Archive for the ‘Mobile Phones’ Category

Talk Dock brings back that retro feeling

- April 26th, 2013

Black

 

Headsets, earbuds speakerphones are all great, but watching That 70’s Show or seeing retro in vogue, sometimes makes you yearn for yesteryear. But while the evolution of technology might make turning back the hands of time unlikely, we seem to come across gadgets that almost take us there.

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HTC offers the One true phone

- April 19th, 2013
HTC One

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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Hey Canada, got cheque? Deposit anywhere!

- April 16th, 2013

Since many of us have opted to do online banking, having to run to the bank to physically deposit a cheque is actually quite a pain. So now, for the first time in Canada, members at select credit unions will be able to deposit cheques directly into their account.   No matter where members are, they can use the camera on their iOS devices through Deposit Anywhere, a system for remote deposit capture provided by Central 1.

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Will the Q10 save BlackBerry?

- April 12th, 2013
BlackBerry 10

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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Photo, sketch of new BB10 Curve leaked

- April 5th, 2013
Thorsten Heins BlackBerry 10

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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