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Adam Swimmer - April 19th, 2013

HTC One. (Supplied)
HTC needs a more creative marketing department. I understand the company wants to make it sound like its new phone, the HTC One, is the only you’ll ever need. But that philosophy doesn’t really work when it has already released a One X, a One S, the One X+ and so on. And, ultimately, in another year or so HTC will have another phone, it will want you to buy. It makes you wonder if the company can come up with different names.
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Tags: AFP, android, apple, bell, camera, facebook, HTC BlinkFeed, HTC BoomSound, HTC Image Chip 2, HTC One, HTC One S, HTC One X, HTC Sense, HTC Ultrapixel Sensor, Jelly Bean, LinkedIn, MTV, Newt, rogers, samsung, Scooter, smartphones, TechCrunch, telus, twitter, Virgin
Categories: Gadgets, Mobile Phones, Product review |
Adam Swimmer - April 12th, 2013

The BlackBerry Z10 and Q10. (AUDE BOIVIN FILION/QMI Agency)
Perhaps asking if the Q10 will save BlackBerry is a cruel question. Certainly, with the launch of the Z10, back in January, the company formerly known as Research in Motion had shown it was able to release a smartphone that could compete in the current marketplace.
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Tags: All Things D, Barron's, blackberry, MKM Partners, physical keyboard, Q10, QWERTY, Raymond James, Research in Motion, RIM, smartphones, Thorsten Heins, Z10
Categories: Gadgets, Mobile Phones |
Adam Swimmer - April 10th, 2013
New images of what could be the iPad 5 leaked online Wednesday, courtesy of NoWhereElse.fr.
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Tags: 9to5mac.com, apple, bezel, fifth-generation iPad, ipad, iPad 5, iPad Mini, iPad With Retina Display, leaked photos, NoWhereElse.fr, screen, tablets
Categories: Apple, Gadgets |
Adam Swimmer - April 5th, 2013

REUTERS/David Manning/Files
A photo has leaked on BlackBerryOS.com of a prototype for a new BlackBerry phone with a physical keyboard, but it’s not the Q10. It’s the R-Series BB10 Curve.
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Tags: BB10, BB10 Curve, blackberry, BlackBerry Empire, BlackBerryOs.com, Joe Jerde, L-Series, Michael Heredia, MicroSIM, Mini Q10, N-Series, Q10, R-Series, RIM, SD, Z10
Categories: Gadgets, Going Mobile, Mobile Phones |
Adam Swimmer - April 4th, 2013

Apple TV digital media receiver connected to a television. Not the Apple iTV. (Supplied)
So there has been rumours about the iTV for quite some time. The device is supposed to be a game changer when it comes to watching television or some such thing. But I haven’t been too excited about it.
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Tags: apple, Apple iTV, Apple TV, Hulu, iRing, itunes, lg, mini iTV, Netflix, samsung, smart TV
Categories: Apple, Digital Video, Gadgets |