Reviewing the Essential Phone
By Ted Kritsonis
As a newcomer to the constant battle among smartphone manufacturers for relevance, Essential looks to pry away a few hands from others in the flagship price point.
Tag: wireless
Apple and Samsung have pushed smartphones into luxury items
By Ted Kritsonis
With Apple’s iPhone X and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8, both companies have unveiled flagship handsets that are likely going to be out of reach for a significant subset of customers.
Comparing the latest data roaming options for travelling Canadians
While telcos and service providers have offered new options and plans, it isn’t as affordable, or as transparent as it needs to be (i.e. in the EU, you can travel across borders, use your home service without penalties).
Business and Enterprise Customers Need Network Redundancy, Fail-over Protection
by Lee Rickwood
Multiple data centres with multiple redundancies for power, storage and especially data throughput should be part of any company’s IT strategy from day one.
Locking ban makes stronger case to avoid phone contracts
By Ted Kritsonis
Starting on Dec. 1, carriers will no longer be able to sell smartphones locked to their network, potentially opening up a stagnant wireless market in Canada. If it does make it easier to leave from one carrier to go to another, will Canadians take advantage of the opportunity?
Canada 150 Tech Tour: Quantum Changes Ahead for Your Life
by Lee Rickwood
Quantum theory seeks to describes the motion and interaction of the particles that exist inside the atom. Strangely, critically, almost incomprehensibly, some of those particles exist in multiple states at the same time!
What was old is new again at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Nokia is back and released a variety of devices, including some Android handsets, but it’s the colourful Nokia 3310 feature phone that grabbed all the attention. Is this a sign of smartphone fatigue? A reaction to the expensive, overpowered and increasingly complex (not to mention large and unwieldy) flagship smartphones that cost more than some laptops?
How good is Freedom Mobile’s LTE network?
By Ted Kritsonis
The carrier formerly known as Wind Mobile rebranded as Freedom Mobile at the same time it launched its own LTE network in November 2016 in Toronto and Vancouver, so how good is it three months in?