Apr 222013
 

 

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Samsung Galaxy S4 is the latest flagship phone from the infamous Apple iPhone competitor from South Korea.

In Canada, companies have already announced their availability:

Us Canucks only get the 16GB version due to apparent low demand for 32GB variant, its being credited to the expandable memory slot. I would just like to think we’re smarter and would rather get the memory cards ourselves.

The main competitor to the magical Galaxy S4 is the HTC One, which from the looks of it takes a different approach, solid hardware and quality focused. Both phones are quad-core for the North American market but that’s where the similarities end.

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Mar 062012
 

With the Prius sales up (what else is new), I thought I would take a look to see if the Prius C has hit the interwebs yet, lo and behold! It is up and fully uploaded with pricing and all. For us Canucks it starts at $20,950 with plenty standard like your conventional audio selections from AM/FM/CD/AUX/USB, to bluetooth, power windows & locks. As well as some luxury such as automatic climate control and a 3.5″ LCD display to show how green you are and to show off how much money you save from sipping gas instead of guzzling it.

Some reviews to tempt yourself.

DrivenCarReviews

AutoGuide.com

Autobytel

General reviews all saying:

  • Looks cool
  • Fantastic on gas
  • Okay, quiet interior
  • Not so fast but handles similar to others in same catagory
Selling points:
  • Least expensive hybrid and best fuel economy in less than $21,000 (CAD) catagory

Link via Toyota

Jan 222012
 

So we will be doing this show weekly, or bi-weekly. Its a rough start (watch us stumble and hurt out knee) but we are open to suggestions and adjusting the show as we go.

We will be fixing up that echo problem and maybe just getting rid of the video. Let us know what you think.

Thanks to our friends at studioDYV.

In the meantime, enjoy!

Dec 282011
 

Samsung Quad-Core coming at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress party next year in Febuary/March. Apparently going to have a Exynos chipset accompanied by a 720p Super AMOLED Plus display with LTE and 2GB of RAM to feed the monster CPU. Predicting that the clock would be 2GHz or 1.8GHz.

Apple better catch up to this one because if they don’t I see someone getting left in the dust of Android devices. Apple should probably sink some of those dollars they spend on lawyers to R&D. Samsung is in a position to rocket Android to the top with the support of many vendors.

With mobile devices that powerful we could see devices that are powered by their phones, why pay for another CPU when your phone already has so much power. With Windows soon going on mobile chips, we could see some practical uses for mobile CPUs instead of just a phone and travel toy.

Link via BGR

Dec 212011
 

Tesla has now released the pricing and estimated release times for the Model S. It comes in 4 flavours (yes, that is how Canadians spell it) according to battery range and preformance:

160 Mile model, ($57, 400 USD without $7500 Fed Tax Credit) ($49, 900 with Fed Tax Credit)

  • 0 to 60mph in 6.5 seconds
  • Top Speed: 110mph (177 Kmph)
  • Production: Winter 2012
  • Warranty: 8 years, 100,000 miles

230 Mile model, ($67, 400 USD without $7500 Fed Tax Credit) ($59, 900 with Fed Tax Credit)

  • 0 to 60mph in 5.9 seconds
  • Top Speed: 120mph (193 Kmph)
  • Production: Fall 2012
  • Warranty: 8 years, 125,000 miles

300 Mile model, ($77, 400 USD without $7500 Fed Tax Credit) ($69, 900 with Fed Tax Credit)

  • 0 to 60mph in 5.6 seconds
  • Top Speed: 125mph (201 Kmph)
  • Production: Summer 2012
  • Warranty: 8 years, unlimited miles
  • Supercharging included
300 Mile performance model, ($77, 400 USD without $7500 Fed Tax Credit) ($79, 900 with Fed Tax Credit)

  • 0 to 60mph in 4.4 seconds
  • Top Speed: 130mph (209 Kmph)
  • Production: Summer 2012
  • Warranty: 8 years, unlimited miles
  • Supercharging included
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Dec 162011
 

Honda shows off their electric motorcycle concept at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show called the RC-E electric sportsbike concept.  Its got LED front headlights, sitting in a 250cc chassis. This just seems like a half ass attempt by Honda which is a leading motorcycle company to try out EVs although I do admire the battery that is hung on the bottom to greatly lower the centre of gravity for amazing handling. Hopefully next year they can show off some better fairings that don’t look like they pulled it off a bike from the 90s.

Continue for some more stuff…

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Dec 152011
 

So just in-case you have been living under a rock, Android Market has had a sale for the past 10 days giving away apps for 10 cents. Sadly, it has come to an end and this is the last day of the sale. Wipe those tears as you click that purchase button on the last 10 cent app you could see for a while or (god forbid) forever. I really hope they do this again, it makes it a no brainer for any half decent app, let alone ones that have 4 to 4.5 star ratings.

HERE is today’s list of awesome goodies!

Check back on our old posts to see if they still have the apps from earlier this week on sale still. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5 (via AndroidCommunity), Part 6Part 7 (via MobileSyrup), Part 8 (via MobileSyrup), and Part 9.

By-the-way: MobileSyrup missed the last two I put in.

Link via Android Market

Dec 112011
 

Here’s the list for today!

Check back on our old posts to see if they still have the apps from earlier this week on sale still. Part 1Part 2Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 (via AndroidCommunity).

So I have a bit of a peeve and its probably what you think it is. I appreciate the sale, which I’ve purchased probably 90% of them but the incompatibility thing needs more explanation. I wish I could have bought SimCity, and Back Stab but apparently is not compatible with my ASUS Transformer which is a dual core 1GHz CPU and a Tegra2 device but that does not seem to be enough. If it is not meeting the requirements then I would like to know what the alternative requirement is! Just a “no” is not good enough, at least give an explanation please Google.

Link via Android Market

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