Monday, February 23, 2015

T-Mobile USA gives a glimpse of the Galaxy S6


The best look at Samsung's next flagship device comes from a surprising source, T-Mobile USA. While we are still about a week away from expected reveal date of March 1st, it certainly expected that Samsung would start building the hype the the Galaxy S6.

In the image posted by T-Mobile you can clearly see the edge curved display that we first saw in the Galaxy Note Edge. We will know for sure on March 1st, but most believe that the S6 will not only have one but two curved edges and it remains to be seen how software will take advantage of the increased real estate.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

LG announced their latest smartwatch the LG Watch Urbane

While we are still a few weeks away from MWC, our friends at LG let us know that they decided to get a head start and unveil their latest smartwatch effort in the LG Urbane. If it looks familiar it's not surprising as LG takes the original G Watch R and refines it with a more "sophisticated and cosmopolitan" look.

The inspiration from the G Watch R for the Urbane don't stop at looks, internals are identical to LG original round faced smartwatch which include 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, a 1.3 inches plastic OLED at 320x320 with 245ppi, 512MB of DDR2 memory, 4GB of internal storage, 9-axis (gyro / acceleration / compass), barometric pressure sensor, heart rate sensor, IP67 certified Waterproof and dustproof, 410mAh Battery and available in Gold and Silver.

We expect to see more coverage of the device at MWC in less than 2 weeks.

Check out the full press release after the break.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Canadian HTC One M8 receiving Android 5.0.1 Lollipop


HTC had promised that it would keep its flagships updated within 90 of receiving code from Google for a new version of the Android OS. While it missed that mark by a few days, HTC has finally delivered the Lollipop Android 5 update to Canadian HTC One M8s. Last week, just before the weekend Bell, SaskTel and WIND M8s got the update first and today Rogers and TELUS versions followed suit.


This has been confirmed by users and by HTC America VP Mo Versi on Twitter.

Friday, December 12, 2014

HTC's RE camera now available in Canada from Staples

With the surprising entry into the GoPro dominated handheld camera market, HTC is finally making their RE camera available in Canada via Staples. Our friends have let us know that the RE will be available at Staples this week for $199.55.

Specs include a 16MP sensor that shoots 1080p 30fps FHD videos, capability to take 1,200 16MP photos on a single charge, memory expandability by up to 128GB of additional storage via MicroSD slot, submersible up to 1 meter for 30 minutes, Bluetooth-enabled, Wi-Fi capable (802.11b/g/n).

While $200 might be a tough sell for what is basically an accessory for your smartphone, there might just be a market for such a device where the GoPro might be too feature rich. With talks already of a RE successor, it will be interesting to see how HTC fairs in this competitive market segment.

Monday, October 27, 2014


This past Friday, Samsung officially made available the Galaxy Note 4 to Canadians. This includes the Charcoal Black and Frost White versions.

Again Specs include a 5.7 inch Quad HD 2560x1440p display, 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage which can be supplimented by 128GB via microSD card, 16MP Camera with Optical Image Stabilization.

Carriers include Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Koodo, WIND Mobile, Videotron and SaskTel with more to be added later as well as major retailers.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Google officially announces the Android 5.0 Lollipop powered Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, coming soon to Canada


With a very low key announcement, Google in partnership with HTC and Motorola have officially unveiled the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. We have the following information from our friends at TELUS, HTC and Motorola about the Canadian availability.

The Nexus 6 will be made by Motorola and is heavily inspired by the 2014 Moto X but with aspirations of phablet domination. While the Nexus 9 on the other hand is HTC's grand re-entrance into the incredibly cutthroat tablet market. With an 8.9 inch display, the Nexus 9 fall between the iPad Mini and iPad Air in terms of size.

Price for the Nexus 6 are the big shocker today as the usually ultra affordable flagship Nexus Handset is a surprising $749 for the 32GB version (expected to be $799 for the 64GB version). Price for the Nexus 9 in Canada isn't clear but we expect it to be in the $399 range to be competitive with both the iPads.

Carrier availability for the Nexus 6 is expected to be widespread but for now all we have is information from our friends at TELUS that it wil be coming "later this year". As for the Nexus 9, TELUS also tell us that it (the LTE version) will be available "later this year" and HTC adds that it will also be coming to Canadians via Futureshop/Best Buy as well as the LTE version via Rogers.

For specs, the Nexus 6 is sporting a 5.96-inch 2560x1440 QHD AMOLED display, 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Processor, Adreno 420 GPU, 3GB of RAM, 32/64GB of internal storage, 13MP f2.0 Rear Facing Camera and 3220mAh battery

While the Nexus 9 is sporting a 8.9" 2048x1536 QXGA IPS LCD, 2.3GHz 64-bit Tegra K1 Processor, 192-core Kepler GPU, 2GB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal storage, 8MP f2.0 Rear Facing Camera and 6700mAh battery

Google also announced that the Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013), Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 10 will all get upgrades to Android 5.0 Lollipop.

More info on Both devices and Android 5.0 Lollipop in the near future.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 coming to several Canadian October 24th


We gotten word from our friends at Samsung that the much anticipated Galaxy Note 4 will be available in Canada starting October 24th

Samsung has stated that the available colours will be Charcoal Black and Frost White. Spec include a 5.7 inch Quad HD 2560x1440p display, 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage which can be supplimented by 128GB via microSD card, 16MP Camera with Optical Image Stabilization.

Carriers include Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Koodo, WIND Mobile, Videotron and SaskTel with more to be added later.

Check out the full press release after the break.