Here’s our review of the HTC One X on Rogers. The Rogers version is the North American One X variant which only has a dual core processor while the rest of the world gets a quad-core processor. 4 > 2 right? Let’s find out.

Last year was a banner year for Android hardware. It started off with the Motorola ATRIX. The ATRIX was my first dual core phone, plus it was the first one to have a 960x540 display. Its problem was that it didn’t seem fast for a dual core phone and its display and camera were lackluster. We also got the LG Optimus 2x. It had a beautiful display but also wasn’t very fast, also had a lackluster camera and it also shipped with an outdated version of Android. The Samsung Galaxy S II was a strong package but most variants had a lower resolution display (which looked outstanding). But there were also too many versions, if you wanted LTE you had to get one version, if you wanted penta-band then another. Choice is good but too much choice is confusing. The HTC Amaze and Raider where strong offerings but again you had to pick and choose. the Amaze had a penta-band radio but was stuck with a cheap looking display. The Raider had LTE but a slower processor.
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With all Galaxy S III rumors floating around I was a little caught off guard with the announcement of the Galaxy S II HD LTE on Bell. The S II HD LTE is going to be a Bell exclusive. It has a 720p HD Super AMOLED display, dual core 1.5Ghz processor, 16GB of storage, 1GB RAM and of course LTE. It's running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrade coming out later.

Compared to the HSPA Galaxy Nexus you lose Android 4.0 (for now) but you gain LTE, a 8 mp camera (instead of 5mp), a slightly bigger battery and most importantly you get a microSDHC card slot. While the Nexus' processor is clocked at a lower speed from my testing it has similar performance to the S II HD LTE's 1.5Ghz processor. I'm presuming that it's a 1.5Ghz Snapdragon.

Compared to the Galaxy S II LTE you gain slightly bigger 720p display and a slightly bigger battery.

Processor-wise

Really, it's like a Galaxy Note sans the S-Pen in a smaller package. It's actually a pretty sizeable upgrade from the the S II LTE.

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The Nokia Lumia 900 in black is now available on Rogers for $99.99 on a 3 year. It's powered by Windows Phone with a LTE, 4.3" AMOLED display, 1830mAh battery, 8MP camera, Nokia Drive navigation app and a 1.4Ghz processor with 512MB RAM and 16GB storage.

It's a really nice phone but at the same time it's not THAT different from the Lumia 800 plus it shares the same processor as the 710 (and 800). You getting one? ...

The Sony Xperia S will be available at Sony Stores April 17th. Specs wise it's a HSPA+ phone with a very good 12mp camera, sharp-as-a-tac 4.3" 720p display, dual core 1.5Ghz processor, 1GB RAM, NFC, HDMI and a generous 32GB of storage. It currently ships with Gingerbread but a Ice Cream Sandwich update should be available in days. It's locked to Rogers.

It's $99.99 on a 3 year.

We tried one recently and were pretty impressed. It's a noticeable improvement over last year's Sony's but the competition is going to tough with the HTC One X and Galaxy S III around the corner. What do you think?
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Here’s our review of Apple’s new iPad. The first thing I noticed is that the new iPad feels noticeably heavier and thicker than the iPad 2. However, when I compare them side-by-side, they’re both essentially the same thickness (the new iPad is 0.6mm thicker). On the other hand, the weight of the new iPad is 10% heavier than the iPad 2.



Apple calls the new iPad ‘the iPad’, while the older version is the iPad 2. Yes, the new iPad shares the same name as the original iPad. Think of it like Batman Begins, they’re rebooting the franchise. Just to make things less confusing I’ll call the new iPad the “iPad 3”.

There are 5 new key features in the new iPad: LTE radio support, a higher resolution display, a new A5x dual core processor with quad core graphics, 1GB RAM (up from 512MB) and finally; a decent camera.
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The Xperia S sports Sony’s new design-language. It’s got very sharp lines - the person who designed it must have been using a lot of graph paper.



The bottom part of the phone is transparent just like some older Sony TV’s. The hardware buttons are just dots with their icons below in the clear part. It’s a poorly thought out design because your thumb covers the icons when you’re pressing them so you can’t see their function. If you’ve used other Android phones, you’ll notice that Sony flips the location so that the menu button is on the left and the back on the right. Still, it’s a relatively minor complaint since there are only 3 buttons to memorize. A real complaint about the buttons is that they don’t always respond. Sometimes I had to press them more than once. I wonder if Sony will simply disable them once they release their Ice Cream Sandwich update (ICS has soft menu keys).
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Here’s our review of the Samsung Galaxy Note.

Initially I was surprised at how massive the Galaxy Note is. After all, its 5.3” display doesn’t sound that much bigger than the Galaxy Nexus’ 4.65” but in the flesh, the difference is huge. While I can kind of use the Galaxy Nexus with one hand, I can’t do this with the Note without holding it in a less secure manner. After that I’m blown away at how nice the display is, more on that later.

Design-wise, it sort of looks like cross between my original Galaxy S and a Galaxy S II. It has the bezel of the original S and pebbled plastic back of the II.
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