For quite some time now I’ve been having problem accessing my emails and downloading attachments. Broadband is a pipe dream here in Nigeria where I come from and reside. One of my email accounts receives so many attachments that it’s quite cumbersome downloading each and every one of them one […]
Five Reasons Why Amazon’s Kindle Fire E-Reader Isn’t For You
Amazon’s budget friendly tablet, the Kindle Fire hit stores a few months back and despite being wrongly tagged as a potential fierce competitor of Apple’s stunning iPad 2, it has been selling pretty well as has been predicted. Unfortunately despite weighing a light 414 grams with 7 inch Gorilla Glass […]
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The Best Gaming Laptops Under $1000 USD
The world of gaming seems to be getting more and more mobile every day. Sony released its next foray in to the handheld gaming market, the PlayStation Vita, in Japan in December. Nintendo is fixing to release its Wii U handheld in the first half of 2012. These are all […]
How To Block WAP Connections On BlackBerry Phones
UPDATE: I just discovered that some blackberry apps like Nobex Radio, still manage to use the mobile network’s WAP settings even without the WAP service books. I’m currently researching how this is possible and how to block it. I’m immensely sorry for any inconvenience this might have cost you but […]
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The Fastest & Slowest Broadband Internet Across The Globe
I’m guilty of bitching about the internet speeds obtainable here in Nigeria on some mobile networks. My experience with MTN Nigeria’s GPRS/EDGE/3.5G service has never passed the 20KB/s download speed mark and my best so far has been a whooping 800KB/s with Globacom Nigeria 3.5G services which is why I […]
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How To Monitor How Much Data Your BlackBerry Consumes
In this part of the world, the blackberry internet service is the cheapest form of internet access available for just N1,500 ($9 USD) a month with unlimited data if you are on the Etisalat Nigeria BlackBerry Complete plan and 3GB of data for those on Glo BlackBerry Complete. Those of […]
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An Overview of SocialScope For BlackBerry Application
Some of you might have noticed my increased presence on twitter and facebook over the past couple of weeks and this is all thanks to one social networking mobile phone application that has been around for a while but has been flying under the radar. I’m talking of none other […]
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How To Queue Resume-Enabled File Downloads In Podtrapper For BlackBerry
With a 2mb and 5mb limit on the size of files downloadable via most blackberry internet services, UC Browser for BlackBerry and Podtrapper Podcast Manager For BlackBerry remain the only two reliable blackberry apps for downloading large files on any BlackBerry device. Now there is a small but somewhat frustrating […]
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How To Fix BlackBerry Desktop Manager Not Detecting New BlackBerry OS
And so I got word last week via the Mobility BB Group that the new BlackBerry OS 6.0.0.706 for Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 was pretty much faster than past editions with less memory leaks and battery consumption. Thus I set out on what turned into over 3 hours of torture […]
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Samsung I929 Galaxy SII Dual SIM Smartphone Announced
Samsung Electronics is at it again as they seem to have lined up their major Dual SIM smartphones for an end of the year 2011 release. Coming on the heels of the recent announcement of the Samsung GALAXY Y DUOS and Samsung GALAXY Y Pro DUOS, the humongously successful Samsung […]
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