June 2010 – Tall Tech Tales

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Android 2.1 Available From ACS and GCI

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 29, 2010November 3, 2016

As announced last week, Alaskan wireless carriers ACS and GCI today made the Android 2.1 upgrade available for their respective customers to download through their websites. Before jumping on the bandwagon, you may want to ask “what’s new” and is the upgrade worth it? According to ACS, these are some of the things you’ll find […]

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Using Google Voice With Unsupported Carriers

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 28, 2010November 3, 2016

Google Voice was made available to all interested parties this past week, giving all of those interested in it a chance to try it out. No more need to request and invite, no more waiting for the eventual invite to arrive. Alas, many smaller regional carriers, such as those here in Alaska, are not on […]

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Blackberry Storm 2 Coming to Alaska

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 25, 2010November 3, 2016

Alaska has had a busy couple of days with multiple carriers announcing the release of additional Android phones as well as the Android 2.1 update coming next week. As if that was not enough, GCI goes ahead and announced the impending availability of the Blackberry Storm 2 for the Alaskan market. We have another exciting […]

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Android 2.1 Available In Alaska Next Week

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 24, 2010November 3, 2016

After many months of waiting patiently, Alaskans who has ACS as their carrier will finally get to experience Android 2.1 for their HTC Hero’s on 6/29. ACS announced the availability of the update today through their Facebook page, just a day after announcing that their customers will soon be able to buy the HTC Desire […]

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New Android Device Announcements From Alaska Wireless Carrier

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 24, 2010November 3, 2016

Hot on the heels of the Twitter announcement by local Alaska wireless carrier GCI a few days ago, Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) announced yesterday on their Facebook page that they will also be getting the HTC Desire and the Motorola Milestone very soon: ACS is excited to announce our next Android devices, the Motorola Milestone […]

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Cats Like Tea Too

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 20, 2010November 3, 2016

It should come as no surprise to cat owners that their precious companions are up to no good at times. YouTube overflows with evidence of this so it’s only right that I add my own entry. On a recent summer day, one of my cats, Spitty, seemed abnormally thirsty. Not satisfied with his bowl of […]

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Twitter Overload?

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 15, 2010November 3, 2016

When I find a site, service or a person I’d like to keep track of, Twitter is a very handy tool. If your favorite tech site has a Twitter account and keeps up to date with their tweets, you can learn a lot from what they tell you. So, I quite often use Twitter’s site […]

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Dell XPS1530 and Ubuntu 10.04

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 5, 2010November 3, 2016

With the recent release of Ubuntu 10.04, I knew it would just be a matter of time before I upgraded my current installation from 9.10 to 10.4. The question was just always when. Yesterday I finally went ahead and upgraded. For some reason, the whole process took forever but it did finish and I’m now […]