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Published on 12-10-2012 12:18 PM
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And now on to part 2 of our holiday giveaway!
This time we're giving away:
* One 16GB Nexus 4
* One 16GB Black iPad mini
* One 16GB White iPad mini
* One Nokia Lumia 920** (that Rogers Wireless has gratuitously supplied for our giveaway)
You can enter by leaving a reply to this post with your favorite phone from Howard's Holiday Gift Guide, by liking the link to this post on Facebook, and by following @howardforums on Twitter and tweeting about it using #HowardForumsGiveaways and posting a link to this blog entry. Any one of the methods will give you an entry, additional methods will give you that many more entries and increase your chances of winning something. Only one entry per method allowed.
Contest Rules: Contest is open to U.S. and Canada users who do not reside in Quebec. Forum staff and their families are not eligible. The winners must answer the skill testing question: What two phones are Howard's top picks in his Holiday Gift Guide?
**The Nokia Lumia 920 may be locked to Rogers. If so, winner will be responsible for unlocking if the device is not to be used with Rogers.
Contest ends on Friday December 21st at 9:00 PM PST. The winners will be chosen randomly and announced after being selected. If the winners do not respond to us within 24 hours of being contacted, new winners will be chosen. Note that each winner will only win one of the mentioned devices and that the devices will be randomly assigned to the selected winners.
Good luck and Happy Holidays!
Published on 12-12-2012 11:49 PM
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Looks like iPhone users can put Galaxies away because Google Maps is now available for iOS (again).
Finally, I have public transit guidance on my iPhone.
Go download it and let us know what you think! ...
Finally, I have public transit guidance on my iPhone.
Go download it and let us know what you think! ...
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Published on 12-12-2012 12:20 AM
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Please join us in congratulating jwslam for being selected as the winner of the Maximum Signal In-Car Amplifier! Howard will be in touch soon with the details.
For those who didn't win you still have a chance to win other great prizes in our second holiday giveaway!
Thank you everyone for participating and Happy Holidays!
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Published on 12-11-2012 07:12 PM
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Hot on the heels of the sexiest phone on the market; the HTC Windows Phone 8X is it’s smaller sibling, the 8S.
Like the 8X, the 8S is quite a looker. It’s easily one of the best looking phones on the market. I’m sure HTC will sell a lot of these just based on how it looks. It’s minimalist, expensive looking and original. All at the same time.
Physically, it looks and feels just like a smaller version 8x. The only difference is the 8s has the bottom snaps off to reveal the MicroSD and MicroSIM slots, just like on the HTC Titan and Titan II. Also, the ‘edges’ of the 8s are a little more rounded than the 8x. It makes the 8s shape more organic and comfortable to hold.
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Published on 12-08-2012 09:41 PM
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One of the great things about Android is the breadth of choice you get when it comes to hardware. Whether it’s a small phone with 2.6” display or something huge with a 5.5” display there should be something for you. Do you want a huge 3000mAh+ battery or maybe something with a physical keyboard. 1 core? 2? 4? 2GB of RAM? Variety is the spice of life.
Android even has water-proof, ruggedized phones. In Canada we have the Sony Xperia Go, Motorola DEFY PRO and now the Samsung Rugby LTE. While the Go and DEFY are lower-end devices the Rugby has the same processor as the Galaxy S III so it’s got considerably more horsepower under the hood. ...
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Published on 12-07-2012 11:18 PM
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***CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED***
We're doing a couple giveaways for this holiday season!
First up is a Maximum Signal In-Vehicle Amplifier.
You can enter by leaving a reply to this post, by liking the the link to this post on Facebook, and by following @howardforums on Twitter and tweeting about it using #HoFoAmp and posting a link to this blog entry.
*Contest Rules: Contest is open only to Canada users who do not reside in Quebec. The winner must answer the skill testing question: What does HSPA stand for?
Contest ends on Tuesday December 11 at 9:00 PM PST. The winner will be chosen randomly and announced after being selected. If the winner does not respond to us within 24 hours of being contacted, a new winner will be chosen.
Good luck!
P.S. Standby for other great holiday surprises (for U.S. as well) next week!
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Published on 12-07-2012 11:28 AM
*Edit* it's blue. The price is $279.99 on a 30 day or $79.99 on a no term contract.
The entry-level HTC Windows Phone 8s is now available from Virgin Mobile Canada.
It runs Windows Phone 8 and looks similar to the 8x but the 8s has a smaller 4", 800x480 Super LCD display, dual-core 1Ghz Snapdragon S4 (2 x 1.5ghz on the 8x), 512MB of RAM (1GB on the 8x), 5MP camera that shoots 720p video (8MP and 1080P w/8x) and 4GB of storage that can be expanded with MicroSD cards (vs 8 or 16GB non-expandable).
While the processor is 'only' clocked at 1Ghz it's important to remember than the 8s' display contains about 2.5x less pixels than the 8x. While it means the 8s display will look a little more coarse compared to the 8x it also means that 8s' graphics processor doesn't need to work as hard. This means that the 8s could be faster than the 8x at running 3D games.
Anyways, it's a nice looking phone. Anyone interested in one? ...
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Published on 12-06-2012 02:54 PM
Looks like the iPhone is coming to T-Mobile next year.
Are they going to call it the iTouch 4G? j/k
Discuss. ...
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Published on 12-06-2012 02:44 PM
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When I tried the Huawei P1 a few months back, I thought it was good
enough that companies like Samsung better take notice. Now here’s their
follow up; the Huawei D Quad XL. Certainly, they’re giving Samsung a run
at worst sounding name. D Quad XL is up there with Galaxy S II HD LTE.
Seriously though, what’s special about the XL is that it has a quad-core processor. While still quite rare, quad-cores have now been around for almost a year. Looking at Wind’s lineup, they have the Note II for $299, the LG Optimus 4X is at $199 while the XL is $99. For 99 bucks, they’ve also got the HTC One S and Motorola RAZR V.
So the Wind and Huawei have found a good place in their lineup for the XL. It’s cheaper than the more brand name-y Note II and the 4X while you get more hardware for your money than the One S and RAZR V.
So what do you get for $99? A quad-core processor from Huawei. That’s right, it’s not a Tegra 3, Exynos or a Snapdragon. The chip appears to have Cortex A9 cores (like the Tegra 3 and Exynos) but unlike them, the GPU is from Hisilicon. We’ll check out the GPU performance later in the review. ...
Seriously though, what’s special about the XL is that it has a quad-core processor. While still quite rare, quad-cores have now been around for almost a year. Looking at Wind’s lineup, they have the Note II for $299, the LG Optimus 4X is at $199 while the XL is $99. For 99 bucks, they’ve also got the HTC One S and Motorola RAZR V.
So the Wind and Huawei have found a good place in their lineup for the XL. It’s cheaper than the more brand name-y Note II and the 4X while you get more hardware for your money than the One S and RAZR V.
So what do you get for $99? A quad-core processor from Huawei. That’s right, it’s not a Tegra 3, Exynos or a Snapdragon. The chip appears to have Cortex A9 cores (like the Tegra 3 and Exynos) but unlike them, the GPU is from Hisilicon. We’ll check out the GPU performance later in the review. ...
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Published on 12-03-2012 01:36 PM
Just got word from Treatz that the Nexus 4 is going to be available to for order at 3PM EST today (Dec 3rd) for Canadians.
Go Go Nexus Power! ...
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