fast internet, it’s Google.

23 Jun 2011

60GB/Month Isn’t Enough Anymore

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3GB left for the remainder of the month?! I can’t do it anymore.

I don’t want to watch over my bandwidth usage on a weekly basis and I certainly don’t want to pay overage fees.

$2 per gigabyte is ridiculous.

I knowingly downloaded 17GB worth of Microsoft trials last night because they were legitimate downloads and I wasn’t going to delay my desire to learn and experiment on Windows SBS 2011. When Rogers restrictive bandwidth limits started to encroach on my learning, I have had enough.

Teksavvy will get my business as soon as it becomes available at my new location.

P.S – No picture for this post because I don’t want to waste precious kilobytes.

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