As I'm back on transit, finding applications that work offline is quite critical. The ADD part of me will go nuts without anything to do. Like many people, music is a must-have for me. My applications of choice are mSpot and Slacker Radio. MSpot is starting to be a must-have app for me especially...
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Tags: mobile, mSpot, music, portable, slacker radio
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Tungle has been one of the most powerful tools that I've come across in a long while. One of the biggest challenge for me as someone who is constantly working with people inside and outside my organization is the ability to schedule meetings. Tungle solves this issue for me. Tungle is essentially a public...
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Tags: canadian, collaborate, startup, tungle
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I have always been a huge fan of Windows Mobile and at the heart of it, Windows Phone 7 really is Windows Mobile in spirit; it is a platform that is meant for consumer small devices. Microsoft's strategy has always been targeted at the business community and hence they have always seen their main...
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Tags: android, iphone, mobile, windows-mobile
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I was quite honoured when I was selected as "one of the first Canadians" to receive my Zoompass Tag. To incent or reward the use of this new idea, I was also zoomed an additional $15 into my account. It was definitely a nice gesture. The Zoompass Tag is essentially a sticker that is...
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Tags: canadian, startup, zoompass
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It is a pretty known fact that I LOVE the Windows Mobile platform and consider it the best mobile platform purely from a technology standpoint. However, when I joined Canpages in November, I was given the opportunity to purchase any phone that was available by Rogers. Given that I owned both HTC Android phones...
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Tags: android, iphone, mobile, ui, windows-mobile
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There was an interesting Buzz going on started by Louis Grey, one of my favorite bloggers on the web where he's talking about the noise that cross posting makes. I tried to submit a comment and I couldn't so I opted to write this thought on my blog instead Historically speaking, there has been...
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Tags: facebook, google buzz, social-media, thoora, twitter
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I was quite excited to receive this email from Waze yesterday. Waze has been one of my favorite mobile apps of late. My major complaint was of course that there were very no Canadian maps available. With new Canadian maps, this could very well be a killer navigation tool while still providing real time...
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Tags: android, crowdsource, free, iphone, waze
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One of the worst kept secrets in the Canadian Mobile industry is that both Telus and Bell are going to be launching their W-CDMA network in 2009. The launch is now imminent with the announcement that both Bell and Telus will soon be launching with iPhones on their networks in the not so distant...
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Tags: canada, industry, mobility, wireless
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I'm doing more infrastructure changes at home so thekunit.com will probably be down for the next couple of days as I revamp the network internally. Thanks for everyone who still checks out my site even though it hasn't been overly active the past month.
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Although I really love my Macbook, there are certain aspects of my Asus R1F tablet that I really miss. The biggest one, of course, is the ability to use the tablet function. While I type a lot of things, I actually write and draw just as much. The only difference is that most of...
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Tags: asus, microsoft, r1f, tablet
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