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    Our Boxing Day thread 

    by
    howard
    Published on 12-23-2012 12:38 PM
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    Some boxing day flyers are now up so I figured I'd through a boxing day thread together. Really good deals have been bolded. I only included phones, tablets and memory cards.

    Highlights include $0 Apple iPhone 5's, Galaxy Note 2 for $0, Galaxy S III for $0 WITH $150 gift cards. There's also the HTC One X+ for $0 with a $100 gift card.

    Futureshop and Bestbuy are also blowing out the 3rd Gen Apple iPad's. WiFi versions are $20 off while the LTE versions are $80 off. What's the diff between the current iPad (4th gen) and the 3rd? The 3rd Gen has an older A5x SOC vs the A6x in the 4th gen. The 4th gen also has Apple's lightning connector. In my opinion these 2 features are not enough for you to spend extra to get the 4th gen one. I'm mighty temped myself. I just gave all my iPad mini's away and my toddler took my iPad 2...

    Tablet-wise I don't see anything too interesting besides the iPads. While Android tablets are substantially cheaper the Android Tablet ecosystem still isn't mature enough that I'd recommend you buy any of them. So with that mind if you want an Android Tablet spend as little as possible.

    If you're fortunate enough to own a phone with a microSD slot you can pick up a Lexar 32GB Class 10 for $19.99.

    I'm still working on this so you'll see other stores soon.
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    HowardForums Holiday Giveaway #2 Winners! 

    by
    frail
    Published on 12-21-2012 11:23 PM
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    2. Devices,
    3. HowardForums,
    4. Contests and Giveaways



    ***UPDATE: New winner chosen for the Nokia Lumia 920***

    ***UPDATE 2: All the prizes have been claimed. Thank you all for participating***

    The giveaway winners have been chosen! Please join us in congratulating the following:

    • Forum member tk_chan - Nexus 4 winner!
    • Forum member dakar8 - iPad mini (white) winner!
    • Twitter follower @jhaymoney - iPad mini (black) winner!
    • Forum member greenxgoblin - Nokia Lumia 920 winner!


    Winners, to claim your prize you must log in to your forum account and send a private message to administrator frail (click here) with your answer to the skill testing question and a valid shipping address. You have 24 HOURS to do so, otherwise your prize will be given to someone else.

    Congrats and Happy Holidays!
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    Google Maps now available (again) for IOS 

    Published on 12-12-2012 10:49 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! ...
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    The Maximum Signal Amplifier Winner Is... 

    by
    frail
    Published on 12-11-2012 11:20 PM
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    2. Devices,
    3. HowardForums,
    4. Contests and Giveaways



    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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    Say Hello to my Little Friend: Our review of the HTC Windows Phone 8s 

    by
    howard
    Published on 12-11-2012 06:12 PM
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    2. Devices,
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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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    HowardForums Holiday Giveaway #2: Lumia, Nexus, iPads! 

    by
    frail
    Published on 12-10-2012 11:18 AM
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    2. Devices,
    3. HowardForums,
    4. Contests and Giveaways



    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 announced, 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!
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    Our Samsung Galaxy Rugby review: The Tough One 

    by
    howard
    Published on 12-08-2012 08:41 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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    Holiday Giveaway #1: Maximum Signal Amplifier (Canadians only) 

    by
    frail
    Published on 12-07-2012 10:18 PM
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    2. Devices,
    3. HowardForums,
    4. Contests and Giveaways



    ***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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    HTC Windows Phone 8s launching on Virgin today (Dec 6th) 

    by
    howard
    Published on 12-07-2012 10:28 AM
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    *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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    iPhone coming to T-Mobile 

    by
    Nucleartx
    Published on 12-06-2012 01:54 PM
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    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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