Tag: iphone
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iPhone Tethering, Not As Hard As It Looks
In a flip-flop move reminisant of John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign, Rogers Wireless has reversed it’s policy regarding smart phone tethering. I’m not even going to try to speculate what’s going on internally with this company. Buried in this CBC article about Rogers’ (baffling) new data plans is this nugget: Unlike other cellphone carriers, Rogers…
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Podcaster.fm: the best iphone podcatcher
Podcaster.fm is a iphone optimized website that aggregates a tonne of popular podcasts, so you don’t have to. Basically, it gives you a very iPhone friendly interface for finding and listening to podcasts. A common complaint of cranky geeks everywhere, is the iPhone’s inability to sync with iTunes over the air. With podcaster.fm – as…
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iPhone After 3 Weeks
Data & Rogers I’ve been using significantly less data than I anticipated. After three weeks I’m just under 100MB total usage. I attribute this partially to: being in The States last weekend; staying within wifi range a lot; and mainly Rogers’ terrible 3G network. The network in Winnipeg is not very good (It’s currently been…
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Rogers does not hold a dominant position in the market for mobile wireless telephony services
Back when Rogers initially released their iPhone prices, I filled out a complaint with the Canadian Competition Bureau. To my surprise, they actually replied! It begins: Dear Ryan Nerdorf, Thank you for your correspondence dated June 30, 2008 regarding Rogers Communications Inc. (“Rogers”). “Nerdorf!” What a classic typo. They must have been getting a lot…
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iPhone = Stress
*wake up, check phone* “oh, no new mail” *shower. check phone* “9 new emails!?! WTF?!” (only 3 were spam)