TekTok was in attendance at HTC’s Design Day in Toronto yesterday, where we learned quite a bit about the overall process of building high quality smartphones and tablets the HTC way. On hand were various HTC representatives, PR people as well as Youenn Colin, the Manager of Design …
Read More »Motorola Xoom now widely available in Canada
Posted by Jamie Forestell Today Motorola has finally announced the wide availability of the Motorola Xoom tablet in Canada. The 10.1″ Android tablet is available for purchase starting at $596 at a number of retailers in Canada including Costco, Walmart, London Drugs, Bureau En Gros, Staples, Sears Canada, Amazon.ca, Best …
Read More »HTC Flyer gets a bit bigger with the 10-inch HTC Puccini
Posted by Jamie Forestell According to leaks on chinese blog 911htc.com, HTC is planning a big brother to the much anticipated 7″ HTC Flyer tablet. The HTC Puccini features Android 3.0.1 and has a 1.5Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 dual core processor, 1280 x 800 pixel WXGA resolution, HTC’s Sense experience, …
Read More »LG Optimus 2X and Optimus Pad Quick Look
Posted by Jamie Forestell We were invited to a media event earlier this evening and what you see above is the first 3G/WiFi Android Tablet (Honeycomb) in Canada. The LG Optimus Pad features an 8.9 inch screen with a 1280 x 768 WXGA resolution. The tablet is powered by an …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – Rooted
Posted by Donny Torrefranca I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise. At yesterday’s Google IO conference, all invited participants at the event received their free Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Much like most Android owners who are natural ‘tinkerers’, the 1st thing they did was try to ‘root’ the device. …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook to get Rovio’s Angry Birds
Posted by Jamie Forestell It was just a matter of time and I am quite sure has held some people back from purchasing a Blackberry Playbook, but the time has come. Yesterday during a keynote at the Blackberry World 2011 Conference, RIM announced that Angry Birds will be released for the …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook Video Chat Quick Review
Posted by Jamie Forestell Early yesterday morning, RIM released an over the air update which included video chat for the Blackberry Playbook. If you are not sure where to find it, you can simply look for the icon on your home screen under the ALL tab. (or in my case …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook Update: version 1.0.3.1868
Posted by Donny Torrefranca Early May 3rd shortly after 1:00 am Eastern time I received the latest update for my Playbook. Like before the update is 289 MB in size and installed over-the-air. (are you hearing that Apple? Over-the-air update!). What did this update bring? Read on for details. Immediately, …
Read More »Research in Motion (RIM) kicks off Blackberry World 2011
Posted by Jamie Forestell Earlier today RIM made several announcements as they kicked off Blackberry World 2011 being held in Orlando Florida. Where to begin? RIM introduced two new BlackBerry Bold Smartphones – Bold 9900 and Bold 9930 – Coming Summer 2011 and will feature a touchscreen alongside the QWERTY keyboard. …
Read More »RIM acquires Montreal based Tungle
Montreal based Tungle.me has announced it was recently acquired by Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Tungle is a scheduling application that syncs with your existing calendar to assist with eliminating double bookings, time zone mishaps and the back-and-forth of finding a time to meet. At this time there is …
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