While I’ve always been partial to CyanogenMod ROMs for my device (it’s the de facto standard for Android ROMs), I’ve had a bit of issues with it on my HTC Desire Z starting a few weeks ago. For whatever reason, the marketplace just kept force closing every time I opened the app. Even the install [...]
The Battle for Tablets is not over
Somehow people have associated the death of WebOS as the final victory of Apple in the Tablet War. I believe that the war has hardly begun. It wasn’t so long ago when Android phones were greatly lagging Apple’s iPhone and today it accounts between 40% to 60% of the smartphone market share depending on whose [...]
Google, Motorola and other madness this week
This has been a pretty mad week in technology starting with Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12B followed by HP announced the folding of their PC business including their newly launched tablets featuring WebOS. There have been some articles about the Motorola purchase which I really enjoyed and some that I thought seem a [...]
HTC Flyer: Two months later
I thought I’d start this blog entry by jumping to a bit of a conclusion – I’ve given up on the HTC Flyer and am now using an Acer Iconia A500. Although I’m not using the HTC Flyer, I have to say that it is probably one of the best devices that I’ve used to [...]
Hopes for Google Plus
I haven’t been a big fan of social networks to date. Largely because I believe that social networks are defined by people and not so much by software. Software does have a place though and can play a very big part. Until now, social networks have been synonymous with Facebook. For me, Facebook is a [...]
Android Apps that are Optimized for the Tablet
Here are a list of apps that I’ve tested out with the Acer Iconia and seem to be optimized for the tablet form factor
Google Maps
Gmail
Contacts
Calendar
Talk
You Tube
Docs To Go
Evernote
Feedly
Pulse News Reader
SwiftKey Tablet X
Thumb Keyboard
IMDB
Due Today
I plan to continually update this page as I find new apps that are interesting.
Points.com, one year later – Progress, not Perfection
It’s hard to believe but today marks the one year anniversary I joined Points International, the company that runs Points.com. I remember the day vividly because it was also the day of the move to the new space. I remember waiting anxiously at Starbucks for 10 am because that was the time I agreed to [...]
Presto Card – Transit payment for the GTA
Toronto has made it to the 20th century. Yes, that wasn’t a typo. Other countries like Singapore and HK have long had the concept of a payment card for almost as long as I’ve been alive and yes, I am old. Although the post might seem a bit snarky, I actually am quite excited about [...]
Size Matters – Some thoughts on mobile form factor
I’ve recently acquired my 7th mobile device in the last 12 months or so. I started out with a Nexus One, Points gave me a BlackBerry Bold 9000, picked up the HTC Desire Z, explored the ExoPC but didn’t like it. So I bought an Asus EEE Pad (EP 121) which I LOVE. Upgraded the [...]
HTC and the Bootloader
I have always loved HTC because in so many ways they have made their devices not only good-looking but also user community friendly. Their history with this has been long before they were a well-recognized consumer brand. XDA-Developers is one of the most recognized communities for this kind of activity. HTC contemplated about whether or not to lock up the [...]
