If you have ever traveled with your cellphone, you’ll certainly have experienced being gouged by your mobile operator for all that international calling you did (or didn’t do). While you can roam other networks, many cellular companies seem to think it’s a license to charge an arm and a leg for even receiving SMSes. The attractions therefore of… Read More »
After yesterday’s rant on music services online, I’ve had some success with KKBox, Last.Fm and Sky.fm, all of which I enjoy for very different reasons. KKbox because I can choose the favorite songs for downloading, Last.FM for introducing me to some great new materials (both mainstream and independent) and Sky.FM for providing streaming niche-oriented music channels so I… Read More »
One of the neat features of my Nokia N79 smartphone, and one that I vastly underestimated was the inbuilt GPS system that is included. In fact most smartphones these days seem to have quite sophisticated gps systems installed. This summer I installed Google Maps on my phone, though I still kept the rather basic Maps System installed as… Read More »