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My weekly technology talk with Ben Wilson on News 1130 radio in Vancouver
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Wired Wednesday: InstruMMent 01, Classi smart strap and a smart baby carrier
My weekly technology talk with Ben Wilson on News 1130 radio in Vancouver
A few months with an Apple Watch
Has the shine worn off the Apple Watch? After a few months wearing one, I give a status update.
First Looks: Samsung Galaxy S5, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo & Gear Fit
Today I had the chance to preview a bunch of Samsung’s upcoming new products, including their flagship smartphone, the S5. I’ve got a review unit for a little while so for now, here’s some of the highlights in photos: Quick highlights: beautiful larger 5.1″ screen with an emphasis in a more natural look than the…
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A Few Weeks with the Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch
Recently, Samsung Canada sent me their new Galaxy Gear smartwatch (in black) and the recently updated Galaxy Note 3 smartphone (also in black) to try out. I’ve been using them together for a while now, with the Note 3 being my primary cell phone paired with the Gear smartwatch. After about two weeks of usage,…
Hardware | Mobile | Technology
Samsung Galaxy Gear & Note 3: First Looks
Yesterday I attended a briefing with Samsung Canada where they unveiled a few new products coming to Canada over the next few days and weeks. This included the new mini versions of their very popular Galaxy S3 and S4 smartphones, the new Note 3 and their much anticipated take on the smart watch category, the…
Custom Watchfaces for the Pebble Smartwatch
The Pebble team posted an update yesterday that mentioned that over 500 custom watch faces had been submitted to a new site, My Pebble Faces, that you can now install on the Pebble watch that I reviewed a while back. It’s great to see the real benefits of this kind of device starting to bear…
A Week with the Pebble Smartwatch
It’s been a long journey from when I first backed this Kickstarter project in May 2012 until arriving in my hands after raising over $10 Million and becoming a crowdsourced superstar.
Tech Tuesday: A Smartphone on your wrist & RIM’s launch of BlackBerry 10
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Neptune Pine Smart Watch: Smartwatches have been around for awhile now but have always been used as an extention to your smartphone. The Neptune Pine wants to be the watch that replaces your smartphone with it’s integrated Android operating system, wifi, built in…
Tech Tuesday: Leap Motion controller & Pebble Smartwatch
This week on News 1130 in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Leap Motion controller: Gathering a huge wave of interest lately is the Leap motion controller which is little bigger than a flashdrive and set to ship early this year. Not unlike the Kinect for your Xbox except the $70 Leap allows you to…