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Xperia X10 Launch Event interviews, available now at Rogers

April 15, 2010April 16, 2010 Doug Groves Anderson Teixeira, Android, interview, launch, Raj Doshi, Rogers, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Windows Phone 7, Xperia, Xperia X101 Comment

Today Rogers launched the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android-packing phone, for $149.99 on a 3 year contract, $549 outright. It runs Android 1.6, with Sony Ericsson’s custom Timescape and Mediascape UI. It has 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 4″ (480 x 854) screen and an 8.1 MP camera. Included in the box is a 16gb MicroSD card, charger and wired stereo headset, but sadly no carrying case. We should be getting an X10 to play with soon, and will post our in-depth hands-on review next week. You can buy phone today at…

Rogers confirms Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 price at launch event

April 14, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid Android, event, Rogers, Sony, Sony Ericsson, superphone, x10, Xperia7 Comments

On Monday night, at the Revival bar in Toronto, Rogers and Sony Ericsson held and launch party for the new Xperia X10 Android handset. We were there to cover the event, and we will be posting some exclusive interviews with the President of Sony Ericsson US, Anderson Teixeira, and Raj Doshi, Rogers VP of Mobile Product Management. We also got some hands on time with the phone, and the Timescape and Mediascape UI was surprising not as laggy as some early reviews had indicated. The phone is sadly only running…

HTC HD2 review

April 13, 2010July 19, 2010 Doug Groves HD2, HTC, HTC HD2, review, superphone, Swype, T-Mobile, Wind Mobile10 Comments

When the HTC HD2 was released overseas last fall, it quickly gained a lot of fans. They couldn’t help but appreciate the bright, massive screen and the design of the phone itself. This included reviewers generally down on Windows Mobile 6.5. Now that the phone has officially hit North American shores via T-Mobile US, we take a look at it running on Wind Mobile here in Canada. Out Of The Box First impressions are important, and the HD2 absolutely nails it in this department. The design of the phone itself…

Very Cool: Class 3 Outbreak Flash Zombie RTS!

April 9, 2010 drsquid Binary Space, Flash, game, iPad, RTS, Zombies5 Comments

Built on their first release, the Zombie Outbreak Simulator, Binary Space has release their first game, the Zombie RTS Class 3 Outbreak. The game is a browser based flash game, running over Google maps, where you control 3 squads of police to try to hold back a zombie invasion. Like many flash games the graphics and gameplay are deceptively simple, but the game is highly addictive, and under the hood Class 3 is surpising sophisticated: Game designer, Jay Weston says, “We set the bar pretty high with our previous release,…

Palm ditches ad agency Modernista

April 6, 2010April 6, 2010 Doug Groves advertising, Modernista, palm, Palm Pre1 Comment

Palm has decided they’ve had their fill of ads that either miss the mark with the female demographic, or just plain give a lot of people the willies. Though I was personally a fan of the initial dreamlike, David Lynch-esque ads with Canadian actress Tamara Hope, most people found them creepy. This is what Modernista co-founder and executive creative director Gary Koepke, who created the ads, had to say when they launched… “We weren’t trying to creep people out, but one thing I have learned now in this digital…

Rogers taking pre-orders for the Xperia X10, launches April 15th

April 5, 2010 drsquid Android, Ericsson, google, multi-touch, Rogers, smartphone, Sony, x10, Xperia, Xperia X108 Comments

A few weeks ago, Rogers announced that pre-orders would ‘soon’ start for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, their flagship Android phone. That ‘soon’ is now, at http://www.rogers.com/x10preorder. New customers who pre-order the X10 with a 3 year contract will get a free Sony MW600 Bluetooth Stereo headset and a chance to win two tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The headset is an especially nice promo, since online reviews of the MW600 have been very good. The X10 is $149.99 with a 3 year contract, which points to the…

DHL Having a Problem with Google Nexus One Thievery

April 4, 2010November 6, 2020 Jason DHL, google, Nexus One4 Comments

I recently ordered a Google Nexus One phone, it has been years since I have turned my back on the world of mobile gadgets but thought it’s time for me to give it another try. My excitement and mirth shot up when my phone came in a box that seemed too light to be believable. Upon opening the box, to my astonishment, I saw the Nexus One box ripped open, the phone and its accessories missing and immediately felt the palpable weight of a $600 vapor phone on my visa…

Google channels Dr.Dolittle – introduces Translate for Animals

April 1, 2010 drsquid Android, animals, google, translate2 Comments

Once again Google leads the way in revolutionizing how we communicate – now we can finally talk to our pets… If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah What a neat achievement that would be. More info, including the QR code to download this to your Android phone, can be found here

AvP: Apple vs. Predator

March 25, 2010 Doug Groves Apple, HTC, lawsuit, video5 Comments

Inspired the litigation launched by Apple against phone maker HTC, Rick Kelvington of CNet’s Buzz Out Loud chatroom came up with the above trailer regarding Apple and the prior art argument. The video kind of says it all.

Rogers and Fido to allow free tethering with most data plans

March 24, 2010 Doug Groves canada, Fido, mobile data, Rogers, tethering5 Comments

That’s right. Rogers was running a promotion that allowed data users to tether their phone’s data to laptops and other devices for free. There was some concern that once this promotion ran out, customers would be paying extra to basically use the data that they’re already using. If you’ve got a smartphone but have no idea what tethering does, in a nut shell it allows you to use your phone as a modem while on the road, so that you don’t have to search for open WiFi spots. Rogers had…

Copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 coming, just not now

March 19, 2010March 26, 2010 Doug Groves copy, Microsoft, paste, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7 Series, WP7S0 comment

A minor storm of controversy, at least in some quarters, has broken out as it was reported that Microsoft was excluding copy and paste from Windows Mobile 7. Sure, only a small minority make use of it, but it’s still a feature that long time Windows Mobile users want. It’s also somewhat ironic, since it took a couple of years for the Apple iPhone to get this basic feature. So, when Engadget reported that it wasn’t coming, and that they had “super-double-ultra-plus-confirmed” this, it’s not surprising that hands started flailing…

Windows Phone 7 MIX 2010 impressions

March 18, 2010March 18, 2010 Doug Groves Microsoft, MIX 2010, Silverlight, Swiss Style, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 Series, WP7S, XNA0 comment

Microsoft officially announced Windows Phone 7 Series (WP7S) back at Mobile World Congress this past February, but a lot of details were left out. Now that the MIX developers conference has wrapped up, there’s a lot more to pour through, from 3rd party development to multitasking and much more. In short, there’s a lot of good new ideas in the new OS, but there are also some drawbacks, especially if you consider yourself a power user.