03.16.12: Galaxy Note received and working great!
Confirmed one day and received the next day.
Price was quoted at approx $260 ... but bill shows $99.
03.13.12: Here it is. The future of cell phones!
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Just received my new Samsung Galaxy Note and it is dazzling.
While the iphone was great ... in the beginning, this android phone is the future (for now)!
Not only is the display huge but the wi-fi at a distance is working very fast and the phone responds MUCH faster than the 3Gs iPhone.
I will post more blogs, as I uncover more of the features.
03.06.12: Rogers did this before and it was unencumbered.
An email just arrived today from Rogers ... for high speed users only.
As of March 8th, speed up to 28Mbps and usage up to 120GB/mo!
The competition must be preparing or already improved their service.
Isn't free enterprise wonderful!
capitalism wonderful.
03.06.12: supplement to post, I just received an email from Rogers indicating the wrong replacement phone is being sent ... never ceases to amaze me ...
Now I must decline the phone being sent and wait for Rogers to send an email indicating my account has been reset ... before going after the correct replacement.
03.06.12: This may be my last post for iPhone items, as I am replacing it with a Rogers Samsung Galaxy Note LTE (to arrive in the next few days).
While my iPhone still has more than a year to go o n my Rogers plan, somehow, they are giving me this replacement for $65.
I didn't ask why...
Tip 1: Shortcuts (Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts)
This aid is very good for those who text or regularly enter the same long words in emails.
I use it for email addresses, words like "tomorrow", phrases like "in my opinion", etc.
Tip 2: Restrictions (Settings -> General -> Restrictions)
Turn most of them off to ensure you know what is being downloaded to your iPhone.
Tip 3: Data Roaming (Settings -> General -> Network)
Turn off Data Roaming, to ensure no large charges when travelling. I leave it off at all times.
Tip 4: Location Services (Settings -> Location Services)
While a lot of apps would like to use your current location, it isn't required.
Turn it off, except when using something like Maps for a non-saved location.
Each time you use Maps to get directions for a location, save it by clicking on the red dot (end location) and then the blue carrot and then "Add to Bookmarks".
When you turn on Location Services, only allow the app you are using.
This is probably to most battery saving tip available.
If you aren't aware, the main reason I am changing cell phones is lack of wi-fi with my 3gs iPhone.
The latest operating system update (which cannot be undone) made it almost impossible for a lot of iPhones to get wi-fi at more than 10 feet from source.
With earlier releases, it worked at quite a distance from the source.
Apple indicated it is a hardware problem and anyone outside warranty (more than 1 year) should buy a reconditioned 3gs for $160 plus taxes only warranty is 30 days).
Or should I wait for the next gen iPhone...
03.02.12: I really dislike this time of year ... giving the governments money to foolishly waste on jets and G8/G20 sessions and other non-essential flights of fancy to make them more important internationally.
But this ranting is best placed on my other blog.
StudioTax 2011 is a free Internet Canadian tax preparation application.
It works very well for simple tax preparation and combines husbands/wives quite easily.
It also allows for easy adjusting of T3s and T5s and other joint incomes/expenses between husbands/wives.
It has an easy NETFILE approach and stores easily for retrieval in following years.
It took about two hours to do both returns yesterday (the first time used).
The less time spent doing tax returns the better.
