Category Archives: Smart Phones

My Google Dilemma

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I have a problem. I love Google stuff, as can be seen from a screenshot of the tag cloud of another of my blogs - http://jnthweb.ca/ As you can see, I use Google tools for my teaching and for my personal … Continue reading →

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BYOD – Students’ Own Devices

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I did something in class yesterday that I’ve never done before, in over 40 years of teaching. I asked students to get into groups of three (done that before) and then asked them to use one of the three’s device … Continue reading →

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Moving a gMail Draft from One Device to Another

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Joan Vinall-Cox

it was fun discovering how I could move from device to device in gMail! Continue reading →

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Less of an Apple Fan Now

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I spent 12 days trying to get my iTunes store to work, with increasing urgency after I received an iPad 2. I got emails and even a phone call from Apple Support and from iTunes Support, and then more emails. … Continue reading →

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My Samsung Galaxy S2 is Home Again

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

So while I had my HTC loaner, I was careful not to bond with it. I noticed the way it offered suggestions of what I might be typing that I could click on, and liked that. And the way it … Continue reading →

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Hello HTC Loaner

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Joan Vinall-Cox

The delivery man woke us up at 8:05 with my loaner from Samsung. It’s an HTC Legend (I think). I spent a couple of hours making sure I’d saved everything I wanted from my S2, and reading the instructions on … Continue reading →

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