Apr 28

BlackBerry vs Apple: The Battle for the Automotive Industry

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Last week, Laptop Mag published an article titled “How Apple Is Taking Over Your Car”, which indicates that Apple is making a big push in the automotive industry, using Siri Eyes Free.  In addition, Apple’s careers page hints at additional … Continue reading

Feb 07

Why Angry Birds Star Wars is Better on BlackBerry 10 than on Android, iOS and WP 8

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When Angry Birds Star Wars HD first launched on BB 10 on January 29th, it was priced at a competitive US$0.99.  Since then, it has become free to download.  Interestingly, the version on BB 10 is the HD version, which … Continue reading

Jan 27

Apple Store Jumping on BlackBerry 10 Bandwagon!?

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One of our readers, Bobtheman71, noticed that an Apple store in their city was playing the song titled No Sleep Til BlackBerry 10. We are unsure if other Apple stores are also playing this song. Thanks to Bobtheman71 for submitting this … Continue reading

Dec 31

6 Tech Predictions for 2013: Amazon Smartphone, Google X Phone and Microsoft Surface Phone

(Updated Jan. 4, 2013) The following are 6 predictions (in alphabetical order) for 2013 regarding some of the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. 1) Amazon Will Launch Its First Smartphone and Purchase a Mobile OS With … Continue reading

Nov 01

3 Reasons Why You Would Be Crazy To Buy The iPad Mini

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The new iPad Mini will be available in Apple’s Retail Stores tomorrow, Friday November 2nd. Comparing the 7.9” tablet to its competitors, we have determined that the iPad Mini is an unattractive option because of 3 main reasons. 1) Overpriced … Continue reading

Oct 24

Apple’s New 4th Generation iPad: A Story of Corporate Greed Gone Wild

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At yesterday’s event, Apple announced the widely-expected iPad Mini. However, the announcement of the 4th Generation iPad caught many Apple-watchers by surprise, since the iPad 3 (aka New iPad) was announced only 7 months ago. This broke Apple’s traditional 1-year-plus … Continue reading

Oct 03

Another iPhone 5 Defect: Wi-Fi Issues Affect 105 Million Users Worldwide

iPhone 5 Wi-Fi Issues

After Apple’s much publicized Maps fiasco, the company is facing another quality issue for its iPhone 5 and iOS 6. The iPhone 5 has been using up cellular data, even when it is connected to Wi-Fi. iPhone 5 users are … Continue reading

Aug 15

4 Reasons 4G PlayBook is Better Than 4G New iPad

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With the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook now available in Canada, we have conducted a comparison between the new tablet and the 4G iPad.  In the table below, the feature that is superior in each tablet is highlighted in green. 4G … Continue reading

Jul 22

Which Tablet is better? Tablet Comparison Guide [Summer 2012]

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The tablet market has been energized once again with the introduction of Google’s Asus Nexus 7.  The 16GB version of Nexus 7 tablet has been sold out of Google’s inventory, which confirms the fact that consumers are very fond of … Continue reading

Apr 11

Apple sued by U.S. Department of Justice for e-book price fixing

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The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Apple and several book publishers for fixing the price of e-books.  The lawsuit filed in New York district court sues publishers Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & … Continue reading

Apr 06

Leaked: 4G BlackBerry PlayBook

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Images of the upcoming 4G LTE PlayBook tablet have been posted by a CrackBerry.com forum user.  The 4G PlayBook has recently been seen in FCC documents and leaked internal RIM roadmaps.  The screenshots show that the PlayBook will be getting … Continue reading

Mar 20

Heatgate: New iPad Reaches 47℃ When In Use

Source: Consumer Reports

As we predicted in an article on March 11 and confirmed in a post yesterday, Apple’s New iPad has an overheating problem.  Since then, users using the 4G 64GB model have revealed that the New iPad reaches a whooping 47℃ … Continue reading

Mar 19

We Were Right: New iPad Has Severe Heat Problem

New iPad Has Heat Problem

CNET and BGR have both revealed today that many users of the New iPad have emailed the tech websites and posted in user forums complaining that the tablet gives off excessive amounts of heat.  In fact, the New iPad sometimes … Continue reading

Mar 19

The new iPad is more prone to Accidental Damage [Video]

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After the Apple’s announcement of the New iPad, we were curious about how it would take accidental drops given the heavier weight and thicker profile compared to the iPad 2. A latest video from SquareTrade shows a drop test comparing … Continue reading

Mar 14

The new iPad CPU is still clocked at 1.0GHz – Geekbench

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Few lucky Vietnam users were able to get their hands on Apple’s New iPad. The users were able to run some benchmark tests to figure out some of the specifications. The Geekbench benchmark results were able to confirm that Apple … Continue reading

Mar 11

3 Reasons Why the New iPad Will Be Dead on Arrival (DOA)

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The new iPad launched on Wednesday to little fanfare.  Consumers were confused why the tablet was not called iPad 3.  In addition, the new tablet appears nearly identical to the iPad 2, meaning few iPad 2 users will be looking … Continue reading

Mar 03

BlackBerry PlayBook is Best Selling Tablet at Best Buy and Future Shop

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BlackBerry’s official Twitter account has confirmed that PlayBook was the best selling tablet at Best Buy and Future Shop last week. News! Best Buy (@BBYCanadaDeals) informed us that #BlackBerry #PlayBook was their TOP selling tablet last week! bbry.lv/xohW2J   Yay! … Continue reading