Category Archives: Mobile

Year of the tablet

One of the most incredible annual phenomena of the technological world is the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It was held this year from 6-9 January and was truly remarkable for the fact that, although open only to the … Continue reading

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Mobiles & politeness

Most of the time I am very much in favour of technology but I also see its drawbacks. Take mobile phones for example. They have been a blessing in so many ways, allowing you to phone someone in an emergency … Continue reading

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A tale of two launches

There have been two important launches in recent times in the mobile arena in South Africa and the difference between them couldn’t be greater. The first one I’ll mention is Telkom’s launch of its lamely-named 8.ta mobile service. Interested parties … Continue reading

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Supersonic surfing in KZN

Late-breaking news: Cell C branded its service as 4Gs but has been stopped from doing do by the Advertising Standards Authority, on the grounds that it is not a 4G network. Cell C somewhat weakly claimed that 4Gs stands for … Continue reading

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A lightning Bolt?

One of the hazards of fiddling with new technology, as I do, is that you become prone to sudden urges to spend large sums of money. There I was experimenting with a couple of mobile Internet browsers, when I came … Continue reading

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Mobile stuff

Last time, I reported that I had found and installed the Google Mobile app on my phone and that I had noticed that it froze periodically. Once, I wasn’t even able to answer an incoming call and I was afraid … Continue reading

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Applications on the go

It took a very long time indeed for me to see the value in mobile phones that you could use to do more than talk to other people and send SMS messages. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) for connecting mobile … Continue reading

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The end of print ??

The other day I bought a book, which would not have been unusual enough to mention, but it’s a book that was produced without any ink being used or trees being harmed.

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PC woes

What a miserable situation! Woke up a few days ago and my PC was dead in the water. The full story will be written as soon as I have something more convenient than my BlackBerry to do it on. Guru … Continue reading

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Talky talky

Found online at the Daily Telegraph: I wonder what this lady was saying? “Hello, I’m upside down.”  ??? Or maybe it was  a true-for-a-change version of the old lie, “I’m stuck in traffic.” Make that really, really stuck!”

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